Recent content by MonkeyCandy

+1 to test your water. I have a filter that's supposed to rock, but the chloramins(?) are so high in our local water that my ammonia was spiking.

Are there any warning signs before they go psycho? I've had mine for about 4 months (1st sw fish) & it seems to get along well w all the other critters.

I just got an Aquaray LED strip and its great! Top o the line Cree LEDs. Just an fyi.

We could all place a wager on it.

Good call. And polyps open up during the day?

Yeah, it's super tiny. That was the best pic I could get.

This started growing out of nowhere. Is it trumpet coral? If not, any ideas what it is?

I have some new cree LEDs coming soon & am hoping to start w coral after the holidays are over. I have a 16 gal nano. What types of coral do you all recommend I start with? What is good for a beginner & fun to have? I'm wicked excited to start the corals! Thanks!

I recently received a mini carpet anemone completely on accident & I'm pretty new to sw tanks. I've been learning all that I can about care for it, (lighting, water quality, flow, feeding, etc). My question this time is, how do I know when to feed it directly & how much?

Nevermind, he apparently got turned upside down while moving or something. Set him back right before I left out this morning, and now he's looking fine again. Man, this bonus nem has caused me more stress than anything that I've actually paid for.

So, after my nem is looking better, healthier, greener the last few days. This is what I woke up to this morning. Any advice?

Here he is at night.

Haven't upgraded my lights yet, but my nem is starting to look better.

Way to be smart. I just got into also, but I jumped right in THEN asked for advice. Good luck!

I think I'm gonna go w a Kissel when I can afford it. I'll probably do the DIY on my next tank. Thanks for all the input!