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  1. aileena

    Anyone successful in keeping a tang?

    I've got to admit, I have always been vehemenetly against the tang police and the gotta have 100g to be in the club mentality, but a tang in a 40g I wouldn't do it... I have a YT in my 65 (or 60g I dont know what size it is) and it is awesome. but it does swim around a lot and its the...
  2. aileena

    New LFS in Metro Detroit!!!!

    I must say however, dispite their expensive nature, I've never bought a sick animal from them. (with the exception of a squamosa clam). They QT all there fish before they sell them and if the animal dies, they usually replace it...
  3. aileena

    maroon clowns

    I've had my white stripped maroon for roughly 2 months...in that time its done well....I had a Bubble Tip anemone for it, which it readily hosted, but the maroon was too big for the anemone and the anemone was overwhelmed, stopped eating and died. I just purchased a new bubble tip twice the size...
  4. aileena

    New LFS in Metro Detroit!!!!

    pruess in lansing is very cool, although its very expensive for some items...especially dry goods
  5. aileena

    Crushed Coral versus Sand.....

    I am not an advocate either for or against a DSB, but in my own experience next time I set up a tank it will be with crushed coral or a similiar finer substrate (something you can vacuum) not sand... Yes sand will look natural for a while but eventually its a breeding ground for algae and other...
  6. aileena

    what can i keep with the lighting i have?

    ya do you have a pic of your canopy with the dual halides and the vho bulbs?
  7. aileena

    lighting in a 85 gallon aggressive tank

    first: I do not think you would want to risk having corals in an aggressive tank...angels eat corals that I know for sure...other large aggressive fish like triggers are also very destructive and would not do well in a reef tank...Lion fish I have no idea about...it will be hard to feed them as...
  8. aileena

    what can i keep with the lighting i have?

    how are you going to fit all of that in a 12" canopy I wonder? Can you post a pic of your canopy when you get a chance? I have 4 vho bulbs on my canopy now and they barely fit...its like tip nuck if you know what I mean....
  9. aileena

    what can i keep with the lighting i have?

    I would say that most mushrooms and yellow polyps and star polyps would do fine under enough NO lighting...just keep em towards the top of the tank... just because you do not have vho's pcs or mhs doesnt mean you cannot keep a reef...your just limited to the corals that you can keep to softies...
  10. aileena

    Tales from the LFS: Part 1

    hey i am that stupid lady that came into your store the other day!!!! :eek:
  11. aileena

    what can i keep with the lighting i have?

    I agree with Beth... I know that you already bought these new lights and you probably do not want to spend any more $$$ but if you want to get lighting that will allow you to keep almost anything and looks great get VHO lighting.... you can get a ballast on ---- for much cheaper than anywhere...
  12. aileena

    Maxi jet powerhead impeller

    why not take the propeller from the 1200 and put it on the broken one w/o using the magnetic thing? I do believe you can seperate them. then again maybe you cannot? i'm sure you tried that already
  13. aileena

    Tang Acting Strange

    Its normal behavior for a YT...mine does it all the time...sometimes I think my tang thinks my 65g tank soley belongs to him and no one else...they are a very dominant fish and often control the whole tank...the one I have is about 3-4"...Just make sure it eats well...give it veggie flake, algae...
  14. aileena

    BTA doesnt want to eat!!!

    I really think this anemone is on its way out... I again tried to feed it and it shrunk up like you woudn't believe...its tentacles are starting to turn white...this sucks...I do not know what to do with this... parameters are perfect...and its been in the tank for about a month...
  15. aileena

    BTA doesnt want to eat!!!

    nope the anemone never gets fed by the maroon clown...
  16. aileena

    BTA doesnt want to eat!!!

    Every since my maroon hosted with my BTA like a week or two ago, the BTA refuses to take food...I've tried squid and mysis. For some reasons its tentacles aren't as sticky. The maroon really overwhelmes the BTA I think. the clown would swim in the BTA's mouth if it could...
  17. aileena

    Filter or Skimmer for new tank?

    when i say aragonite... crushed coral...or something substantially similiar... just not sand...I've had nothing but troubles with my sand bed, and plan on taking out and replacing it with c.c. next weekend...its been 4 months and its still brown and awful and produces more harm thatn...
  18. aileena

    Filter or Skimmer for new tank?

    I agree with the skimmer and LR for a good saltwater tank...Get a like 1.25lbs of LR per gallon and a hangon back skimmer. Although the remora works well its a bubble nightmare...I would go with the bak pak or a prizm or prizm pro....I am currently running a prizm on my 60g and so far so good...
  19. aileena

    Anemone question

    just keep an eye on it...i am by no means an expert and I am just learning about BTA's myself... They will eventually attach sooner or later...keep tryin to feed it...try squid...mine really likes the squid for some reason...
  20. aileena

    Hard ones versus Softies

    good thread I'd like to know more about this as well...
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