Recent content by Fat_Penguin

Thanks for the helpful advice. I guess I'll look into option #3 and cycle my tank before adding fish in. Hope things go better for me this time around ...

I have a 55g saltwater tank that has been fishless for over 6 months. Due to a unexpected 8hr+ blackout while away from home, almost everything in my reef was wiped out. I have been maintaining the tank fishless with some star polyps that survived along with 7 nassarius snails. I was...

Thanks a bunch for the info. I will search more on the urchin. I have always wanted a long spine or a pincushion. If I do get one, I will probably get a smaller one. If it does seem to cause trouble as it grows, I will prob have to take him back. Thanks again.

Yeah, he was pretty aggressive when I first got him (the CBS is less aggressive now). Then again ... everything usually is, well, defensive at least. The cardinal seems fine for now. So, I think I will leave them unless something really bad happens. If it really is trying to host the...

Hi, my bangai cardinal is having a bit of a problem with my coral banded. The cardinal loves my coral banded, but my coral banded doesn't like my cardinal. The cardinal follows the shrimp everywhere at night and sometimes during the day. He stays around the tips of the shrimps antennae...

Well ... im not exactly sure what to do now. I will, though, keep watch over my BTA and cut the target feeding down a bit. I guess i should do some more research on BTAs while im at it. Thanks for all the helpful advice!

I did not know that! Maybe i should cut back to once a week then if at all. Should I still go by if the tentacles are stringy then feed it? Right now im feeding my fish twice a day since i almost lost my gold head sleeper goby due to starvation (was very skinny and lethargic). So I'm...

I have a 260w Orbit extreme over a 55g tank. Im not really worried too much about the lighting, just kind of wondering if there is a way to see if its done feeding or not or if it needs more. Anyways, thanks for the advice guys, I probably will keep target feeding it twice a week as long as i...

I bought a BTA about a week and a half ago and it seems to be doing great. The first night it found its sweet spot and hasn't moved since. I've been reading that feeding twice a week or when the tenticles get stringy is good ... but i dont know how much to feed them during that time. Ive been...

mmk ... thanks for the advice ^^.

Well ... i just tested my water for Iodine/Iodide and found out that i have little to no traces of either. Reading that it should be approx. .06mg/L of iodide i told my dad i was going to get some Lugol's Solution from the LFS. He looked at me funny and said that the pharmacy that he worked at...

Thanks a bunch for the info ^^. My dad 'was' going to cycle with real fish before i started lurking on different sites/forums ... (thats how he did it when he was a kid >.>; ), however ive told him there are other ways to do it after doing some(or lots of ... head is still spinning >.>)...

First off ... hello ^^. My dad and I are planning on starting a saltwater tank. We have a 55g glass tank that previously had freshwater fish in it. My dad, being Mr. Clean, used Lime-a-Way to clean the tank before i noticed ... >.>; Will that be harmful to the inhabitants when we cycle and...