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There are only two of these in captivity in the world, this one and then one in Japan in a hobbyists tank. They have been making dives for them recently but have come up empty handed.
The problem with that sponge is it is really hard to clean. It becomes a detritus trap over time which will not help. The standard rule amongst nano people is Step 1: Open the box Step 2: Throw away the sponge and the bio balls. Filter floss is really cheap and it only is a small amount you...
The theory behind that is very simple, plants need light. If you can't get it to tumble then it has to be manually flipped over so one side does not die off.
The old standard for live rock was 1 pound per gallon but that is not really true anymore. Live rock used to be heavy dense lace rock that did not have a ton of surface area so you needed a ton of it. If you are good at picking your pieces that have a lot of room in them and more surface area...
We fully broke down the 45g tank and we were moving it out to the garage last night so we could get the house in shape for Thanksgiving and hosting. The tank was connected to the sump with the glass holes overflow kit and we tried to move it all at once because again we were rushing. Well when...
Sand is in and this is pretty much the final aqauscape. We got some more tonga branch for the back corner part but we are going to leave it pretty open.
Right side:
Left side:
Couple of new live stock photos. We have not transferred everything over because we do not have the mesh cover...