Recent content by mandarine65

It's been a few days since your last post. Has anything new happened with your pair?

Wow! Thank you so much for all the info! You are totally awesome, I never would have thought to feed it like I do my anemones - I assumed it would eat the liquid phyto plankton stuff I put in the tank every other day! I would have let the poor little guy starve and he's so pretty. From what...

Awesome! Sounds good, any recomendations on the glue? It won't hurt the fish or anyone else in there?

I hate to remove the rock and disturb everyone if I can avoid it so I will try the reef cement. Should this generally be available at my LFS?

Cool! Thank you!

I have this plug that is semi-covered with zoas. I shoved the plug into a hole in my LR and it fits pretty well, though not real firmly set in there, so my snails and shrimp keep knocking it out. I am hoping that eventually the zoas will grow and spread (there are some itty-bitty ones on the...

what color should it be? Was it bleached at the fish store or by natural causes? Will it survive?

Can anyone identify this coral for me? It reminds me of a yellow hibiscus flower - it's very pretty. Sorry about the picture, I used my iPhone and it doesn't zoom.

Can anyone ID this little guy for me. It's not the best picture (taken with my iPhone that doesn't zoom) but it reminds me of a yellow hibiscus flower - it's really pretty.

I have enjoyed watching ca161406's tank diary as he's been setting it up and I can't wait to see it once it's complete. How about all you other fish only tank owners out there - can you post some pics of how they look all done and full of critters? I'm working on my first sw tank - it's a 30g...

Nitrate 20 Nitrite between 0 and 0.5 pH 7.2 Alkalinity 180 He was just staying in one spot. But when I went out just now to test the water (I had checked it this afternoon, but didn't write it down) he wasn't in that spot. I had turned out the lights after I posted and everyone in the...

... .... from the top of the tank. I checked the sg and it's at 1.021 and all other parameters are right on. I just got him on Sunday and he seemed to have acclimated well. My fish book tells me this behavior can be from poisoning or the salinity could be off. Any ideas and how can I help him...

.... from the top of the tank. I checked the sg and it's at 1.021 and all other parameters are right on. I just got him on Sunday and he seemed to have acclimated well. My fish book tells me this behavior can be from poisoning or the salinity could be off. Any ideas and how can I help him?

I'd love that - thanks

socal57che - my post ended up in this thread and I couldn't figure out how. lol! I went back to reply again and realized that the link had brought me here. Anyway, thanks. That's a lot to choose from. Thank you all very much . I am a book junkie and will be happy to add all of them to my...