Recent content by RyanCohen

Wow, great news! Amazing journey for the baby mandarins!

Yeah, I did purchase the Poseidon reef system. It is a bit pricey but works well. I’ve been doing it for a year now. However, I don’t culture my own phyto. I get that from Reefco, which is only 10 minutes away. And just add some more phyto twice a week. When I harvest, I shine a flashlight...

Initially, I was dumping pods that I was culturing twice a week, but these guys eat frozen now (LRS reef frenzy and particularly Rods since it’s smaller). I do add phyto everyday to the tank still. My tank is only 47 gallons, and the mandarins are fat. I may not need to add pods at all, and...

I bought two mandarins from Biota as well. I bought a male first, which later turned out to be female. A few months later, I bought a female that turned out to be male when it matured. I don’t think Biota can reliably determine the sex when these guys are so young. At first, the older...

Yikes! I also have gotten Biota orders with leaking bags. Fortunately these were corals, and the corals turned out to be fine. But that’s pretty concerning that the bags with fish were leaking! I really think they need to do a better job with packaging. I think the corals I received were...

That sucks. Sorry for the loss. Yeah, fish does appear fine otherwise. I guess you’re not using copper or anything? I had a captive bred royal gramma die recently in a QT tank - still don’t know why. I have the ammonia alert, which was fine, and I had some media from my DT that normally...

I’m in Bridgewater. My SPS so far: Monti cap 3 different montipora digitata Orange montipora setosa Pink Birdsnest seriatopora Neon green pocillopora Oregon tort acro Peach milliopora Blueberry yum yum acro SBB “old glory” acro

Great idea to share shipping costs. I buy almost all my fish from Biota - too bad I don’t need anything at the moment.

I’m really hoping to go. I was bummed to never go to a MACNA. I love watching the recordings that are online.

That’s great! I’ll be there.

Nice deal. I rented an Apogee in the past from Reefco when I first got a crocea clam to figure out the best tank placement. I’m glad I did because this turned out to be directly under the light and required my XR15 to be turned up to max intensity. Even then I was only getting a little over...

I might go. My wife is out of town this weekend, and I’ll be spending all weekend on my reef tank. Thanks for the announcement.

I bought a blueberry yum yum at Reefco for my first acro, which they said is an easy one. So far, so good. I then tried two tenuis from SBB, like Walt Disney. One died after a week and another never shows any PE but is still hanging on after a few months. I would recommend something easier...

Yep, I remember you - we chatted for a little bit. Edison is pretty close to me. Awesome to have met you!

Hi all! My wife, Ashley, and I stopped by the NJ Reef Club booth at the NJ Frag Fest yesterday. You all seemed quite nice and I decided to make an account here. I apologize that I don’t remember the names of the folks I spoke with. It was quite the whirlwind day. I did buy a couple corals...