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Originally Posted by Mikeyjer You don't know nothing is living in there. They usually show up later! Some of my critters didn't come out until months later. You should have adequate flow over the light rocks to get all that stuffs blown off. It's nothing to worry about. Just let it cycle...

I have a question - My liverock was covered in white stuff when I got home from work today, it was almost like the skin you get on mily if you let hot milk sit too long. The tank is a new 40 gal, which has just been set up with around 12 lbs of liverock, 2 powerheads (1 pre-filtered, 1 not) and...

OK, how do I identify a pistol shrimp? Any links to pics of one? I have a feeling that's what it might be, I've heard a few single clicks lately - probably heard them before but taken no notice untill now. I think I might even know where it's living, there's a small hole in the front of the l/r...

I'm amazed at just how much life there is in my l/r! I found snails, worms, slugs, etc. that I had no idea were there - My new tank is cycling well, should be able to move the l/r in soon....I'm just not game to pick it up with my bare hands now!! I'm still thinking about sitting the rock in...

There are a few burrows, but I thought the damsel was doing that? There is a little crab looking at the food - I put a peice of fish on the end of some dental floss and ran a small sinker down to it. The crab is less than 1/2 inch, and very shy. I heard a single click a minute ago as well. I...

Originally Posted by promisetbg You could try putting a piece of meaty food {something that will stay together and sink} at the entrance to where he's staying and watch for him to come out and snatch the food.probably best at night while the fish are resting and won't take the bait.Or,you could...

So 3 fast clicks and then a break will more likely be a pistol shrimp? Do they do any damage in the tank? Should I find him and get him out, or just leave him there? I quite like the idea of having more than just fish life in the tank, that's half the attraction to s/w...as long as it doesn't...

Thanks Guys, now you've got me worried! There is only 1 peice of liverock so that narrows it down...it clicked 3 times in about 1.5 secs, then a pause for about 5 - 10 mins, then 3 times again, last night. My wife said She'd heard it before, first time I'd heard it though. I have a spare 10 gal...

Lately I've been hearing a fairly loud clicking noise coming from my 10 g nano. They seem to be in bursts of 3 at a time, and come at random intervals - could this be a Mantis shrimp? I did see something moving around the l/r tonight, but it was obscured and hid pretty quick - looked like it had...

Another question - I plan on sending a cheque for the cannister tomorrow night or Friday - would I be better off to just put in another small pre-filtered p/head and a skimmer at this stage, plus some l/r, and add the 600 lph (157gph) HOB from my nano later on? That way I could use the funds to...

I checked out your pics, Rick, awesome tank! Thanks for the reply - I'll keep you posted

Awesome pics! I can see why the salt hobby is so addictive! I'm already starting to wish my 40 gal was a bit bigger....eying off my 80 gal Oscar tank lol

G'day Rick, thanks for the reply. I haven't even checked nitrAte yet, I tested ammonia a couple of times during the week, first time I even checked for nitrIte was tonight, wasn't expecting it so early! I'm in Waikiki, a suburb of Rockingham, about 30 km's south of Perth. I lived in Melbourne...

Hi all, Still a bit of a newbie here, and to s/w in general - been running a 10 gal nano for around 6 months, now I've got a 40 gal tank cycling - used a pre-filtered p/h from my nano, plus some beachsand and a rock out of it as well, substrate is natural beachsand, water is NSW (As is my nano)...

I've been running a 10 gal nano tank for about 6 months now, using sand from my local beach, and seawater. I literally live 5 mins from good clean beaches so it made sense, especially as my nano was my first real effort at keeping s/w fish. Every time i get tempted to start mixing my own water I...

Hi, I have a question. I currently have a 10 gal nano, it's got around 8 lbs of liverock, a bta, a very small peice of coral (Torchlight, I think it's called), and a yellow tail blue damsel. I want to upgrade the size of the tank. I have a 30 gal tank that I want to eventually move everything...

Originally Posted by finn-a-gin Not to sound like a dumbass... but maybe try to remove HOB, submerse intake in makeup water and catch returns to see if the impellor of your filter is causing this. ( grabbing at straws without a photo to research) Try photobucket.com for hosting and resizing...

I'd say that all these new found things in your tank have been flushed out by the ammonia spike - I run a 10 gal nano and never use any chemicals whatsoever, I get my water from the local beach. I did have a tank crash a little while ago, caused by me taking out my filter media for just 12...

Looking great! Do you have any fish in there?