Recent content by deete

I inherited the Tang with HLLE with the idea that I could nurse it back to health or try to find a home for it. My buddy couldn't find a home for it so I took it in. I'm feeding it frozen herbivore cubes with vitamin c and flake, once each daily. My tank is a 46 bowfront with an eheim canister...

I believe my fish have an "ick" infection. What should I do? I know this sounds like I'm just asking for advice without research but I have been doing some research. I've heard about Hyposalinity, Copper, and little "ick" [hr] . But I have a lot of questions and don't want to jeopardize the...

Off to a great start! Nice new addition to the tank. We added a perc just a few weeks ago.

This is all very interesting to me. What a great experience to be able to have. Someday I'll get SCUBA certified. When I do, Catalina will be first on my list. (I live in Fullerton)

I'm an amateur, but thought I'd throw this in: MH's are known to be hot, you could consider raising them from the tank a couple of inches or switching to compact flourescents. I have a 46 with compact flourescents and they seem to be perfect. I have one 150W heater in the tank with good flow...

Originally Posted by jackri Looks nice except the green thing hanging down in the middle ;) 46 or 72 bowfront? Looking good... looks like you took care of the hair algae too. I know! Not a whole lot of options for me though... Can't drill it and a hanging overflow thing would be just as ugly...

Thanks for the replys everyone, here's one after a little maintenance today:

The first tank shots that I'm putting up. It's not much, but it makes me very happy:

Thanks everyone for all the info. I think the problem may be diatoms, which is strange because my tank has been cycled for quite a long time now, and as I understand it they're common in new tanks. I do water changes about every two weeks but lately have been doing them every week to ten days...

Originally Posted by jackri Ricordia possibly? I'm pretty positive it's a green ricordea. The green bumps are getting larger and it looks similar to a lot of green ric's that I'm seeing. If I can keep it alive (and growing) it should be a really nice addition to my tank. Do I spot feed it...

I have a tank which has been up for over a year and my sand gets ugly every few days. I like the tank to look good for when I have parties / visitors and I'm just wondering what everyone's experience/opinions are on this. Can I do water changes too frequently? I use water that is from the ocean...

This may not belong in this thread, but how do I know if I have a male or a female clown? (Percula)

Similar... here are some new pics:

Definately floppy and soft... The picture quality is poor but I've looked all over the internet and haven't seen anything that looks close enough to it. The dots are throwing me off.

I know the pic quality is poor... but can you identify please? It's light purplish with green dots all over it, and sort of looks like a brain coral in shape. There is another one growing a couple inches away, its about 3mm in diameter.