Recent content by bill302

Please, can someone identify the black and white snail in the pic I have a lot of them in my tank and I never added them..had the tank a year and just noticed them in the last 2 months....

Yes, they are...Thanks mr._X

55 gal. with 2 TaoTronics LED dimmable 120 watt units with 28 blue 27 white led... but im sure it was not the lighting as I said they were doing great but after spot feeding within 1 day and a half the skeleton was showing only where the zooplankton was laying around mouth and bottom edge and...

live zooplankton..my parameters are all good ammonia 0, nitrate 0, nitrite 0, phos. 0, calcium 440,ph 8.2, alk. 200ppm..salanity 1.025. led lighting set on low...all of these done with my api test kits and strip test at lfs. I have 4 powerheads at each corner of the tank each 700 gal per hr ...

I spot fed my open brain coral that was healthy reef brand zooplankton and it seems as if the zooplankton ate the open brain this has happened to me before with a sick lobo but I thought the lobo just gave up but now I know it seems as if the zooplankton ate it too.....WHY

15 Easy Saltwater Aquarium Corals - Star Polyps, Green Star Polyps and Daisy Polyps (Pachyclavularia) Corals - Images and care information

usually one for every 2 foot of length...

look at these pics. Pink/Purple Coralline Algae...

how long have you had the hippo tang and what size tank is he in...

No only use ro/di water only... ro/di water has 0 (ppm)parts per million of total dissolved solids, tap water has an average of at least 127 ppm of total dissolved solids this is the bad stuff, plus using dechlorinator will affect a skimmer where it will not work efficiently a skimmer is a must...

Pics would be great but it depends it may move or it may stay in the same spot depending on lighting and waterflow.... but as long as you have good water parameters, lighting and adequate flow he should be fine...

that's what it is!!!!

normal....to keep this from happening I place a flat rock under the sand bed, a rock thin enough to have approx. 1/2 in. of sand on top of the rock. The anemone can attach to that rock and still be in the sand bed where they like to be. a lot of times the sand bed is too deep for the anemones...

no and yes...depending on what test your running read the instructions on the box it should list if you can use it with saltwater....or post the test and brand and we can tell you if compatible with saltwater...

You don't have any corals especially hard corals?..I would not worry about it. I think everything is good...but if you have a lfs that will test your water free I would take them a sample and double check it... the api test could be off my api test usually shows a little low....