Recent content by dischirm

If you know anyone nearby, or at your LFS, maybe they can give you some used filter material. That really kickstarts the Nitrite cycle.

I am not sure what you are asking, but I had a Fim-Yellow headed and it ate everything in my tank. I had a goldentail and it ate nothing except what I fed it. I have heard Tess's, Fim's and green morays will eat all tankmates.

slack - Beautiful dog. I own two myself. Hope you treat that dog better than you treat your fish!

Horsemen, Where in Calif are you?? I might be able to help you

You can ship me some!!!

for a 55. sure, something like a coral beauty or a flame angel. very colorful, very active and good for that size tank!

They definately are NOT pyramid snails, and I agree, they look like baby turbo's. Congratulations, you are a grandparent!

None of the above and certainly not both. Your tank is too small

Gee, after that last post about the angler type fish (that is not in your aquarium!), frankly I dont know if I should believe if these are in your aquarium either. Remember the boy that cried wolf!

A clown trigger just may eat the mantis and the clown/damsel just may get eaten by the mantis. I (personally) would put a few damsels in there just for looks and for the mantis to have someething to hunt. They are interesting, just not in your display tank.

I think the first one is a trunicate. Simple filter feeder, will not hurt a thing.

how big is that tank. I think you want 15 to 20x the Gallons. (and no, its not enough, I have a 100 gallon with 4 maxijet 1200, a mag 3 and a rio 1500 in it) You really want the water moving. Think of the tides, the ocean is always on the move, sometimes violently!

I would just get a couple Maxijet 1200's (they are relatively inexpensive) and add those to your tank. I agree there is not enough flow in there at all!

I personally wouldnt take the risk. I had a seahorse tank with aptasia outbreak that I got from an order of Macroalgae and fought it and fought it and fought it and it was no fun. I would remove the rock and the sand and thoroughly wash the glass so none of those little buggers had a chance to...

You can try washing it off, but that will be temporary and will kill the bacteria on the rock that you do want. Cyano is a symptom of a problem, it is not the problem itself