Recent content by cookiemn

akmechanic, isolate them quickly and treat them. I lost my two black clown to velvet.

noplac2hyd, I have had a lot of experience with mantis hitchhikers. I had two at the same time in my LR. One cheap trap you can try that worked for me is to take an empt 1 or 2 liter container of soda. Cut it in half. Take the piece with the top and shove it, top first, into the other piece...

I have a 60 gallon reef tank. I am planning to keep sps and lps corals. I currently have 3 PHs and have been comtemplating getting a wavemaker. I have read thru a lot of message strings about wavemakers on this site and other forums. I do not have a sump, so please don't reply by telling me...

What about this filter? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2379281253&category=20684&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

I talked to Casco this morning and they recommended that I keep an eye on the water level to verify if I have a leak or not. They also think it is salt creep so I will keep an eye on it.

I just set up my first acrylic tank. It is a 60 gallon made by Sea Clear. I noticed around the tank some white powder. I did a taste test and it tastes like salt. I have noticed this build up slowly around the tank. Does it sound like I have a leak. The tank has been up for a little over...

Suprised, have you noticed any of you livestock missing? I had a 2 mantis shrimp and they devastated my livestock. You can also wrap some red celopane on a flash light and try to identify the little bugger at night.

I am stuck at work setting up a server. In-between software installs I answered it. :wink:

johnkristie, for a QT you don't want to invest in anything except a heater, filtration, and possibly a light. You only want a tank to hold your fish and treat them as necessary. Theoretically you don't hold fish in there for extended periods of time (2+ months). IMHO, adding anything extra...

I had two black percs that wouldn't even take mysis shrimp. After adding Kent's garlic xtreme, they ate like pigs. After 2 days I stopped adding the garlic and they eat fine. I would only use the garlic to get fish to start eating. BTW, that stuff is strong. Kent puts their bottle in...

Squishy, wouldn't you think he should do a 15-20% daily? I would want to get those numbers down quick.

I had proiblems with my two black percs and someone suggested that I try adding garlic extract to the food. After I did this, they ate loke no one's business. Kent makes a garlic extract for this to help spur fish appetite.

wildflower, one thing that I forgot to mention is that one of the shrimp cracked my 65 gallon tank. I have read an article a while back that said that their clubs can impact with the same force as a .22 caliber bullet. I am not sure if this is true, but he did crack my tank. After I found the...

Wildflower, I had the same experience 2 years ago. Except, I spotted two of them. I got a 2 liter soda bottle. I cut the bottle 3/4 of the way up to the to. So, I kept most of the lower body as the trap. I then took the top piece with the screw on opening and turned it around and inserted...

Get the shrimp, they look cool and you don't have to hunt the aptasia because they will do it 24/7, :lol: