Recent content by fourmyclowns

I recently purchased an anemone and things did not go well. It didn’t survive and I’m pretty sad. I spent hours reading up on their care and believe my lighting and water are optimal. (2-165 watt LED’s Nitrates 5 or less, everything else 0.) I am wondering what I can do to make my tank a good...

Wow! Congrats on a beautiful fish. Keep us posted on how he does.

Yeah, I agree. I don’t think I’ll keep the sailfin. LFS guy assured me he was fine in a 75 and was getting along well with the yellow, but when I got home and read up on it I realized he’s going to need a new home soon. I found a link to Animal World that I can quickly check when I’m feeling...

Hi Sniperhank - thank you for replying to my panicky thread. I’m calming down and thinking over your suggestion that maybe something was up with the firefish. I’m sure he was stressed with all the changes we have been making over the last two months. However, I fed them 30 minutes prior to the...

I’ve had an Emerald Crab before and never a problem, but whoa! Big shocker tonight when he was caught eating my firefish. And no, he was not “cleaning up”. Firefish was not sick, but a bit displaced by some rearranging. He has been looking for a new territory and hanging out in unusual spots...

Thank you. I don’t have any corals yet, but should I still do this way for the fish? I look forward to the article.

My 165 W LED’s are here! They are dimmable and wi-fi. I turned one on just to see and I think I may be blind in my left eye now! Does anyone know how I should adjust them so that my fish are not harmed? I do have a guide for “seasons” to follow if I need to, but I know people here are way...

Great! I already had plans to head to Lowes tomorrow. I’ll pick some up! Thank you.

I’m pretty sure our LFS does not have egg crate. Any suggestions online? How do you keep the egg crate in place?

I have an opportunity to install an ro system in my house. Of course I was gung-ho to do this for my tank, but now I am having some doubts. When I look back, I have used tap water (community treated well water) for 14 years in two different cities in Montana and have only had hair algae once...

Fingers crossed we get our eBay bid accepted! Thank you for helping me!

A great day on the reef! I got my nitrates down to between 5-10 and that’s a week after my last water change. The skimmer hack has worked wonders. I watched several videos on tuning up a skimmer, but accidentally broke the air intake while trying to remove clogged tubing. While I was waiting...

This sounds good to me. I may have to have the LFS order some. We are really limited where I live. I got my nitrates down today and got my skimmer bubbling like soap suds. Hopefully it will get back on track. I am excited to learn about macroalgae.:D

I don’t know what calerpa is?

We’ve had lots of activity in our tank lately (in a good way), but the changes have resulted in a nitrate spike. I’ve done a 30% water change followed by a 10%, but they just are not down where I want them. I’m prepping a 15% change for tomorrow as well. I’ve been looking at methods to get the...