Recent content by xerobob

I've had my Lawnmower Blenny for 2 yrs now.. He's adapted to flake food too. I use "Ocean Nutrition" formula 2. The blenny still comes out to put lip marks "Kisses" on the algea that I do leave growing on one side of my tank. But does well with the flakes..

Thanks all for the help.. I do make my new water in a 5 gallon container, and I usually transfer the contents in to 1 gal jugs. Just recently, I had to go away on business and my wife is in charge and doesn't want to use the 5 gal method. I told her I would find out for her how much salt she...

I went to my local Walmart and bought sterilized play sand. It was not expensive at all, Home Depot cost almost 2 times for the same amount of sand, and it didn't say sterilized. Up here in the Northeast (USA) we don't have much argonite sand, which I guess is preferred. I bought some live...

Just a quick question, I bought a bag of salt (Red Sea) and the directions are very unclear on how much salt to use. I want to make gallon jug containers of the solution, but don't know how much salt to use for each one. I have experimented with different levels of mix, but always seem to be too...

Be very careful with a mantis shrimp..I had one that reached over 5 inches in length. It ate all of my snails,and then started on my damsels.. The noise can very bothersome at night too, the first time I heard it I thought something was shorting out in my tank. I tried to grab him/her out one...

I have to admit, I have seen my fair share of dead fish at Walmart. I don't believe anyone really takes care of the tanks, they just dump in fish and hope they sell before they die.. Try explaining to a 3 year old why so many are dead, then ask yourself, why do they even try to sell them. I'm...

Windex sells a variety of window cleaner with vinegar in it, I use that one and have no problems. I also like to use micro fiber cloth to do some of the wipe downs, you don't have to add any chemicals to this cloth, works great getting the dust off tv's too. My 2 sense worth. :lol: Bob