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Just got my order from Biota. Pair of mandarins and a yellow tang.
Only issue was the box was leaking and when I opened the box both bags had a hole on the side. The bag with the yellow tang was almost empty and he was just on his side and somehow one of the mandarins got in there. Tang looks...
Just ordered a tropic marin glass hydrometer. Past week my refractometer has been acting up and between that and my Hanna tester, both are giving me different salinities.
Awesome, I had a panther chameleon years ago in college. One of the coolest reptiles I've had. Used to call him Mittens. lol
How old is the little guy? Any pictures?
You can adjust with the valve, but with my pump even on the lowest setting there was still a humming sound. It wasn't that bad, but the tank is right next to my work desk and i'm very sensitive to humming noises.
Nitrate I try to keep around 10, phosphate about .05.
Alk I personally keep around 7.6 because that's the alk of my salt.
Have a video of tank? How is your flow?
I used to use Kent M magneisum to fight bryopsis.
Raise Magnesium over 1500 with the Kent M and keep it there. That along with spraying hydrogen peroxide on the live rock taken out of tank.
I always do the same thing with all corals. I dip everything that goes into my system.
- Once corals take a quick look at the bag with a light to make sure everything is ok.
- I float the coral bags in my sump while I prepare the dip.
- Get a half gallon bucket. Put in 15 drops of coral rx...
Ah I just checked. Looks like they are out now. I think they only had 5 when I purchased mine. I would send them an email. They're very good with communications. Even called me day after to make sure the copperband was doing well.
I paid I 215$ shipped.
Ah Petland... I remember they had blackworms on the counter their as well.
I decided to start a whiteworm culture instead. Supposed to stay alive in saltwater for a bit longer.