Recent content by dingusplease

For the picotope? Started with 2 9w 50/50 pc's. Upgraded to a 120w dimmable led panel, hung 34" above tank.

Hey everyone -- it's been so long, and I'm guessing the nano reef lighting scene has changed a little. Any recommendations on lighting an sps-dominant 1.7gallon? I'm planning this little tank as a sequel to an old jbj picotope. Options thus far: - Kessil a160 - Par30 I have no idea which...

Hi. A clown goby is perfectly fine, assuming you don't go for the barebones look with your aquascape. Give your tank tons of personality, build some caves with rock, create a little landscape with corals, and your goby will have plenty of "perches". I had a clown goby for over a year in my...

Interesting idea, but what could I use? I'm getting some office furniture from ikea, to work in there, so that should help acclimate them to movement too. Daily maintenance should also help.

Nice. Yeah some species live in grass some don't, interesting how it affects their feeding patterns. Heard similar stories, of how the eels are very hard to photograph lol.

Sorry, haha meant 40-50 feet. Some species (gorgasia preclara is an example) do live at 120-150ft though. Also, where geographically did you see them? Curious what species you saw.

They do catch zooplankton floating by, but most species feed mostly on pods in the grass. It's an interesting cycle where they live in grass beds 30-40m down, and every time the tide shifts the pods are blasted off, into the hungry garden eels' mouths :)

That's a point I hadn't considered, and yes I am using 400lbs of sand. Although I've never heard of anyone keeping garden eels having issues with sand weight. Great experience; I'd love to see them in such a big "garden". Curious, where were you diving that you saw garden eels without sea...

That's awesome! How are they now that it's getting chilly? I found one possible online source :) but not confirmed. They're $50 each, so building a colony could take a while :blink:. And here's the thread! Tons of updates Garden Eel Room - 120G In-wall - General Discussion - Nano-Reef.com Forums

Yep, halimeda

Looking good!

Same opinion here! That's awesome - do you mean endlers? Interesting about maintaining diversity, I'd like to know about how you're doing that. Sounds like a pretty big contribution to me :) I made a filter sock holder out of PVC today, bought a new refractometer, got my powerhead, and a new...

You're right! Thanks for the support - I'm working really hard on a garden eel tank right now, which has been something I've been wanting to do for years. I have a build thread for it over on SW General :) http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/garden-eels-by-dingusplease-340777.html ~...

Thanks dallas :) They're pretty fascinating and it's too bad they've been collected so much.v

Sorry haven't posted any pics; photobucket account is locked out for some reason. I'll post them when that's worked out. Otherwise, things are moving forward lol. I ordered a 3200gph powerhead from ebay - we'll see how it works. ALSO, this is officially also a breeding project. I've been...