Recent content by RnBMum

I just bought myself a CPR Bak Pak 2+ and will be picking it up tomorrow to replace a SeaClone piece of crap. Now, my tank and stand will not accommodate a sump, so until now I have been running only a canister filter with fibrous pads, bio balls and ceramic biomedia in it. With the new...

I have 4 angels in a 70 gallon community tank that I have raised from dime sized babies. I noticed today that there is a collection of eggs on my filter tube that I assume might belong to a couple of them based upon the fact that they are hanging close and shooing away anyone else who gets...

Thank you for the guidance. How did you know when you had managed to get them high enough? Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.

Definitely not Aiptasia, looks similar to a little bivalve I have on my live rock. They're filter feeders, and will do no harm. Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.

One thing that is worth mentioning (because I made this mistake myself), a bowfront tank tends to be deep. Width is a better option than depth, and I am mentally working out the logistics required to essentially swap my fresh and salt water tanks because the fresh (50 gal) is wider, shallower...

Following all the advice I have received here (best you can afford, dimmable, avoid the fancy bells and whistles in favour of better wattage per chip), my new LED lights are en route. Understandably, I am anxious to get them set up once I receive them, so here are my questions... In order...

That is exactly what came to mind for me, too. We should be buying them from dimly lit reefer shops, not dimly lit reef shops. Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.

I saw a gent who has an absolutely stunning DT - seemingly textbook perfect in every way. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the thinnest, saddest looking dragonet I have ever seen come out of the rock work. That is not my goal, and if that means I have to wait until I upgrade, and then some...

36 gallon tank, about 45 pounds of rock and the same amount of sand. Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.

Excellent, thanks for the info. Culturing copepods/arthropods in a refugium, how long would you recommend I do it before starting to think about a dragonet, 6-12 months? Do you have a source you would suggest as a reliable place to get my initial culture? If nothing else, the fish I have in...

Hank, thanks for the reassurance. I was hoping that some time in the way off future I might be able to host a dragonet of some type. As long as I keep my aquarium stable and "behave myself", perhaps it might become a reality. I knew they weren't copepods simply because of the size - I have to...

I had just turned the lights on and these little guys were hanging out just above the sand bed in huge numbers. I did a bit of research and I think they are likely pods. They mostly retreated back into the sand and rock once the tank brightened. They move reasonably quickly on the glass, and...

That is a very helpful answer. Thank you :) Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.

I have a beautiful Duncan with 6 mature heads. At the base of every head are 6-10 babies that are growing quickly, many already have central discs about the size of a dime. However, they are all basically in the shadow of their "mother" heads. I am concerned that these new heads will be...

Mithrax, so it is not something I need to banish to the sump? Allison Freshwater fish-head for more than 20 years now, but salt water newbie.