Recent content by seve1

I have seen mounds like that with spaghetti worms. Do you see any small hairlike appendages extending from the mounds?

My hammer will do that some nights and some not as much. I would say not to cause for concern if that is the case. Mine also puts out feeder tentacles about 5 inches long when fully extended.

I think they were inquiring if the tank received natural window light which can drive the temps up in your tank.

My acro polyps only come @ 30 minutes after lights out to feed.

Mandarins need @ 100lbs of LR per fish in order to support enough copepods (small crustaceans) to supply a natural food source for the fish.

I would consider doing 10% change every 2 weeks (I did in my 55 and had good water quality) and definitely would upgrade the skimmer.

I would pass on the self-rotating powerheads, I had a couple and they would only work for a couple of weeks before I had to break them down. I personally use two sea swirls off of my sump return pump with a powerhead behind my rock and a high flow/low force pump flowing across the tank. This...

ammonia should be 0...very lethal to inverts; however should also affect the fish and anemone, puzzling

Definitely check out your rock in the dark with a flashlight

I have a 120-gallon 48x24x24 and I want to order a 250w combo w/actinic hood. Would love to hear what people have found to be high quality. TIA

When my green brittle got to 6+ inches he started catching fish that "slept" down along the substrate. He was more like an octupus than a starfish.

The angel is already part of the tank community, which is why the information concerning its color is a bit troubling. The tank is being given to me because the previous owner wants it to go to a good home but, I can't have the angel munching on my corals.

I am aware of that but, this fish was truly unique. I have been in the hobby for 10+ years and 1) have never seen a beauty 99% purple and 2) have never heard about the corals in the diet causing this, although I know they are notorius for nipping.

I am getting a coral beauty with a 120 reef I'm getting Saturday. The tank is a full blown reef with softies, sps and clams. The coral beauty did not have the typical color through its sides but, rather was almost solid deep purple. The LFS said the color was due to corals in its diet...

Yeah they kind of look like little cap snails but, I can't tell for sure. I have @ 100 and they are awesome.