Recent content by texasstone5

I have pipefish. Where are you at?

I get to el paso twice a year on business (may and november). I've got xenia, cauliflour, couple of types of mushrooms and ricordia to sell (or maybe trade if you have something nice and I can work out logistics).

Thanks for the idea, and yes, it is live coral.

I vote for pistol shrimp. Do you see any digging around the bottom of the rocks?

I have use sand collected from the gulf in my tank. I have a deep (maybe 5") bed in the main tank and at least 6" in another tank where I grow seagrass. I collected it from the beach wadding out as far as I could go. I had scuba available, but I did not think that it was worth it trying to...

kaddamia - be glad to give you one if you get down this way. I could not find Newalla on the map. What are you near? Sorry about hijacking the tread. Does anyone know how to private message on this board?

I have a 4 year old piece of hard coral (unknown species collected from the gulf of mexico) that has tufts of hair algea persistently growing on the branch tips. I have been brushing it down with a toothbrush, but I can't get all of the algea off. Any suggestions?

Reeferdawg, I live south of you in Borger. Let me know if you ever get down this way. I would give you a Xenia, but I understand that you have plenty. Jimnlee, I have shipped xenia by suspending them upside down under a small foam block. The base rock can be attached by rubber bands. I don't...

Let me know if you are ever up in the panhandle. Texas is big. Really big.

Howdy I use a dab of superglue to hold xenia to rocks all of the time (I have two tanks and raise them for trade). Raise the base up out of the water and either dab the glue on the animal or the rock. Hold it bottom-up for half a minute while the glue dries applying firm but gentle pressure...

just curious, when you calibrate with RO or DI what does tap water read?

I am tired of cleaning the caulerpa (crassifolia or taxifolia) out of my tank. Will a yellow tang eat it?

RO water (I assume that it is home made RO) will work just fine. Distilled water will also work, but stay away from bottled beverage water (some contain lots of minerals). Tap water works too.

Thanks for the advice! They started eating (shrimp) and have gotten a little stickier. I did notice that they don't like my finger and eat better if I use plastic tongs to feed them. One stays put and one has wondered around since I put it in the tank a week ago.

My tank raised clowns have done that since they were little. They grow out of it somewhat. I've kept wild caught clowns and they never spasmed. Has anyone else noticed that? For that matter, does anyone have an idea about why they do that?