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Hello, I Just came back to the hobby after a 11 year hiatis and my last tank was a reef. I had about 15yrs fresh water experience prior to that which included breeding and plants. So I have experience, but much of my info is dated. Living in a small condo so I decided to go with a nano system...

After a long hiatus (11+ years) I am back. I Use to be extremely active here and one of the mentor/moderators. Now I am relearning ing the ropes. I started fish husbandry in 1988 while in college. Made.many mistakes early on like many. It lasted 20 years until I had to give up my reef...

Wed PM I added 12 large turbos to my setup. I was gone last night and came home this AM to do weekly PWC. I went to scrape my glass (usual routine) and there was hardly a spot to include the corners. 8) A couple of swipes with my magna float took care of everything vs. razor blade. I guess...

Well, I have had this fish about two weeks and another jumped. :cry: Anyway, in the last week I have noticed his tail getting ragged and smaller with chunks missing every day. After reading a thread in another forum I think he is biting his own tail. 8O The tank is a 2.5 g planted with a...

Just watched my fuzzy dwarf eat flake for the first time. I have been feeding extra mysis and a few pieces of silversides for the lion, but of course this leads to extra PWC (the joys of a lion :) ) Now that I have seen it take flake I am pumped, I did not think they would. 8) The lion has...

Had one jump this weekend in my office 2.5g :( There is only one 2" gap between the light and filter. Currently not using a glass top as I would have to get a custom cut one with the setup I have. Funny thing is I stopped in on Saturday and looked all over for him. I thought maybe some...

Well during feeding tonight I noticed my long nose hawk was absent. On closer examination I found him behind the tank nice and crispy near a vent. :( This is the first jumper I have ever had. There is only about a 1.5" space as the lights and canopy cover the rest. I stopped using the...

Ok these two posts have motivated me to set up a fw planted nano in my office: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87041 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?p=726840#726840 Here is what I have so far: Equipment 2.5g standard tank natural carbonate sand (lizzard substrate)...

Long story short woke up this AM to find the pump compartment of my sump almost empty and one of the pumps running dry. The 8+ gallons of water was in the basement which the ceiling tile and carpet soaked up nicely. :roll: Fortunately I was off work today and could assess the problem. I...

So, my system has been stabile for sometime now which means it is time to shake things up. I have always had a desire to add a small domino to my system as a final fish. LFS has some small healthy looking ones in right now and I am thinking about putting one in QT this weekend. It would be...

Can it be done or not? I know the obvious threat to small shrimp, which I do not have (one large skunk Cleaner). What about anenome and corals and other inverts (crabs and snails). Everything I have read only mentions small shrimp as potential problem. I did see where some hawks canthreaten...

So, this is a good thing and I have 3 green star polyp (GSP) colonies going in the main. 8) One GSP colony has begun to spread up the overflow on the back wall and is starting to cover the flow slits on the overflow. Is there a good way to remove them without destroying the colony. I would...

Set up a 10g prop tank tonight to get some more frags going for trade and placement back in the main. If I was not before I am definately hooked now. 8) Basically used a 10g with a shelf half way up. Place cured rubble on the shelf and the coral frags I want to propogate (star polyps, kenya...

Everything I have read says with caution. I am aware of the obvious caution...."if it will fit in its mouth it will eat it". I have never owned a lion due to the fact that I have always had smaller fish and did not think they were reef safe. LFS did not think they would bother any invert...

Hello, Well I have been away off and on for a few weeks with work and family and other than regular FW top offs and making sure someone feed the tank it did not get a whole lot of attention lately. Last week I came home to find the hair algea problem I thought I had defeated regaining...

Anyone ever use one of the products with success? If so, which one? Recently used a PO4 remover with great success (almost non detectable from over 1 a week ago). Nitrates still at 10 and have done pwc after pwc with no luck in reducing. I set up a PO4 reactor (Merlin filter) to put the...

OK about two weeks ago I cleaned out the sump for the first time since setting it up last fall. Now I am getting air down the stand pipe/drain hose which makes a loud gurgling sound in the sump. The drain hose is submerged due to the sump design. I have tried raising and lowering the stand...

Just going through and deleting some old pics form my gallery and came across one of my first tank shots when I was just getting going with my 75g. Thanks to all my friends here at AA for all the help along the way.

Over the weekend I cleaned the tank to include the sump/fuge. Unfortuantely I found aptasia in my grape calpura in the fuge. I removed the calpura and am counting on my pepermints to keep the main clean. To my horror tonight I found a rather large aptasia right in the middle of my button...

Cool thing happened today. I cleaned my tank to include my sump(first time since setup in Sept 05) and found a six line wrasse living in the sump. It have been at least two months since I have seen it and assumed it had died. Obviously it tried a nemo move and went through the overflow...

Hello, I am preparing to do a good cleaning and filter maintenance tonight and just wondering how often people clean there sump/ fuge? My plan is to drain most of the sump to remove most of the detrious that has collected with a siphon. I have done this once before since setting up in Sept...

Anyone have one of these? http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=seahares LFS has them in stock and I have not been able to find much info on them other than they live about a year and supposedly are voracious eaters of hair algea. Recently had a large outbreak of hair algea due to...

My wife made a significant leap for x-mas and bought me an RO unit for x-mas, which is great because she usually does not take much interest in the fish. The only issue is she went to the high prices LFS to get one. What she bought is a coralife Pure-flo 50 gph unit with micron cartride and...

I just returned from a three day trip tonight and noticed a single green shroom on the substrate at the opposite side of the tank from the rock that the other green shrooms are on. Is this normal? I guess I assumed they would slowly spread out from the original rock to the surrounding area...

Hara was nice enough to mail me some Devil's hand Frags and they arrived tonight despite being mailed on Monday(thanks USPS). :roll: Unfortunately the past two days have been the coldest this year in the teens and 20s. It is about 22 right now. My wife had to leave around 4:00PM and I...