Originally Posted by Anonome
The shrimp pellets (OSI brand) are actually I believe for freshwater fish, but this is what I used to get him to eat. I use as a treat only. I also feed OSI ocean stars a marine food that is for lower fish and crabs (sinks). Try the shrimp pellets......better than...
Originally Posted by Anonome
Thats great news. I feed my diamond shrimp pellets (sinking) he loves them. He also eats any of the fishes food that he can get. Good luck with them.
Can you elaborate on the shrimp pellets, what brand? and pellet size, please
Originally Posted by sauncha
I've had this chili coral for about a month that I bought here at saltwaterfish.com. It was droopy just like in the picture since day one but I read about others' who said they had the same experience for up to a month or two before the coral perked up, so I decided...
Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
2 questions that i need help with soon.
1. how do you convert a wet dry to a sump or is there a way to add a skimmer and a refugium to a wet dry?
2. when the power goes out and the return pump from the sump goes out the overflow will continue sucking water, how...
Originally Posted by Jessi P
So tell me more about this stuff. Where does one buy this stuff? Is it easy or difficult to grow?
Needs a fuge or sump, good water flow and good light,, but very beneficial, will eat up your nitrates and proteins.
Originally Posted by usmc6026
i just remove my last two fish from my 55gal tank last week now all ihave are some rock,sand and coral skeletons. today i turned the lights on and BAM! there were what looked like thousands of copepods! they eat mostly diatoms correct? but a friend who has many...
My tangs seem to follow the sand sifting goby around all day, waiting for him to sift and then trying to catch any scraps that he might stir up, They kind of bug him though,, Im assuming this is normal behaviour and everyone else experiences this as well.
Originally Posted by spike_501
My RO unit has around 2-5ppm of nitrate coming out in the water. is this right?
I know its RO but is your water POLISHED even more by deoinization? or DI? That should get rid of your last 2-5ppm.
Originally Posted by larryndana
you don't think garlic would help?
No Garlic will definately help, but you might try entice as well in addition too or rotate the products to see which works best..
Originally Posted by nicetry
My tank looks like a shell graveyard!
All shapes and sizes of shells laying around for the taking. Every now and then, one of the crabs will upgrade his digs to a more deluxe shell. I routinely add new crabs (to make up for the ones picked off) and they all swap...
Originally Posted by NavyGuy
If all the gunk on top of the water is pushed down back into my tank would that cause any problems?
Not anyore than it presently is because it was in you tank in the first place, It will be removed via your peotein skimmer and mechanical filtration, but in time..
Originally Posted by jfingers088
He does pick on the rocks like all day so i guess that he is eating so hopefully he is on the right path to start eating prepared foods.
Besides the garlic, you might also want to try this product called ENTICE, do a google. But it seems like you are on the...
Originally Posted by NavyGuy
I have a 3 month old 55 gallon tank. 5 corals, and a couple of inverts and one fish. There is this film on the top of my tank, it's not thick, but when I put my hand in the tank and then dry my hand off with paper towel, there is a brown residue. Is my protein...