Recent content by kristy

Hi!!! I have a 60gl saltwater tank been up n running great for about 4-5 yrs. I have always had live rocks with corals and i was thinking about maybe doing a fake coral reef using the live rocks but wasnt completely sure how to go about it. would love any advice anybody can give.. my...

:confused:I have a 55gl salt water aquarium and my protein skimmer caught fire and exploed.... I was wondering if I should just replace it or maybe go with a canister filter or a sump.. Any feed back would be wonderful explaining the pros and cons of each one and which would be better in th...

okay we only have 1 lsf and they are ok I guess so I do so more searching and see where I can get some of the other things you suggest thanks for all your help

nice, someone was telling me that I could feed stuff from the seafood section at the supermarket..... I dont eat seafood so I wouldnt know what to even get would you?

may I ask how you make a diet mash I have never heard of that?

Hi I have a Panther Grooper about 6in long, a sail fin tang about 4in, a pink spot goby 6in, and a Bursa trigger about 4in I have been feed freeze dried krill every 2-3 days for the grooper and trigger and frozen srimp and frozen brine for the other guys. I was just wondering what else I could...

if you mess with it it will retract and at night it goes down but it come right back out during the day

Sorry I don't remember where I first posted my question about my frogspawn but it has developed a bubble in the middle of it and it seem to be getting bigger I have tried to decreace to flow and move it but it hasn't helped it doesn't seem to be harming the frogspawn but it really bothers me...

I dont think so but I sure can try and move it and see if that helps!

my frogspawn is doing great and growing like a weed but for the last 2 days I have noticed a peach colored bubble in the middle of one of the heads. is this anything to worry about? the frogspawn as a whole looks fine......I have also noticed that my royal gamma fish likes the hide or play I...

Its a API reef test kit. my salinity is 1.022 with a hydrometer.

I took a sample to the LFS all readings are correct. But the couldnt test Ca???? I dont know I going to try another water change today. I have took out my filter and running with out it. The LSF suggested that maybe my live sand could be producing alot of Ca and I dont have enough in my tank...

I just did my test again last week ok today all out of range I am pulling my HAIR OUT!!!!!! I dont want to loose everything I have in there!!!! I use RO water and mix in Instant Ocean bag salt my Ca levels are at 920 I have never add any additives to it...My dKH is at 6 (107.4). my phos is at...

My tank did cycle and nothing has died. my Ca has always read high the LFS told me it was b/c of the instance ocean salt. my fish is a fire fish. like I said it seems to be getting better with my lights off I plan on doing a PWC and cleaning my sand rocks real good today and see what happens...

I am doing water changes every week to week and a half . I was doing change every 2 weeks to 3 weeks until I started getting this green slime. I am not using anything else as far as dosing anything. the filter is a tetra whisper I believe its rated for 50 - 60 gal tank. I change the carbon...