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I usually just look at the hydrometer from the top of the water, from an angle as flat as possible, and where the top of the water meets the scale that is how I read it. Then again I could be doing it wrong too! I'll be interested to see what responses will be to this question. As for the...

I caught my blue damsel early one morning, He sleeps behing a bit of liverock, so I used a small net between the rock and the back wall and just herded him out to the front of the tank, where I had a nice big net waiting. He swam up to the front glass and I just swung the net around him and...

Originally Posted by Littlebuck yes with that all you need to do is take a drill bit and drill a small hole about 1/4 inch about the water level thats what i did. and i think i have the same wet/dry as you do. I have changed mine a little bit but its still the same kind Isn't the hole meant to...

Powerheads I don't think it really matters much, just get 2 or 3 and position them around the tank so that there's no dead spots (Places with no water movement). Try and get one rippling the surface and one blowing across the top of the substrate, and, if needed, a 3rd that's somewhere...

I would mix the water, or buy filtered seawater and fill the tank, turn everything on, set the heater temp, check that there is good circulation around the tank, then add a few peices of uncured liverock to start the cycle off. I would test the water every day and record the parameters in a...

Here's a pic - you can see the liverock has plenty of colour, even with the single fluro...

I kept a 10 gal nano for about 8 months, with 2 occelaris clowns, a bta, l/r and even a small peice of torch coral in it. I was using a single powerglo fluro strip, only about 16 watts, it was straight from a fresh water set-up. It lit the tank up like a stadium, probably because the tank wasn't...

You need more than just ammonia readings to determine whether your tank is cycled - Do you have readings for nitrite and nitrate? Your tank won't be cycled until you KNOW that ammonia has peaked and then dropped, and nitrite has done the same. If you haven't got test kits for at least ammonia...

I am running a skimmer - it's an old submerged/air operated one, but it does fill it's cup with dirty water on a regular basis. So which would be the better option, false gramma or royal gramma? Still not sure if I'll get either yet, at least not for a while, anyway...

Thanks for the replies. I think I've decided (Based on your advice) that I'll get a pair of Occelaris clowns a bit further down the track, but until then I'll add a bit more liverock, some more snails and MAYBE a hermit or 2 (Once bitten twice shy lol). My wife wanted a false gamma, I thought a...

Originally Posted by Dogstar . Adding two clowns may be your best choice but with two damsels all ready in the tank you could have territorial problems because theres not much territory in a 40g. OK, bad idea - that's what these boards are for I guess - to stop newbies from me from having...

I was thinking about getting one or 2 of these for my 40 gal tank, as a clean-up crew that's good to watch as well. Any probs with compatibility, tank size, etc? ATM I have a bta and 2 blue/green reef chromis, and I also plan on getting a pair of Occelaris clowns. I would also like to add a...

I'm a newbie too, but I've already discovered some of the things that can be introduced on l/r - it's pretty cool really, sitting back watching all this "Free" wildlife that I've picked up along the way. I put red cellophane over one of my lights and turned off all the house lights, it was...

Just an update - I did about a 20% water change and tank "tidy up", tested the water, which was good, then added 2 blue-green reef chromis. They have been in the tank for 2 days now, and doing well, and the bta is looking healthy again. Still trying to catch this pistol/mantis or whatever it is...

The medication I added was Bactonex, which is supposedly safe for corals (Yeah, I know!), recommended to me by my LFS (Again, yeah, I know lol), the main ingredients are aminacrine hydrochloride and methylene blue. I added less than the bottle recommended (They recommend 10 ml per 40 litres, I...

The clicking sound seems to happen more at night, but happens occasionally through the day as well. I posted a thread on these boards a while ago, and I tried everything to try and catch it with no success. I eventually decided that it was a pistol, based on ppl's advice, but can't be sure...

Originally Posted by zanoshanox I'm not sure what it is, the whote blotches, but i have seen a lot of the clowns at one of my LFS's looking lik that too...Why would you but then out fo the QT, and why would your LFS sell them toy ou out of the QT....? lol. I cannot give you a desease...