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Originally Posted by CGRANT I was wondering if tufa rock would be good to put in an aquarium so it can turn into live rock? I saw some in the store and seem like it is very porous but figure i better ask before i go buy some. Thanks! Should be, as long as it's real tufa and not tuff.

... Started out with a smartass know-it-all newb (me) who figured a lot of you experienced folk were too anal about your quarantines. One inevitable outbeak of ich later I find myself in the position of having to perform my first ever hyposalinity session, while surrendering myself to the...

Thanks for the input and well-wishes Kleener.

Originally Posted by Beth Baking soda. Or if you want to get fancy, you can get a buffer sold in the hobby. Any LFS will have some. Weeell Beth, I was kinda hoping to find a calculator, table, formulae or something so I could figure out how much baking soda to add. Finally I just decided to...

Thanks for your help kleener, and I know you're well meaning, but I kinda think thats wrong. I think bubble size (for lack of a better description) has more to do with physics and the SG of a fluid, than do other factors. I've seen that mentioned though not in so many words elsewhere in skimmer...

Started hypoing my fish today, and I know i will soon be faced with an inevitable drop in ph, so I was wondering if anyone knew of a standard formulae for raising ph with baking soda on a per gallon basis. :notsure:

Thanks Beth, LC, & chipmaker for your input and help. Anyone know if my skimmer will work at the lower salinity? What about my LS (only about a 1" layer in the DT for aesthetics) should it go too? Just trying to avoid a cycle here when everything goes back together.

Selcon huh? Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately my fish's rubbing has now blossomed into an outbeak of ich, so nobodys gonna be doing any hiding in anything but PVC for awhile.

I could remove my fish to a QT for hypo, but my QT is only 10 gal. Fish are: 1 longnose butterfly 1 Flame Angel 2 Perculas 1 Potters Angel 1 Yellow Watchman 1 Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse 1 Royal Gramma How large a QT is needed and since it would be uncycled how do I go about maintaining water...

Suffering my first outbreak of ich. Have a 125 gal aquarium 55 gal fuge and tons of LR I wish to keep alive while I hypo the fuge and DT. Think the rock will fill 2 to 3 30 gal trashcans. Will they survive with just airstones and water changes? What size air pump and how many airstones etc...

Wrasse showed up this morning, happily cleaning all day, even ate some mysis. :cheer: I notice it disappeared again tonight at sundown, maybe still in sync with the outside reef vice my artificial one? :notsure:

RIP

Some of my fish have been rubbing, (so far no visible signs of ich) and my cleaner shrimp are slackers, so I got a Hawaiian Cleaner before I suffered an outbreak of something. Figured he could give my livestock a good going over, then I'd liberate him back into the wild. Once I put him into the...

Originally Posted by segsig strange because I havent added LR in a couple of years and mine just suddenly appeared after all this time..and yes, I agree the "monster" I saw was that big and can easily cause havoc. Problem here is I havent seen him in a couple of weeks now. maybe I'll come at him...

Originally Posted by PonieGirl And how the greatest vigilatees are shaped. A job nicely accomplished!

Originally Posted by segsig Where do they come from as I'm sure I didnt recently buy one? Ride in on the live rock Originally Posted by segsig how big do they get? Dunno, depends on the species... all I know was mine was too big big. I'd say the carapace was about 1.5" across. Doesn't sound...

There has been a black xanthid crab of some sort stalking my rockwork for the last month. I've only caught a glimpse of him a couple of times, and he looked big enough to be lethal. Furthermore my YLN Butterfly and my Flame angel have both suffered damaged fins in a tank where I have taken great...

Originally Posted by GreyMach Could he have died and been eaten by a cleanup crew of 9 hermits, and 12 snails overnight? Completely Eaten without a trace? Probably not, you'd find bits of whiskers, legs, etc. scattered about. Checked inside your overflows yet? Mine like to crawl on them looking...

Originally Posted by 1911_Guy How does this help with dead spots? A wavemaker adjusts the output to create different currents. It won't add current to places that aren't already getting it. Are you sure?

Also cleaners prefer their lighting subdued, if yours is intense it might be cringing in the shade of your rockwork.