Recent content by steamer51

When you wear a shirt with multiple fish pictures on the front and back and your two year old grandaughter insists on kissing each fish individually "nite nite" before she will lay down for a nap or for the night. You must turn around then so she can kiss the ones on the back before she goes to...

As xxSTLxx said, Chaeto is very good. I like Gracilaria with it's attractive red color but it doesn't grow as fast (remove nutrients) as chaeto. If you have any tangs they will eat it all as soon as you put it in the tank, they love the stuff. I also like the looks of the calcareous algaes such...

For frozen food my fish prefer Rod's. Excellent mixture of ingredients and I believe each individual finds their favorite in it.

I prefer LPS also but really love my leathers that are very easy (almost hard to kill) that grow and reproduce even though my tank is certainly not pristine as far as water conditions go.

An in tank refugium will work well but if you decide to plant macro directly in your tank, research a lot on what kind to use. Many macros are extremely invasive and can spread and over grow your corals etc. I know people who have put a small piece into their tank for some extra variety of life...

Many years ago I worked part time at an excellent LFS for four years. The owner's philosophy was to sell people what they would be successful with so they would enjoy the hobby and come back and buy more livestock and even bigger and more tanks in the future. Newbie’s sometimes are sold too many...

Sounds to me like she wants to have a baby and is letting you know with the tank number allotment. Make sure you talk to her and that is what she wants before you start working on a baby. Our youngest was conceived after I thought I was getting a lot of signals from my wife that she wanted...

Don't know how the market is in your area but very little sells lately where I live. I believe freshwater aquariums and equipment sell better because people that pick up stuff at a yard sale or something know LFS prices for new and think they are getting a great deal when they pay half price for...

I'm from Louisville also.

I was referred to this forum by one of your members and am glad I found it. I've been keeping freshwater off and on since 1967. I spent four years working part time at an LFS and kept some snakes, salamanders and saltwater tanks in the 1980's. Saltwater wasn't much back then, crushed coral...