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Looking to deal with some aiptasia problems, does anyone know of a hobbyist selling them at a good price? Cheapest I found online is $15 each at salty underground
The bottles had plenty of pods floating around, couldn't differentiate how many different types of pods are in there, theres at least a couple of spec sized ones, along with some others only slightly bigger.. i havent bought copepods from any other competitors before so i can't really compare it...
Just received my package, decent amount of pods floating in there. Weather outside is about 49 degrees. packaging was pretty bare, no box, no heat pack.. light shone through shoes moving and non-moving copepods..
will let it air out and temp stabalize in room temp for 1-2 hours (as per...
Theres plenty of ways to skin this cat.. which are likely all fine.
Here is my method:
I have a 100g tank.
I've set up a 60g drum of saturated kalk.
I use a doser to dose throughout the day.
How much do I dose per day? I adjust it manually based on my alk consumption.
I use my Neptune Apex to...
Going the chemical route is overkill.. Cyano is a natural part of the cycling/ugly stage.. it's usually a sign of an imbalance, whether it be nutrients or bacteria.. tons of people use chemiclean, i'm just suggesting to apply some patience first and try waiting it out before dropping the hammer
i wouldnt jump to chemiclean.. best to let it settle out naturally. blow it off during water change, lower your phosphate, maybe increase flow a bit to affected areas
I tried this Starbong CA thick glue gel recently.. I'm not a fan. It was not as thick as the BRS extra thick, being too watery/runny.
I tried the BRS glue too, having bought a big bottle of it, unfortunately because I don't use it that often, the caps it came with started hardening and became...
For LPS, it's easy to identify how much flow they want. I find that torches can tolerate more than others like hammers, frogspawns etc.
What you're looking for is for it to be puffed up and have a bit of sway on the tentacles