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Wow. What I had been doing was as the rotifers culture got dirty, I'd harvest all of them and dump them in a new ASW bucket. I must have harvested that same brine shrimp over and over again... ;D

thanks a lot george. I think generally speaking a lower SG offers an easier time for fish to breath in general. My physics is rusty but the pressure from osmosis is less on the fish when SG is low. Raising the SG (due to ammonia) should be a trick used when you are lazy/slacking on the water...

yep - that's what I wanted - to grow them out for the display fish. I purposely place a few day old brine shrimp in the rotifer container. WIlkerson mentions that brine are a good canary indicator in the rotifer culture. If the brine is living/growing - then the rotifers are going fine...

well they are in a 5 gallon salt bucket aerated with some phyto. I think I'll scoop some out and do as you suggest. Good idea!!!

thanks - the problem i noticed is that the fry are not always in the water column - sometimes they stick to the glass sides - as if they are afraid of something in the water. Adding greenwater/phyto helped this problem a lot - but I still had a few. Today I noticed another two dead. Ammonia is...

they are filter feeders - so don't expect them to clean the tank of food/poop.

I try to avoid sticking the arms in the tank, this guy got a bacterial infection from an open wound: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1782533

no worries - i'll probably update this once a month - if that. Updates are all going into the clownfish log. That alone is taking a lot more time than i ever anticipated. Today - most of the batch 3 babies have sunk to the bottom. They look dead - but I know they are going thru metamorphosis...

leds are the future but i'd go T5. Which led fixture are you looking at - the pacsun one?

I"d skip MH on a 55 gallon tank. A single MH fixture will have a focused amount of light that will cover 24x24. Since a aga 55 is only 13" deep - your light will be spilling out. I mean it'll work fine - but I think it's more than needed. You're better off with a set of T5s. Or if you want to...

I did not previously for batches 1 and 2. Dunno why but despite not rinsing they were ok. I started rinsing batch 3. I don't use the net anymore, I use the rotifer sieve and place the entire sieve in a small container of asw (mixed overnight,aerated,temp acclimated). Then i dose the bbs into...

honestly i don't think i do anything special. With regards to food - other than ensure the clowns get their share (which they do since they have the biggest mouths by far). I know some people swear by enriched frozen or something else. I think like all saltwater tanks - you can accomplish the...

the algae is horrible. good luck. I bought a gallon a tech m. :'(

that is true of the one I had. In fact once you tried to grab it - it "sealed" itself against the glass making it almost impossible to pry off. Hence the reason why AqOb sold them in bags. They actually sell them live (occasionally) in the asian market on route 1/old post road. They are smart...

that stinks....i saw the pic - she does look huge.

that is so cool! does the feeding on the mucus impact the parent at all (e.g. like a parasite)? or is it completely benign to the adult?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IY2zT161ws only 12 million hits! lol. watch the end when he turns around...like what's going on behind me...a live interview!

lol - i had an abalone from aqob. It seemed like an interesting glass cleaner until it ate one batch of clownfish eggs.. :'( Either that or the female ate them all...but my money is on that invert!!

my pleasure. It's hard to remember everything though - you get tired and then don't even get online for a day or two! lol. I use RODI water though I probably could get away with just RO water. never though of that. I use Instant Ocean salt as I don't see the point of using anything better...

how about another top-down shot. I love those tridacnids.