Recent content by Patrick Seastar

Not sure what you're referencing to.

Is it normal for a torch coral’s mouth to become hardened? Upon inspection, it’s insides of the mouth seem to retract when touched. The tentacles are fine but the mouth is gaping & hard. What would you call this?

2 clown fish occelaris that aren’t wild, not that you’ll find them but they can get to the size of a softball. Yellow blue damsels, fire fish, basslets, & gobies. I would recommend gobies that don’t sand sift, those things will make sandstorms in nanos.

"It's all about bio load and what your personal mission is for your system." Preach, brother!

The problem is that those are predator fish which are aggressive & will battle each other in a small tank. They are also very territorial & won't tolerate other fish coming into it's territory. The second problem is your small fish. If the predator fish are bigger than the small ones, they'll...

Did you ever set that aquariums up?

When the water evaporated, what water did you use? Did you buy both clown fish at the same time or separately? What saltwater is it that you bought when the goby & tang died? What was the salinity of the aquariums that had the separated clownfish, goby & tang? Did you ever quarantine the goby &...

They spread like wild fire or in my case, like oil grease when you're working on cars lol. They're almost ineradicable. If you don't mind how ugly they are or you don't plan on putting other corals in, you can simply just live with it. Other wise you'll have to kill the live rock by leaving in...

It most likely past away. It seems like there's a bacterial bloom. If that anemone didn't pass away from anoxia, I'm gonna say it was because the amount of nitrogenous waste in the water coming from all the detritus.

There's a lot of arguing about what's the proper size for the different types of fish. What I have found is that there is so much difference of opinion when it comes to this. Every website, book, or article is going to have different suggestions & you gotta remember... They're just suggestions...

Sounds weird dude, I don't know lol. I mean, what type of clown fish was it? Most fish get pale in color when stressed but what you're describing almost sounds like an entirely different species.

You have to quarantine EVERYTHING bro. I think that unless you medicate them, you're just rolling the dice. Ick isn't something you can always see. There's fish that carry them but are hardy enough to not become plagued by them. When you put them into your main display, they're going to colonize...

That first one looks amazing!

I buy bottled saltwater & already had chemical filtration. As soon as my employer told me about the downsizing while on corona virus, I went out & bought bottled saltwater. I also have food for the fish so no problems for right now.

Ah man, what a shame! Always heard good things about that one. I use it cause it seems the freshest to me besides it being devoured by my fish. They're all over here except maybe the some stores that aren't as popular.