Recent content by poniegirl

It is nice, I like the natural look! A fan of softies, too. Your BF doesn't bother them? I have a metallic blue background and you would be surprised how the tank pops out and the colors are enhanced with a simple background. I think you may be thinking of the ones with those lovely fake fish...

Back to Earth. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 or just above PH, though, is at 8.0 SG is 1.021 This is after a water change last night of about 40% I have been keeping the temp low (around 76) and the lights off through the cycle. Any hints on what the problem may be?

I am so over the hill..over the hump I mean!! 0 nitrite, about 30 nitrate and PH is at 8.2 Big sigh and water change tomorrow! Already dreaming. One of the good LFS has a Moorish Idol. I need to research, but what a grand fish. I have a Tomato Clown and a pair of pajamas so I am just...

You can run a skimmer from the very beginning of tank set up. You'd be surprised that even the brand new water can produce "skimmate". What is your set up?

So day 24..Nitrites at about 2.0 I won't test the nitrates yet because I know I what I will see and it's just a waste of test product. When nitrite is kinder, I'll break out those little bottles again. Still haven't tested PH. It is about 7 more days to a full month and I have certainly seen...

Originally Posted by dragonboy I have FOWLR and what I read the Aiptasia is a good nutrient exporter. I feed heavily so with this in my sump it can help out a lot with the nutrients as well as uneaten foods that get pass the floss filter. I don't have a reef so its not a big deal to me if...

Day 21 (beer, not coffee) Nitrite at about 3.0 and nitrate at 10.0. Progress is as slow as this thread. Sorry to say; but what a wonder it really is. However the last rock dusting, another 10% water change and the sand is in. 20 lbs of white, sugar-fine sand. It is so pretty and satisfying on...

Originally Posted by js1976 I have always kept a piece of plexiglass less than a foot wide and about a foot taller than the depth of my tank. I cut my powerheads off and put some food in a corner. When they come to eat I lower the plexiglass in behind them. Then they are caught in the corner...

Originally Posted by Sir Mixxalot those are manjos... i have literally hundreds of them in my 75 ... you have to kalk burn them before they spread... i would start mixing the kalk paste ..... 5 minutes ago if you get my drift. I am going to have to take all the rock out of the 75 and let it all...

I have often resorted to using two nets..one to corral and one to GOTCHA. Depends on the tank setup, but usually is successful.

Thanks Henry. I feel better about dry sand myself. I really don't even want enough substrate to show above the tank border.

Day 15.. Ammonia is at 0; so glad because I just don't care for the warmer colored cards. Nitrites off the scale as far as I can see. Nitrate (yet another warm color scheme) is negligible, I would say 10 if I had to. The plan is to dust the rock once more, then station them where I might be...

I am sorry to hear, Teresa, I know how hard that can be. And difficult to want to start again. Take heart.

Originally Posted by oneradtek some new pics with my new camera I have been away for awhile...is this one of the new marine species found recently???? I want one..are they reef safe?

Originally Posted by woody189 Of course it wont' hurt, but is it necessary? She had crushed coral, which I don't think would introduce anything bad with it (if it were live sand, then maybe). Seahorses will tend to snick food off the tank bottom, so the substrate should be as fine as she can...