Recent content by heymybigfish

Yes, the tube was about 10" long.... I had it just hung over the edge of the tank..... Now it's wrapped around the skimmer, and sits tightly in the bubble diffuser box if the skimmer.. If it happens again ill be safe. My wife is pregnant and is only comfortable sleeping sitting up (she's due on...

Very safe.

So.... i'm in bed, falling asleep... i figured, i better shut off my skimmer (i always do before i go to sleep)... i go to my tank, flip the switch, and return to bed... about 5 minutes later i hear this...."noise" (you know, the sound of water dripping hastily on a carpet)... i knew immediately...

The skimmer only bubbles over the top for a little bit, then once the tank has reaches a certain cleanliness, the skimmer settles down. Let me explain something..... As long as its on and bubbling, it's working..... It sucks water in, the waste attaches to the bubbles, and the bubbles go to...

Also, 77 is not too warm. At all.

I can attest to that, my 55 was brought up to 89.... Fish were obviously agitated, but ok.

It'll come around. Eventually it'll get to the point where if you clean the glass in your tank, your cup will fill up 2 or 3 times, full, of dark green brown slime crap. It's gross.

So i went out of town for 2 days, i come home to see my light timer is broken (and i checked it, and tested that it was working minutes before leaving), and the lights had STAYED ON for 2 days straight. to make things worse, my AC had been turned off (by my wife ;p thanks) and my house was...

Well, IMO just go buy some cured lr from a lfs. With a tank that small, you don't need more than, 25lbs.... If you're concerned about cost, then buy about 12 lbs or so and 12 lbs of baserock....put them in the tank together and the baserock will turn into liverock I. 6mo or so. Also, your tank...

I've had one die, and he just curled up and laid lifeless. didn't change color. If the salt got into the tank, pre-dissolved, it could've burned him....maybe thats why he turned black?

So what, exactly, is your question? Why won't they go into an anemone? Clownfish will host anything. They'll even find a spot inside a rock... or even a feather duster. My clowns immediately took to an anemone once i introduced it to the tank. (my last tank).... in my new tank, my clowns just...

Hph, looks pregnant, how long have you had it?

So long story short... i bought a RG online, and it ended up DOA. I bought a different fish that also wound up DOA, and later on, ended up being sent a replacement RG that, again was DOA. talk about bad luck... anyways, i go to the local fish store, and pick up an RG (reluctantly, because...

maybe he just ate a lot? my firefish is about that size, and after feeding, the sides of his stomach bulge out in these weird lines. looks very abnormal.. but it goes away. if you're not sure, maybe dont feed him for a day. do fish get constipated?

also, the ONLY thing out of the ordinary i've done is... i bought this bottle of "copepods tisbe", from Algen.... was told to dump the entire bottle (of 500 pods) into the top of the tank... i decided against that, and only dumped in about 30% of the bottle... just because i hate adding stuff...