Recent content by kelly shaw

it is not an emerald. it is a light brown in color, kind of like sand. it also has hair on it. upon further searching i am leaning towards a gorilla crab.

i found this crab on a piece of frogspawn that i just bought. don't know what he is, please help.

i found this guy on a new frogspawn. i caught him before he got put in. please help with the id. i know the pic isn't very good, but its the best i can get.

its time to replace my bulbs on my pc lighting. i have the coralife aqualite, 192w. pc's. currently i am running a 10000k, and a 03 actinic. should i go back with that (which has caused me no problems) or is there a better combination to go with? thanks for your help.

this is a little broad of an area to be looking for someone from lawrence, ks. this board covers the united states and then some. im in dodge city, ks. there is pretty much nobody out here that is interested in the hobby. i do most of my shopping online or in wichita. there is some great lfs's...

what type of light do i need to keep a mini reef in a 10g. long story on why i set up a 10g, but just curious what type of lights would i need for some of the lower light corals and possibly even a bta or something?

thanks for the help. like i said this is the first time i have seen him, and my tank is about a year and a half old. don't know where he came from. but im glad he is here.

this looks like a snail without a shell to me. this is the first time i have seen it. pretty surprising seeing how big it is. it looks like it has a hard shell, but it is soft all around. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

i need to set up a 10g tank in a hurry. i have cycled live rock, cycled water, and uncycled cc in the bottom. will it still go through a cycle? i know this is not the proper way, but a someone is giving me some fish and live rock for free. one of the fish is a maroon clown and i already have a...

thanks for your help. explains alot. on the lighting, the only thing i plan on keeping in there is some macro, a little live rock, sand base and a darn sally light foot that eats my pepperming shrimp. probably some more snails and hermits. possibley my damsel if i can catch him. the only thing...

i am making my own sump tank. got a few questions. i am running a 65g main tank and making a 30g into my sump/fuge. how far should the baffels be apart, and how far off the bottom? how much light do i need for the fuge? the overflow i am getting is 600gph, am planning on a mag 9.5. do i need to...

hate to say it, but check the floor all around your tank. do you have any dogs or cats? if so they might have gotten a little snack. i had one jump out one day and my dog saw it first. i got it soon enough and put it back in. but he jumped out again before i could patch the hole and he wasn't so...

here is mine

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...onclownBTA.jpg her is mine. i couldn't get the pic resized to put on here

im running the coralife needle wheel super skimmer. its not too bad as far as noise. does a great job skimming too.