Recent content by sw65galma

what size is you tank? The turbos are recommened 1 per 20 gallons.

They do "run" around the tank.. I feed mine krill and shrimp.

Whats wrong with counch's?

Here is one of our New England Aquarium. They have a 200,000 gal Cyclinder tank that has a spirual stair case around it. And here is the Web cam. http://www.neaq.org/vtour/webcam.g.html

I got from a Moving sale: 300 Gal Acrylic dual overflows/Durso Pipes with Custom Stand and Hood, hood need a little work, but not too bad. Demensions 96"x24"x31" (I think) 700LBS Live Aragonite Sand (6-8 inches) Roughly 300-500 LBS Live Rock (not sure) 440 watts VHO (needs new bulbs) Iwaki MD70...

What do you feed your brittle stars? Do do yo just let the forage for food?

Tap water... Light dawn on marble head....I should test the tap water (smacks forehead)

Yes i have tons of others.. And the tank is new, so is the LR. Thats' why i was a bit weary of the copper... i had 7 snails 4 Emerald Crabs 3 pepermint shrimp (molting like crazy) 2 Queen Conch snails 2 brittle stars All acclimated the same way.

Thanks.. Think i'll be making a trip to the lfs :-)

I am buying a 300 Gallon tank. This tank has 700lbs of LS and 500lbs of LR It's going on the 2nd floor of a newly build addition. The addition is 23Ft wide built with 12inch Wood I-beams every 16in on center a part. I asked the contractor many times if it would hold the weight and he said...

Do you have any problems with different types of shrimp together? Mainly I was thinking of the cleaners and pepermint? I have peppermint and would like to get a few cleaners..

Must be in the water. I've never treated anything with copper. I'll work on getting rid of it immediately

Whats the best thing to feed brittle stars?

Thanks for the quick response. What is a good warm water snail to get? And how long is a good acclimation period? I usually do 2 hours, should I do more for the snails? Thans again

i have 10 damsels. When I had 2 yellow tails and 1 domino, they yellow tails were boss. I added 2 more dominos, now they are the boss. I have 3 green chromis, who stay in a gang, so they don't get bothered to much. I just see the dominos and the yellow tails battle all the time. but they...