Recent content by speckrb

I guess I have some research to do. I didn't know majano were pests. I know they walk all over the rock. That's cool. What and why are they a negative impact in a closed ecosystem or in a FOWLR tank. I can go mid evil on them too if need be.

Thanks guys. Good points. I thought about the peps but I only have 1 hitchhiker and if I can single him out without having to add animals and $ I think that makes some sense. If for some reason he multiplies and I get a explosion, I will definately get some peps. Thanks.

Thanks for confirming. I soaked it in the REAL LEMON juice and would prefer obviously to not use acid. I have a needle syringe waiting and if you say the injecting the juice is different than soaking it I will try that and then torch the SOB. I can easily take it out but it makes it harder to...

I purchased this gorgeous piece of live rock at my LFS and there were a couple soft corrals I can't identify. I got it for the advaced Corraline algae growth not because of the "others" they were just a bonus. There is one thing in the forground I am unsure if it is aptasia or not. I have taken...

Great link/price, I have been looking also. But maybe I am being obtuse the scale on the left is the specific gravity scale, how come the lines don't add up to 1.070? the scale should go up to 1.090 to match the number of lines in increments of .001. Maybe it explains it in the destructions...

Thank you very much. It's much easier to learn about them when you know what they are. Awesome.

I am trying to ID these and can't find anything resembling them. They break off easily if you touch them or when I moved the rock around. They look like little pineapples to me. The rock I bought was "fully cured" from petco and there was nothing on it at all when I bought it. There was not even...

Interesting point brought up. Ijust got 2 hermit crabs and am planning on 3 or 4 snails for my CUC. Do I have to worry about the crabs going after the snails? The 2 crabs I have are red legged hermits. LFS are all out of snails for months now.

I am checking the Am/Ni/Na/Sa daily in the 40. So far all is 0 but if I have to make drastic changes I will go into a 10 gal I have laying around for Hypo. so I can make 20% water changes 2 times a day. I really don't want to lose the last one.

I think we were typing at the same time. I did take out the 12 lbs of live rock and put in a 20gal before dosing. All that is in my DT is sand and PVC elbows and a large sponge filter with 2 extra air stones. As I now realize my initial intentions of just having 2 clowns still was not good...

Thanks all. I am going to see the progress tonight and if he is showing improvement I will stay the course with the copper and get a test kit. I was wondering about the absorbing some of the copper also as I read it several places. If I test the water and copper is at a acceptable level and he...

The bottle said 1 tsp for 4 gallons so I added 9 1/2 tsp's as the level was down a little and the sand offsets some. It says that it "treats the water for 1 month."

I had 2 A perculas and were doing great for about a week. Eating an assortment of food. Then after 2 weeks they came down with ick. I turned off the AC in my house as it was supposed to be under 80 but when I got home, water temp was over 82-83°. The tank was an established 40 breeder that went...

I was cleaning out my HOB filter which is going to be replaced by a AquaC Remora 1200 MJ protein skimmer very soon after tank gets going more. I pulled the magdive apart and it was full of metal particles from the sand I bought which was causing the grinding sound. I researched the Nature's...

OK then - 86 it all. I may have jumped the gun as I THOUGHT the play sand was aragonite sand in the stores that everyone is always talking about. I think the bottom line for me anyways is that it is just not worth the chance or risk. Kind people that are smarter than I have already determined it...