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Here's a zoomed pic - btw, I have added "Bactonex", which is a mix of aminacrine hydrochloride and methylene blue, at 10 mils per 40 litres, which is the recommended dosage. I used this once before to combat ich in another tank with no probs. Fish both seem ok apart from being a bit skittish...

I got a pair of Occelaris clowns yesterday, I introduced them to the tank yesterday afternoon. I let them acclimatise in the bag for about an hour, slowly letting small amounts of tank water in until they swam out by themselves. The tank is a fairly new 40 gal, been running for about 2-3...

Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE its shame... you had a good effective cleaning crew that you just obliverated. your gramma didnt die from the crabs, but rather something else. Yep, You know You're probably right, I actually felt a bit guilty afterwards, but I acted on the advice of my LFS...

mmmmmmm, seafood

The crab was a hitch hiker, I knew it was there, but it's never bothered my damsel - unless the fish died of other causes, but I'm pretty certain the crab killed it. My LFS told me that any crab with hairy legs is bad, would that be true? I'll get another gamma for the wife, but my LFS is...

Yep, that's what it is, I mean was! I got it last night, introduced it to the tank, went to bed, when I got up this morning we couldn't find it anywhere. Out came the torch and we are searching under all the liverock when we see 2 crabs eating it :mad: Both crabs dissappeared up into the rock...

My wife has found a fish she likes, the lfs near here has one, it is labelled as a false gamma. It is only 2-3 inches long, with a pink head and yellow tail, kinda looks like it's been held by the tail and dipped into pink paint, head first! I was trying to look it up but I'm not having much...

I'm just curious - what will happen to the turtle now? Will it be released to the wild, and if so, will it survive? Or will it be kept in another large tank at a public aquarium or something?

I had to put a fish down a while ago, I just netted it out of the tank and smashed it hard onto the floor. All over in a microsecond. A friend told me i was cruel and should have put it in the freezer - I've never been able to understand her reasoning - One way is quick and painless, the other...

Pesty anemone?? Pesty, in that I should get rid of it? Obviously it's a hitchhiker from the liverock, but what should I do with it?

I was cleaning the front glass on my 40 gal tank today and I noticed this little critter - looks a bit like a jellyfish or something, very small, been sitting on the front glass all day now, in the same spot - I cleaned around it! Any ideas on what it is?

My first mistake was listening to my LFS about 15 years ago, when i first tried a s/w tank. He sold me a 55 gal tank, complete with single WHITE fluro light tube, u/g filter, airpump, EXPENSIVE imported CC, a whole bag, for around $90.00, I spent a fortune on it all (nothing was cheap), then...

I had a wipeout of a f/w communal tank a few years ago, i noticed the water smelled like orange juice - apparently my son had thought the fish were thirsty!

Just to be different, I use natural sea water. $2.00 for 5 or 6 US gals from my lfs. Top ups with distilled or purified tap water when i run out.

Cool, I didn't think there would be a problem, as long as I left it for long enough for the varnish to fully cure, just the girl at the paint shop told me she had probs with varnishing some wood around a pond, just got me thinking that maybe the water that evaporates might drip back into the...

I got my new 40 gal tank up and running last weekend, but the hood is just stained pine. Can I varnish the inside of it to stop it becoming waterlogged, without poisoning the tank? I was planning on using a pressure pack of marine grade varnish I have here. The hood gets very damp on the inside...

Here's a better pic, shot tonight - You really think it's gonna die? I won't be able to get it into my new tank till well after Christmas, I used uncured l/r to cycle it, and the ammonia and nitrite are still pretty high. The new tank will be running 2 coralife fluros and a single mh that I...

Yep, here it is...

Originally Posted by mermaiden7 I do water changes 2x a week and my water is RO...I have it checked by the LFS and they say that it is great.... So maybe i am doing something right.... :happyfish I'm using natural sea water!

I've had a bta in my 10 gal nano for 6 months now, with only a 15 watt powerglo tube - It's more than doubled in size, and seems to be doing great. I only bought it because the guy at the LFS told me it'd do fine (Yeah, I know!). Would it die if I left it there? I would have thought it wouldn't...