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Al my old friend, just a few thoughts on housing a Peacock Mantis, they can and have been documented to chip or break the walls of a glass aquarium. This is especially bad if the aquarium is interconnected to other tanks as the potential for a flood is amplified. This striking of the glass is...

http://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals.html Al I do not know if you have seen this video, but it is one of my favorites By the way al those are acrylic tanks right

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 What's the smallest setup these guys could be in...... http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/index.html IMO Roy Caldwell is the foremost authority on these wonderful creatures

Al I thought I would share this pic with you; this is the first time I have seen any remains of Lola molt. As you know they tend to take it into their burrow and eat it

by the way Al whats a mantis

Al my good friend Joey like

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If you washed away too much good bacteria and rinsed and killed the rest you would see an ammonia spike not a nitrate spike Aerobic bacteria does not consume nitrates anaerobic bacteria does

While there are established guidelines for placement of corals in our tanks, imo it is better for the corals if they are placed in lower levels of the tank and observed. The hobbyist can after observation start to move the corals to higher (more illumination) areas of placement. Take the time to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Al&Burke Hey Joe she is looking great. I have one as well now, I think I told you that already once before. Really intersting to watch them build and dig in the sand. I have mine in a 20 L but soon I will move her to a tank I am building right now 20 wide X 24...

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer WOW.... Now now Lois you and I know the only thing that gets a wow out of you is something over 9 inches

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 thanks Snake by the way how goes fatherhood

yes she still lives and is about 7 inches in length now

Quote: Originally Posted by sweatervest13 Cool video. I have two different sets of candy canes. The feeders come out nightly, but nothing like the sweepers in the video. That is crazy. About how long are your sweeper tentacles extending on that candy cane pic on the first post? not long...

I can’t speak about the particular instruments you want but I do have the Hanna EC/TDS tester and find that product to be outstanding

Quote: Yours are very nice Joe my friend if i only had a dime for everytime meowzer said that to me .........

So I was surprised to see sweeper tentacles on my candy coral I did some research and found this video on line. The picture is my candy with the sweeper visible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXZ3RVH3vY

how do the six line and rg get along

What fish do you have, I have witnessed my yellow tang eating the molt of my cleaner shrimp

Quote: Then again, how many plastic components do we have in our aquariums? Any pump you utilize in your system is most likely housed in plastic with plastic components