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I set up a copepod culturing station using a 10gallon aquarium. Used a starter culture from here... https://www.livecopepods.com/zencart/?gclid=CJ3n-4D48JYCFRgqHgodWSyTYw ....and followed this article http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/breeder2.htm
my mandarin is fat and healthy so...
Thanks for the compliments :)
Those are Pseudanthias flavoguttatus(red saddled anthias)...
There are three of them.
There is also a Red Mandarin...
a Golden Pygmy Angel...
and a small Black Tang...
Plus a harlequin shrimp and a pair of sexy shrimp too :D
Thanks for the compliments everyone :)
sorry I havnt updated this thread in some time.....the tank is doing really well. I have learned to trust myself more in applying all the knowledge I have learned and find it a very gratifying experince so far ;D
heres a FTS after my whirlwind shopping...
Thanks everyone,
The fan is from giesemann.
The tank is from Elos. it is a 55 gal. system70
www.elosusa.com
I also have a 200 gal. Elos system160xl but I havnt set that one up yet :(
Just wanted to let everyone know that after all this time.... I finally managed to set up a reef tank !! ::)
Tank is cycling and should be ready for livestock in time for the swap ;D
he just posted this on MR ''Well I went there today and they are GONE completely. I called and they left the number for tenecor. Apparentl they are tring to do right for people YET even though you paid AFY you would still have to buy it from them. They do acrylic and the rep who I happened to...
At night, with the tank and room completely dark, take a strong flashlight and position it so that it remains shinning on a small corner of the tank for a couple hrs. You will notice the flatworms congregating at this spot...you can then easily use a pipette to suck them out of your tank ;D
I would think that they eventually would pick on the polyps >:(
....another thing you may try that many don't realize is that flat worms also depend on symbiotic zooanthellae for their survival so if you deprive them of light they will esentially suffocate. For this to work you have to...
I do a fairly good job of explaining the bottom(along with everything else) here.. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/off-topic/24551-ot-big-swap.html ;D