Recent content by fcbayern

I used aiptasia x and it worked to an extent but they seem to split up and spread so I got a peppermint shrimp and used it alongside aiptasia x. That worked brilliant and it cleared up in a week or two and has never come back

I did try the glass thing for a few weeks to catch them but to no avail, got lucky with the first couple one went behind an internal filter and I netted him out the other one inexplicably went out into the open!

Cheers for the reply. Odd you mention snails, when I set the tank up I had about 15 snails and one really big one and they all disappeared so that might explain that as well!

So yesterday I bought home some Xenia and while it was acclimating I noticed Patrick the sand sifting starfish slowly working his way past a rock. He suddenly jerks under the rock and I could see he was bring dragged in so I grabbed him and wrestled him away from the big black crab that I...

I picked up the 900 yesterday, I love the unit! The lighting effect is brilliant compared to my old t5's and I'm hoping the lower heat output might save me from losing everything like I did last summer. I love the shimmer effect reflecting off the surface and the controls are great. The one...

I wouldn't bleach live rock, as it won't be live anymore. Garlic isn't a bad ich treatment if you have inverts I used it and it cleared up quickly. Some fish are just prone to it like powder blues and will get it again and again. Leaving the tank fallow is just letting it sit as it is. If...

I wouldn't worry too much I got a rock covered in zoos and they stayed closed up for ages but recently almost all of them opened up. Oddly enough I had a fair bit of hair algae growing around them so pulled it off. I would imagine it will be your parameters in some way but they should be ok...