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  1. aileena

    no DT's, what can i substitute?

    DT's a waste of money??? I have never heard that before??? I guess the only reason I use phytoplankton is because someone told me to do so...I wonder if its really necassary??? That stuff is expensive 30 or 40 bucks for a large bottle...
  2. aileena

    green star polyps taking over mushrooms

    My concern is touching the mushrooms with my hands...I really thought that you were not suppose to touch corals or take them out of the water for any length of time...maybe a small razor blade would help scrape the mushroom off the rock or at least cut it w/o leaving anything behind...I am...
  3. aileena

    green star polyps taking over mushrooms

    I can just take them off??? they seem firmly attached??? do I just tear them off the rock?
  4. aileena

    green star polyps taking over mushrooms

    I Didn't think this would ever happen but my star polyps have started a battle with my blue mushrooms...I put the star polyp frag on a large piece of LR and on the other side of the rock I placed a rock that had blue shrooms on it. the shrooms have crept slowly off the rock they were on to the...
  5. aileena

    my new green maxima

    Great Job!!! Glad to hear about your success!!! Good to know the truth!:D
  6. aileena

    Interesting article about NO lights with SPS and Clams

    nice to know that you don't need to replicate the sun and create your own tanning both in order to keep more difficult corals...
  7. aileena

    phytoplankton and protein skimming

    Do protein skimmers remove DT's phyto??? and if so how do I stop it...should I turn off the skimmer for a while while the DT's is being pushed around ny the powerheads???
  8. aileena

    Maxima Clam

    my maxima is still on its first week under vho lighting...so far it has done well...I have 225watts under a 29g...sounds like you have the same thing I do except you have PC not VHO.... as long as your water quality is good, kh 10-12, 0 nitrite and amonia and nitrate under 20ppm... you also...
  9. aileena

    Mid-Michigan people?

    if you are interested in him email me sprysj@cooley.edu
  10. aileena

    $10 perc clownfish in mid-Michigan

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  11. aileena

    Mid-Michigan people?

    either of the two clownfish are about 1 and 1/2 inches maybe 2 tops...they are in good health...very harty and are orange with white strips...like most false percs
  12. aileena

    Do I REALLY need a skimmer??

    I would definetly use a skimmer...its a must in my opinion...I have a CPR backbak and its pretty good ... but I am saving my $$ for the remora or the remora pro...I want to be able to use the skimmer on my 75g too....from what I've read the remora is the best hang-on...with the exception of the...
  13. aileena

    Mid-Michigan people?

    Robb you wouldn't be interested in a perc clownfish would ya??
  14. aileena

    $10 perc clownfish in mid-Michigan

    I have to separate my clownfish...I had a mated pair and one jumped out, so I replaced it...now the older clown is beating the hell out of the new one...I will gladly sell either of these two for $10 OBO....
  15. aileena

    Weekly evaporation rates ?

    1/2 gallon a day on 29
  16. aileena

    Mid-Michigan people?

    pruess has some nice stuff but they are way expensive...If you know a way to get a mushroom off a rock I'll give you 2 of them for free...I have an apt. in east lansing...
  17. aileena

    Dead Squamosa

    temp was about 80 degrees...and there were no little white parasite snails I checked for that...email is sprysj@cooley.edu
  18. aileena

    Dead Squamosa

    ya Steve was really suprised that the squamosa died as well...when I got the maxima there was a bit of debate between some of the sw people there...I told em I was scared to buy another clam for fear that it would die...they said that the squamosa's death was very unusuall especially since the...
  19. aileena

    Dead Squamosa

    I've read the information that all of you have provided and like I said before the evidence is that the maxima can live w/o adverse health effects under VHO if there is enough lighting and if phyto if fed daily... The fact that the clam will not grow as fast under vho is something totally...
  20. aileena

    Dead Squamosa

    Ya sammy I had the UV on for about 6 months...after everything seemed to be doing good I decided to take it off about 5 months ago and see what the difference was...the fish were exactly the same no ick or parasites or anything the only difference I noticed is a algea boom, but not significant...
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