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sorry to hear about your loss!
Do you really think that the skimmer was the problem? I ran my tank for 4 months w/o a skimmer when I first started. I couldn't figure out how to get it working since it didn't come with a pump.
For better or worst I always clean my QT with a little bleach and water and use it again. I never considered the concept of silicone holding onto any chems I use though.
Do you have a starfish/brittle star?
Mine took out my LARGE cleaner shrimp this week and I caught him sucking a golfball size snail out of his shell...
The packing says 1 scoop per 10 gals for new, existing and WC's. I was a little apprehensive about using it so I only used 2 scoops.
Seifiet
The DT has pom-pom xenia(lots) and blue xenia (good amount of growing extremely quickly), kenya tree (1 big stalk), mushrooms (red, green, mixed...
I tested ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, PH, cal, alk and PH4 and everything was within reason. But, the tank is prodementaly sofies, so the different types of xenia's are probably eating up the Phosphates to give me a false reading.
I am using RO/DI water and the filters are still from Sept/Oct...
Hey guys,
I'm falling into some bad times with my tanks and I wanted to get some opinions.
Yesterday, my Mantis totally died in my 15g tank. It's not totally surprising since I think he may have had some shell rot and it was probably a bad molt. After I removed him I did a 4gal WC and this...