Recent content by Betsy

Wow -- guess what????!!! He's now doing well. He looks healthy and wonderful. I think maybe it was my clown. She is relentliss when it comes to her mate or her anemone (She hardly left the first anemone's side). I am sooooo happy. I am doing a water change today and all the tests so if...

I have an anemone that is about 1 year old. He has been healthy and happy until just these last few days. Now he is shrivelled up in his (foot? or bottom). In the past few monthes I have had an algea problem and I have been really working hard to get everything back to normal. I have been using...

Thank you, I live on Vancouver Island in B.C. Canada and so I will have a look to see where I can get them here. I am so excited to be getting my tank back to looking good! Tahnks again Betsy

Thanks Ziggy, I use RO/DI for everything now -- I even rinse my filtersand skimmer in it after I have cleaned them. I have been testing my water and my levels are normal ?? I may have to make my next purchases more exact kits. Having the Phosban filter with Rowa seems to be helping a lot as my...

If I can get all the tec stuff with the camera figured out Yes I'll send a picture. I should take one now for a before and after. Thanks again Betsy

Thanks for all the great advice! I now use only RO/Di water and I age the SW for one to five days depending on my time constaints. I use Coralife Scientific Grade Marine Salt. I am scubbing two to three large chunks of rock every two to three days in SW and my tank is starting to look...

Hello, I have a 75 G reef tank with 75 pounds of LR and live sand. I have been fighting a battle with algae. I have been doing WC and aging my salt water, but the algae continues to grow. I just got a Phosban reactor and Rowa. Next I am going to scub off the algae on the LR. I read putting it...

Thanks, I have fish, live rock, corals, shrimp and many other little critters, so I won't put the bio balls back in. Thank you Betsy

Thanks Mark for your thread. I too have been having an incredible algae bloom that sounds so similar to yours so this is very helpful. My fish also beg every time I go into the room and so I have been reluctant to feed them less -- they just tug at my heart strings and I crumble, but will lessen...

Hi Everyone, I bought my tank 2nd hand and it came with bio balls in the sump. I read somewhere ? that I shouldn't have the bio balls so I took them out of the sump. My tank is 75 G and has been up for 1 1/2 years, during the past 6 months I have been fighting with an algae bloom (I have a...

Thank you everyone, I am glad to hear it is most likely curiousity. I am sure my fish know me as they come out to see me when I come into the room (I'm in often as I'm always curious what they are up to), however when there is a stranger with me only the clowns stick around. If the stranger is...

Hi, Lately I have had an incredibley big algae bloom. That's not what this thread is about. I have a thread with really good advice for that. My question is: I go in with my big gloves on and pull out algae as well as do two to three water changes a week. Does this stress my fish to have a...

Sappy is really good and I am so glad some one else feels sappy about thier fish! I just love them and get so much joy out of them. I was just cleaning some algae out with my big rubber gloves and my cleaner shrimp came over to see if I was dirty and needed a clean. I was so touched. Next as I...

One more question. What do you feed them? Thanks Betsy

Thanks I found them and some good info about them. Betsy