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We have to remember that what we are striving for in a salt mix is to come as close to the levels sustained in the ocean. That being said we have to remember that no matter what test results we get when testing a new batch of saltwater the readings will change as soon as we add this water to our...

Lois the chemiclean directions read 20% water change after each treatment. Now if you are going to treat a second time you do so after 48 hrs. so each treatment time frame is 48hrs sooooo you treat wait 48 hrs if you feel you have solved the red slime issue you do a 20% water change. If you...

Reef Crystals

ummm can you post a pic of the live rock you have, also i hate when these guys call it cycling i never now what the hell they mean

Actually you are not too far off if you can stop rolling on the floor laughing for a minute let me explain. I have had a fish bully another. what I did was take a bamboo skewer and when the bully took a run at the passive fish I went at it with the skewer. After a while the aggressive fish felt...

Lois Lois LOIS I BET YOU HAVE Quote: I have seen a few people go bare bottom.....

Ok let me throw this out. In our closed system we have alpha aggressive fish. Now on the open reef these fish may not be the alphas so they are more concerned with survival than being aggressive. But in our systems all then need to be is aggressive

In theory the more stages you have to purer water you produce. But there is a point of diminishing returns. The main difference IMO between a home setup and one for aquariums is the fact that the home systems tend to have a small holding tank. This tank is pressurized and produces water for...

I think it’s safe to say the boredom leads to aggression.

Quote: Originally Posted by spanko Henry GOT BACK

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer HMMMM....after your wife "touche"

Lois chemicals are just an other tool in our tool box used wisely they are a great asset

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer LOL....even Lola doesn't want to show you her tail guess i should have named her Lois then

FYI every major public aquarium around the world uses one universal method for sterilization chlorine aka your common bleach

I have dealt with cyano in the past using Chemi Clean Red Slime Remover with good results. I have also stopped an outbreak with just syphoning out what I saw developing. I would use the chemi clean just do exactly as they instruct

Still not a pic of her tail but a pic that I hope will show hobbyists what a beautiful creature the mantis shrimp is for a species only tank

In my view cyano bacteria is unavoidable if you change parameters suddenly I'd agree with this statement in 99.9% of cases. The rest are simply either pollution, or general poor husbandry with regards to system wide nutrient loads.. And likewise.. Quote: It is normally caused by the hobbyist...

Lois some interesting reading from the internet Cyanobacteria appear in both salt- and freshwater setups and are known as red slime or blue-green algae. Cyano is a hybrid, a mixture between plant and bacteria. It has therefore plant, as well as bacterial characteristics and is considered the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tangs rule How bout a current Lola picture Joe? I still have to polish out my old DAS 75 and remove the decades of scratches beffore I get it running as a mantis palace, but It'd be GREAT to see a great looking Odontodactylus Pic taken at 9:30 pm 9/21 will try for a...