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I think what JR was getting at is that some people think the bigger the piece of coral/anem the bigger the food should be. The corals can eat the bigger pieces but it can really harm them or even kill them as it is harder to digest/expel waste. Mysis and brine are good sized, when I had...
My flame angel swims with my clownfish. I guess they are all have orange color. Sometimes we look in our 30g and there will be 4 fish occuping the same 3 inches of water.
If you don't have one you might want to look into an auto top off unit (ATO). With all those fans running, you may have a lot more evaporation then you are used too. You can go manually and check salinity daily, or get the ATO and have it done for you.
You will probably need to do some light acclimation. You can do it two ways, run the T5s most of the day and start the MH for an hour or so and work it up. The other way is so cover your tank with screen or another material (several layers) and then remove a layer at a time. Since your fixture...
I don't think you screwed yourself. You just have to be much more careful with the temp. When you get the fixture just be very observant of what the temp is when you have the lights on. Summer can be a problem but as Phyl said a couple of fans can be a big help. You can also cut the light cycle...
Re: When all is going well with our tanks, why can't we just leave well enough a
We will never tell, just to keep all of you confused. I am confused at this point which is not a surprise.
Re: When all is going well with our tanks, why can't we just leave well enough a
Not much room. We'll post pics sunday.
Paul, Im with you, i don't know how you got dragged into this. . . but welcome!
Hawk, your *impulse* buys are remarkably similar to some of mine. . . we have a mandarin...
Re: When all is going well with our tanks, why can't we just leave well enough a
There is room, it is kind of like tetris makes is more fun. Your not giving me enough credit we are over 60 at this point. ;D
I think you went to Aqua Oceans in Toms River, which is a small LFS. He is a great guy and if you check his calender which he updates when he gets shipments in, he has great prices. I got my picasso clowns from him and they were an awesome price. The AO we generally talk about is Aquatic...
What I did for a screen to keep my blue spot and mystery wrasse from jumping was start with eggcrate. You can cut it to the top of your tank to make a frame. We then used acrylic screening to make the netting and now are fish stay in the tank and off the carpet.
I had the same thing happen with a flameback angel. We just overfed and used a lot of garlic and selcon and eventually it went away. Very much a pain, good luck.