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I get up for work on wednesday Turn onthe tank light like I always do and Look at my Tomato Clown. He has White fuzzy Spots all over him. He was not like that the night before. I go to work and Call BF to have him Check on tank he says the white spots are still on the clown told him to call...

I am feeding Brine Shrimp with Sprirolina, Formula 1 Small pellets and algae. (not all at once of course) I guess I will test water perameters and see if I need a water change. Usually test once a week but did it twice last week because of water change and numbers were good. Salinity 1.024, 0...

Over 2 Months and all readings have been stable I will have to recheck again is he keeps climbing out. I have a Foxface, 1 tomato Clown, 2 damsels and assorted Hermit crabs and snails, 1 emerald crab and 1 sally lightfoot. BF got star Last Friday and this is the first time he has tried to climb...

BF Spent 660 on my 65 gal and it came with - Wood Stand, 1 large live rock and some rubble, Emperor 400 HOB filter, 2 bags of Argonite substrate, 1 powerhead, Glass top, lightstrip, Hydrometer, small net, crappy beginners book, Some other things to get us started I can't remember it all right...

Id like to know too Please :) Cricket@greatlakes.net

BF came home from LFS with Brittle star (All I wanted was some LR and shrimp with Spriolina). LFS told him it would not climb out of the tank. So Far Today we Have rescued it twice from behind the filter (I have A Emperor 400) its whole body except for 2 legs out of the water. Is this normal and...

a brittle starfish that bf brought home

What do the pods look like I do not think I have even seen any in my tank

I have alot of live rock, Emperor 400 with biowheels, and the water changes. I do not have a protien skimmer as of yet that is on the list of things to buy. could not afford it with christmas. I asked at the LFS store today when I went to buy frozen shrimp and he said that I could take the...

thanks I was just getting worried about him. But We left today and I had the light off in the tank when I came home He was eating some of the algae that i had on the clip so he must be eating when we are not looking. I also bought him some brine shrimp with the spirolina Stuff today. Hopefully...

I test my water once a week. I did my first water change last saturday because my Nitrate readings were 40, Tha tis the highest reading I have ever gotten. Nitrate went down to 10 after water change. At what reading do you do a water change and how much. I had changed out approx 10 gal from a...

I got a new foxface last sunday. tank is 65 gal with LR. Other fish are 2 Damsels (1 Yellowtail and One blue). and 1 Tomato Clown that was added with the Foxface. Also have assorted hermits and snails 1 sally crab, 1 Emerald Crab, 1 peppermint shrimp 1 CB Shrimp. I know that the foxface can...

Lets see. I filled tank with tap water, Did top offs With RO water. Mixed up tap in the 32 gal garbage can I bought to mix salt water in with drops. Plan on refilling what I used with RO water. Guess I kinda use both

My son dumped a whole can of the flake food in a fw tank once. Turned the water black. It was a mess to clean up

please send my way too cricket@greatlakes.net thanks Chris

Do you premix your water? I was told that I should let my salt water cure for at least 24 hours before using it for a water change. Went and bought a 32 gal garbage can so I will have a ready supply of water. I did do the first fill with tap water and treated it. As I refill will be adding RO...

I got my RO water from the machines that you can fill your own water jugs. grocery store here has Machines Can buy 1 gal Filled Container for 79 cents then if you take jugs back in and refill them it only cots 49 cents a gallon. Chris

The LFS store had some Horseshoe crabs the other day. I thought they were pretty cool looking but my book does not have much info on them. The ones the LFS store had were only about the size of a dime maybe a little smaller. does anyone know anything about them? Thanks Chris

I don;t think I have any hitch Hikers as of yet with any of the live rock I have bought. At least I am not seeing any. I thought I saw something that looked like a centipede once but havent seen it since. Maybe it got ate? Chris

Thanks for Caution. I had just done water change Day before and readings were good plus Got rid of 5 damsels. So ther eis really only 4 fish in tank now. I will do another test of water tomorrow to make sure readings are fine. I usually test once a week, If I test more than that I get really...