I did this several times to raise the level of my sand bed. I bought a plastic tube that flourecent lights slide into to protect them (any hardware store) cut it to a few inches taller than my tank. I then cut the bottom off of a gallon milk jug and attached the tube to the spout of the jug...
I added 3 Green Chromis to my tank and after being in there about a week I noticed my Tang going over to them and "leaning". The Chromis would nibble at his side for a minute then the Tang would leave... This has been going on now for about two weeks, it looks as if the Chromis are cleaning the...
As you can see in my sig, I have several mushrooms and some polyps and only NO lights. I bought two strip lights that hold 2 40watt bulbs each and built a hood to fit them in. Total cost with bulbs was about $70. I have had the corals for about 3- 5 months now and they are doing great! The...
Thanks for the replies! I guess it is the same as the rest of this hobby in many aspects, hit or miss! I will need to make a tough choice I guess.. Thanks again.
I have read a few posts where people have had a snowflake with inverts such as shrimp and crabs with success. Is this the norm or will most snowflakes kill the inverts? I think they are great but would hate to lose all of my shrimp! Anyone have experience or opinions with this?
I have 5 shrimp in a 55 with one being a CBS. He has never been agressive toward any of my inhabitants and is truly fun to watch! I can't imagine my tank with out one! If you like them I would suggest getting one, but since others have reported aggresion I would watch him when first added...
All of my shrimp get along with one another. Even the Coral Banded. The Camel and Peppermint all live together on one big rock. I thought that the camel was reef safe as well... I don't have any corals and will check into the safety of the camel before I get any!
When I buy my live rock it will most likely be from this site since the cheapest here is $8/lb! I understand that in shipping I will have some die off. If I cure it myself in a cheap 10 gal agauarium is a heater the only thing I need or do I also need a filtering system on the curing tank...
This new forum is great! My tank has been up about five months now and is doing great! I went through a few poblems in the beginning but all is fine now. As the subject shows, I want to add more live rock to my tank since I have so little. Any suggestions as to go about it without hurting my...
I just noticed two things about your sig that had me curious. First you have a snowflake and many inverts. I wasn't sure if this was possible. I think snowflakes are great but thought they would turn my shrimp into lunch! How long have they been together? I would be interested in getting...
The same thing happened to me about a month ago. Except my parameters were fine. The whole tank got cloudy and yellowish. I eventaully shut the lights off except for four hours a day. After 3-4 days the cloudy water started to clear and is perfect now. I now have the lights back on a 9 hour...
I'm still fairly new to this hobby, but had the sam problem about 2 months ago. I finally got out a narrow hose (about 1/4 in diameter) and siphoned the slime off of everything. It took a bit of work but after doing this a few times it never came back. Good luck!