Search results

i'm jealous...my sebae has found his happy spot a few days ago, is turning tan/brown (good signs of happiness and health) and my clown has not given it the time of day yet! :( that's a nice looking anemone :) congrats!

heh, ok, what about Live Phytoplankton? 4 oz. every other day. I'm adding that to feed them as well. whatever i'm doing, it's helping them somewhat...very nice looking well-fed corals in my opinion. (the placebo effet :P ) I looked for calcium, iodine, and strontium test kits, and did not...

I had 6 guppies (3 couples) when I cycled my tank with a betta, and the betta ate the fry. Definitely was not enough food to fill him up. I added some Black Tetras a week or so later, and I never saw any fry after that...although the guppies continued to reproduce (until they were ultimately...

Just want to make sure I'm not overdoing anything. I am adding Kent brand Iodine, Strontium, Liquid Calcium and Essentials Elements. I have a 20g tank, and the measurements on the back are for 50g (or 55g, don't have a bottle handy), so I'm essentially halving the doses of them. I'm adding...

French Angel, that eats like 30% of the corals he has....plus it's recommended for no less than a 100g, and he has a 75g. He wants to set up a fish-only swimming tank for large fish like angels, butterflies, etc.. Guess he's gung ho on it, and is going ahead... At least he'll be able to keep...

well, thanks for the advice...yes after further investigation, most angels (even dwarfs) will eat about 30% of the corals he has in there....he has nipped zooanthids, a finger leather, and 2 out of 3 colts... He is now contemplating setting up a 180 gallon, fish only for angels, groupers...

you and me both...my 20g salt is almost twice as much as my 65g fresh... On top of everything he's only had his 75g reef tank for a month! I say trade that angel in and relax....if he still feels that way after another month, then go for it....

so I'm upset...my good friend/mentor of fish keeping, has come down with "salt fever"... The obsessed need to tear down a beautiful 180 gallon brackish tank that he's had for 4 years, and set it up as a saltwater tank. We both have a freshwater/"brackish" tank, and a saltwater/reef tank, and...

I am having the same issue with my scats now. I bought too many feeders for my Datnoid. First off, they were supposed to be guppies, but they gave me Rosy Reds instead. My red scats are killing them just to kill them...then obviously the datnoid does not want them. I'm pulling out 1-3 daily...

I add a few ice cubes to the water to cool it down if my stick-on thermometer is pegged (it only goes to 82°).

well, he's now "tame"... eats frozen brine and mysis, and begs at the glass All it took was one feeding of live brine, and now he eats frozen every day with the rest of his tank mates :) woot!

Posting this for a friend of mine without net access. He recently bought a french angel, and he's sizing up some of the stars, and xenias, but has not actually nipped anything. My research on this is conflicting, some says they're ok, some say not recommended. Are angels in general reef...

heh...put a net in the water and go after one...you'll see how fast they can be...lol :) I gave mine away when I got my loaches and it took quite a while to catch both. Anyway, I have also heard that cichlids need to be kept with similar sized aggressive fish, and will attack smaller, or...

that's retail price...just saying a whole new tank adds up.. tank - $30 glass top - $32 hood - $30 bulb - $20 heater - $20 thermometer - $2 air pump - $15 air stone - $7 airline tubing - $3 + sales tax And I certainly didn't get "ripped" as I've enjoyed it every day since I set it up :D

shrug....I just bought one two months ago, and everything, all said and done, was $172. No stand, filter or gravel either...just the tank, glass top, 24" flourescent light, air pump, airstone, stick-on-termometer, and heater.

I have finally ID'd this! Snake Polyp (Isaurus tuberculatus) http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=2157&N=0 I purchased Kent Iodine, Strontium/Molybdenum, Liquid Calcium, and Essential Elements, and a few of the polyps openned a little....even with the light on. I will move...

a firefish was my first fish....alone, he will just sit in a cave, and you won't see much except his head... Later, after I got rid of him, I read that they like prefer company, so I'd say 2 or more Firefish if you want to see them swim... Just my 2 cents. If I could only have one fish, it...

I'm from Milwaukee, WI....have many LFS' available here. If anyone's ever in town, check out Hoffer's Tropic Life ( http://hofferstropiclife.com/fishroom.htm ), and Aquatics Unlimited ( www.bestfish.com ). Hoffer's is practically a zoo. On top of a HUGE fish room, they also have everything from...

Was looking at my tank last night, and noticed a dime-sized starfish in my tank...must have been in a rock when I purchased it, but I have had all my rock for about 3 weeks, never seen it before. Anyway, it's a white/tan color, with pink and blue/green spots on top. Anyone know if this is a...

Heh, good to hear! My black tetras (6 of them) look pregnant every day from eating like kings...bloodworms, mysis, brine, and they even ate some feeder guppies that I bought for my datnoid! I was in awe.

thanks :) Well, the coral is doing great...8-9 tips open in the morning now. Will need to take some updated pictures when I first turn the light on. The closest thing I have found trying to ID it is: Cladocora arbuscula or Cladocora Cespitosa (most likely the first one), which are types of...

Are they real expensive? I saw (what I thought to be) a Golden Nugget Pleco at my LFS for $50! Cool looking fish, but a spicy meatball to be sure.

Other fish are scats, tetras, a datnoid, clown loaches, and a butterfly catfish (hara hara) Also, I will work on my nitrates. I've been leaving my tank alone, as I got 2 baby red scats (nickel-sized), 8 days ago, and want them to feel comfortable before I rip the tank apart, and do a PWC/gravel...

I have a 65 gallon tank, that's been set up since 5/01/06 (13 1/2 weeks). The tank is healthy AFAIK, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 7.8 pH, 80 nitrate (should be zero after a PWC). I am successfully keeping healthy, happy fish in it, and the only death, to date, was a Bristlenose Pleco, whom I purchased...

you can also break up the ice on top manually. A friend of mine keeps a successful outdoor Koi pond in Wisconsin year round.