Recent content by lesleybird

If you are driving your car cross country you could stick your live rock in a couple of rubbermaids with a few inches of saltwater in the bottom. And the live sand could go in one also. Only problem is that if you stop to eat somewhere during the day when the sun is out the car will heat up too...

Do you only do the top off of 7 gallons once every two weeks? One should be doing top offs daily or every other day. Every two weeks would let the specific gravity swing too much suddenly. Do you put something in to get rid of the chlorine? What is your ph? Nitrates? Are your fish overstocked...

You don't need an honest fish store.....What you need is to go home and do your homework before you purchase anything at your fish store. You also need to look up the equiptment purchases on line for a better price before you plunk down your hard earned money at the fish store. My fish store has...

Too small for either let alone both!

Originally Posted by Bang Guy It's his Tank he can add what he wants to it. I can't believe that advice is coming from you! I thought you were better than that!

Originally Posted by Tarball Buy a mandarin dragonet, they will love the pods. No need to QT them either. Sounds like a perfect fit for the tank. Bad idea as in a 55 gallon tank the mandarin will run out of pods in a week or two. No matter how many you have now they will not reproduce fast...

Don't know much about their life cycle but you never really need to worry about them getting out of hand as most fish that I have had like wrasses and other fish like to eat them if they see/find them. They eat algea growing on the rocks and glass along with left over fish food. If one drops...

Putting two blennies like that in a 55 gallon is asking for trouble because they are too much alike and will fight for the same areas. Why don't you go for one blenny and one royal gramma as these fish are really pretty, stay small, and usually will get along with a blenny. Lesley

My outbreak of ich a couple of months ago went away with a high wattage UV filter with a very slow flow rate and my cleaner neon goby. The cleaner neon goby does a much better job than any cleaner shrimp that I ever had. I found that if the cleaner shrimp are well fed they get lazy and don't...

Originally Posted by chub Can I put Shells that I got from the gulf in my tank with out any problems? Only problem is the coraline algae will soon cover them up leaving them not as nice looking.

Originally Posted by Markw Just about all of the finicky fish I read about, it says "Make sure the fish is eating while at the LFS or dont even consider bringing it home."...my question is, how can you be 100% certain? I mean obviously any LFS employee will tell you that they are just to sell...

I use the big bioballs in my overflows. They do not get dirty and cause nitrate problems because I use micron filter pads on top of them to catch the crud before it gets to the balls. The really big bioballs do not seem to trap the dirt as the spaces between the spike things on the balls are...

Originally Posted by Markw And the sad thing is, when they do catch him, he will only be treated with a misdemeanor, vandalim as well as animal cruelty are both misdemeanors, a maximum sentence of 1 year in jail. Hopefully he is charged for every single creature that he killed as a seperate...

In a tank your size you can get both about the same size and put them in together and you should not have much problem with them getting along. Lesley

I don't like your poll as none of my favorite fish are even listed. I like queen angels, bluefaced angels and regal angels and none of them are even on your poll.