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  1. bigford84

    How to stop..

    Any thoughts? My tank has been for sale for over 6 months and did not sell.(the highest offer was $100.00)=not gonna happen. We have a new baby, and we do not have the time to care for it.. Can i just sell all the animals ,drain the tank and store it in my garage till a later time when i...
  2. bigford84

    Just thought i should share ..

    Iv been trying to sell my reef setup for about 6 months now cause we are about to have a baby and i dont have time to care for it... but it just popped into my head that i have not done a water change for close to 3 months, and everything looks great! If thats how un sensitive its gonna be, then...
  3. bigford84

    Did the snail do this? Or what is it?

    This might have been there before, but im accusing the snail because he was there at the time..
  4. bigford84

    how many shrimp is too many?

    So i have a 55 gallon salty with 30 gallon sump/fuge it has a few corals in it, also have 1 camel shrimp,1 cleaner shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp and only 3 small fish.... I want more shrimps ,but how many is two many?
  5. bigford84

    i have to move into a new house!! but how?

    hi guys... i just found out that my wife and i are gonna have a baby... so i found a bigger house to move in to. everything was relaxed until i thought about moving my 55 gal reef tank (also has a 30 gas sump under it) i searched and only found 2 threads but didnt answer my questions so here...
  6. bigford84

    can you i d these?

    i forgot what these corals are called, i know the leather but not the other 3
  7. bigford84

    what is the better light??

    i have a 55 gal salty with a little bit of soft coral.and anemones. iv been running a 4x 54watt t5 current light, but just picked up a 4x 65 watt power compact for $50 that might need a balest or just 2 new bulbs.. what light is better?? just wanna know before i pay to fix the new light...
  8. bigford84

    how long will it live?

    i just cleaned out my fuge,and took out well over half of the chaeto .. how long will it live in a bucket without heat and light ???
  9. bigford84

    just need a little reassurance

    iv been running my 55 gal reef tank for just a little over a year now.. only had a few fish die (due to a tube anemone i got last month,but am bringing back to the lfs) but overall i think im doing good. i have 3 shrimp in the tank and they are doing very well, with that said.... shrimp are the...
  10. bigford84

    anyone kept tube anemones without loosing fish?

    Everything was going great for a year,then last month i got a tube nem..... Since then i have lost 3 fish.. not lost,but found dead after seeing them the nite before.1 clown 1 tang 1 sweet lips. Not all at once but the next morning i would find the leftovers being picked at by crabs and...
  11. bigford84

    need help with clowns....please

    So i have two clowns . One is a orange and white occilaris and the other is a black and white occ. The black one is new and has taken over both nems and wont let the orange one even come out of the rock work.. they did get along for a day or two,but now the black one is being very mean to the...
  12. bigford84

    will these fish pair up??

    i have 1 orenge and white ocellaris clown already living in the tank and want to know if i could get a black and white clown to live with him?? will they pair up,or even be nice to each other?? is this a bad idea? has enybody done this before? i had 2 clowns,but the smaller one is missing as...
  13. bigford84

    new saltwater setup???

    so i have a 30 gal tank just asking to transform into a saltwater tank... but what could i do to it?? idea#1 nem tank idea#2 seahorse tank idea#3 something exotic(but what)? what would you do with it??
  14. bigford84

    Need help with beat up nem..

    i got this tube nem a few days ago and he was doing fine untill he got stuck on one of the powerheads. will his tentacles grow back?? i buried his foot back in the sand part way thinking he was gonna die,but he he set himself all the back in.. here is a pic.. think he will be ok?? before the...
  15. bigford84

    what are these??

    just pulled this rock out of my fuge to put in the dt, whar are these little red things??
  16. bigford84

    New creature

    saw this at my lfs and had to have it.. he has blue ones too.
  17. bigford84

    got new bulbs....

    i read a thread about ati super blue t5 ho bulbs and thought i should see how they look. so here it is..i replaced the two act bulbs with super blue. b4 new bulbs.. after new bulbs..
  18. bigford84

    aahhhhh!! what is this?

    i noticed this green ball growing bigger and bigger,and now some of my xena is growing on top of it... what is it. good or bad?
  19. bigford84

    macro algae.. how much is too much????

    a few weeks ago i switched lights on my fuge from a 2 bulb t6 over to one of those squiggle floressent light bulbs that are like 100 watts but are really only like 20 or 60. i did this cause my macro was not growing, but now its exploding!! so how much is too much? ???????? before the new...
  20. bigford84

    anyone else have this happen to them? and what will help?

    i reach in to the tank and bump into the polyps all the time and nothing happens, but a few days ago my wife bumped into them and this is what happened to her... anybody else have this problem?? and what can she do to help it? (sorry im not even sure if that is what they are called) here is a...
  21. bigford84

    running carbon....

    whats the best possible way to run carbon in my sump, without using a reactor? how do you run carbon? or should i even run carbon? my tank is a 55 gal with a 30 gal sump/fuge
  22. bigford84

    not complaining but,,,,,,what happend?

    so iv always wanted my clowns to host the nems,and now it has happened. they have been hosting the nems for a few months now. but i tried to feed the nems the other day and they would not take the food. before they were hosted i would feed them once a month or less. but its like they would...
  23. bigford84

    questions about clowns

    i have 2 Ocellaris clowns in my tank. i know the smaller one is gonna be the male,but they have been the same size for a year now. does the size matter? or are they both the same sex? they both love the nems but only one swims through and stays in the nems, and the other swims all around the...
  24. bigford84

    cleans up nice!!

    it sure is amazing how much you can hate and want to sell your ugly tank. but after a good cleaning, i feel much better about it..... and got rid of most of the nasty brown and green slime. im happy that my clowns are hosting the nems now but..... i got attacked and bitten 4 times today while...
  25. bigford84

    i want a new fish!! but what?

    i have a 55 gal with 30 gal sump/fuge. tons of rock and and it is a reef tank. in it i have 2 clowns (the cheaper ones) sorry cant remember the name, and a royal gramma. 3 shrimp and the cuc. i would like a larger colorful fish that will swim all over, but i dont know what to get.... any ideas...
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