Recent content by KLehman72

Yeah...I'm done. I lost a $20 Cleaner Shrimp and $70 in Peppermints. My wife is jealous...I spent more on a dinner for the Coral Banded Shrimp than I did for her! Lol

Anyone else? The wrasse are pretty small, can't imagine them eating a dozen peppermints in one night

Ok guys, Here's my dilemma, on two separate occasions I have purchased a handful of peppermint shrimp. I have drip acclimated them and introduced them into my reef. They are fine and active, but by the next day they are all gone! I don't know what is happening to them. Nobody is picking on...

Make sure, if you're getting a Mandarin that you have a well established tank with a healthy copepod population.

Adjustment need to be made in a tank by tank basis. It can fluctuate greatly by how heavily you are stocked, water parameters, etc.....even what you feed. I have my skimmer on a timer to shut off for 3 hours daily during feeding time. Zooplankton, Marine snow, rotifers etc can increase...

Copper Banded Butterfly...

I agree, I'd go with the HOB AquaC Remora. I've used one and it pulls a ton of goop from the water column. As for the scratched, go to Walmart or Best Buy and purchase a CD/DVD scratch repair kit. It's a liquid that you apply and simply rub in and scratches will be filled in!

I love cleaner shrimp too, but like you I can't have one. My Coral Banded killed the last one.....lesson learned.

They are from my 55Reef.. Here is a shot

Sorry...I meant you arent going to throw in livestock yet are you? Let it cycle and establish. With only 5 gallons, you're going to need a stable bio-load that isn't relying on the addition of chemicals to keep it that way.

Don't go too nuts adding salt...it takes some tome to stabilize in a new setup. Some of your salt may be concentrated in your sand bed. Check salinity daily and only adjust no more than once a day. You are going to let this cycle before adding LS right?

I gotta tell you....I don't think you can put any powerhead in a 4 gallon tank with sand. There just isn't enough volume and you'll blow sand all over

I have a very large Coral Banded Shrimp and a Cleaner Shrimp in the same tank for quite awhile....they have zero interest in each other. Keep smaller shrimp out perhaps....

Here are some shots from my developing Reef... A Leather Polyp An Elegance Coral A Torch Coral A Kenya Torch Coral Some Mushrooms

Yeah, I have about 6-7 Hermits, a Dozen Turbos, a Coral Banded Shrimp, a Cleaner Shrimp and a half dozen Nassarius and one Sand Sifting Star.