Recent content by fulcrum

I was pretty diligent about keeping the tank in a state of flux for the week. I rearranged the rock a couple of times and put "foreign" objects in there at random. I knew it was a risk when I did it, but was hoping the coloration difference and decent size differential would help. This morning...

surprisingly much better today. far less aggression, no biting. everybody is out swimming in the open.

Its been years since I posted on the board. I havent done anything very stupid in a long time, but I think I broke my streak. I have a FOWLR 135 Gal with around 115 pounds of live rock, 85 gal sump, refugium. Tank has been running steadily for 5 years. In the tank I had two well established...

Same vendor....same tank system. I cant imagine they are selling disposable clowns. My LFS is actually quite good. I think I am going to wait until after the holidays to try fish again. I have nice soothing reef to look at until then.

temp does not vary outside of 79.5 to 80.1. Thats a touch high for my taste, but its steady. The monitor puts out negligible heat. The 2nd pair of fish being found in the overflow actually doesnt solve that mystery, since they were both there on the same day....odds are they didn't BOTH jump...

Lights are on a timer. They come on at 8:00 am. I am usually there for at least an hour before they come on. Lights go off at 4:00pm....there is a good amount of ambient light in the room. I will upgrade the pump and see what happens. The most frustrating thing is that the inverts...

I'm using the main pump that came with it, but I have a rio powerhead behind the LR in the tank moving the water pretty well I could try stepping up the main pump. I dont seem to have any dead spots, and actually have what appears to be good flow in the tank. Soft coral is swaying pretty...

The latter assumption is correct. The fish both die at the same time, not on the same day of the week. The cleaning staff dont use any chemicals here....they basically take out the trash.....they dont even vacuum unless you specifically request it. I do a ~30% water changes about once a week to...

All things I've considered, but keep 'em coming. I think the oxygen is ok, I'm using an airstone skimmer. Dont know how to get much more oxygen in than that. Obviously the Ich on the first pair was noticeable. The last two pair never showed any physical signs of distress. The luck thing...

I have set up a 14 gal oceanic biocube in my office. 20lbs good fiji lr, rubble in the 2nd chamber, aristone skimmer (more for oxygen really), carbon screen, lighting upgrade to 3X24 from nanotuners. The tank has been up for almost 6 months. Coralline has taken off and covered most surfaces, I...

c'mon ......anybody?

So I was in a hurry the other day and forgot to rinse my new carbon filter before putting it in the tank monday afternoon. This is the standard biocube 14 gal nano carbon screen. I realized my mistake after it was in for 20 minutes, so I figured there was no point in getting it out. Yesterday...

nothing appears to be touching it. The brain has some superfine filaments out, and the sway around about 3" in varying directions, but nothing reaches as far as the tree. The tree is the only thing that has "changed" since the filaments came out. Maybe its coincidence, but the timing was...

I have a 14gal nano (w/ lighing upgrade) with a few coral inhabitants. My recent addition of an open brain coral is causing some problems. I have a small soft tree coral (exact type unkown) that seems to be VERY sensitive to the brain. All my soft corals are at least 6 inches from the brain...

I had some friends go to my office today and do what they could. They fed garlic soaked food and added kick ich. They said their appetite was great and the fish were very active, but not breathing heavy. Keep your fingers crossed. I'm hopeful they will be alive when I return and I can do a...