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Whoa...slow down partner. There are some very bad choices in that stock list. Your cute little sweet lips will be around 30 inches long soon. - far too big for your 75. Most tangs won't fit either. You need to train the lion to take prepared foods instead of live. There are many training...

The goal of cycling is to raise the ammonia levels up to the point that it encourages nitrifying bacteria to grow. By changing the water you are holding the ammonnia levels at an artificially low level, slowing the process. The only time a cycling tank should undergo water changes is when the...

Quote: Originally Posted by jayjay5531 Hi, thanks so much for your response! I just had a few follow up questions: 1.) So are you basically saying that you don't believe in the FO tank? As in, live rock is always a necessity? My freshwater tank is cycled and there is a lot of bio-media in my...

JJ: IMHO you should use the cannister filter just as a circulating pump, not a filter, and add some live rock to begin the tank cycle. You don't need much, just enough to seed the tank with some diversity. You can add dead rock for landscaping and it will become live eventually (and save some...

These are bristle worms. Some hobbyists dislike them because they think they eat their fish, but actually they are an important part of your clean-up crew and one of the reasons you buy live rock is to get organisms like these. If you have too many of them, or if they are too big there are...

Quote: Originally Posted by reefraff That's the point. This story doesn't say if the two people were reported as a danger. If they were why in the world would they be sent a letter asking them to turn in the permit and any guns? The letter in itself could be enough to push someone over the edge...

If you like the green-grassy look of LHA, consider putting some green star polyps in the tank once the LHA problem is resolved. It will look like a nice grass-covered field, gently waving in the breeze/current.

Quote: Originally Posted by reefraff Actually the shrink did report the guy to the campus cops who decided he was enough of a threat to pull his campus privileges but went no further. Not sure if this was the doc or the campus cops fault for not taking the extra step. In either case he had...

A little bit of hair algae can be nice, but it is like being a little bit pregnant. Eventually, hair algae will simply overtake all surfaces in the tank, clogging pumps and making the tank look a mess. Manage your dissolved nutrients and phosphates better and it won't be a problem.

The thing that remains to be known is was this person's constitutional right taken away based only on the fact he was on the medication or was he reported. That's what I mean by we will see many more cases if it's based just on the subscription. People who's doc reported them don't have much of...

Whether or not this is a single incident remains to be seen. If they are hitting people solely on the basis of a subscription I am sure we will be hearing about a great many more before too long. However there is a troubling part of that law "Section 9.46 of the NY SAFE Act of 2013 authorizes...

My guess (and that is all it is) is that this person expressed suicidal or murderous ideation to his mental health professional, and also is taking anti-anxiety meds as well. He was probably reported because of his ideations, not his taking a particular type of medication. Again, just a guess...

Quote: Originally Posted by Beth Actually, it puts a big dent in the anti-gun agenda. If a nutjob doesn't have access to a gun, then he will use something else. That's a good argument for getting rid of speed limits and income taxes - after all, people cheat on their taxes and speed, so...

[list type=decimal] [/list type=decimal] I've heard of feeding them prawn eggs. Where do u get them? That's something I'd like to try. They are sold under the "Nutramar" brand, and of the 4 major lfs near me, only one carries it. It isn't easy to use - I have to turn off all of the...

You could start a new tank with something like Amquel, but there are some drawbacks: 1. $$$$ 2. hydroxymethlyculfonate smells, well, sulferous (rotten egg smell) - not pleasant at all. 3. There is a lowering of dissolved oxygen content, so circulation has to be pretty vigorous. IMHO - it is...

Wow - this goes right into my physiology lecture on color sensation.

Interesting, but misleading. Mental health professionals in New York are required, under the NYSafe Act, to report any individual (whether they have a gun or not) who, in the professional judgement of the practitioner, presents imminent risk to themselves or others. There is nothing about...

Culturing pods is not difficult - just Google it and you will see that all that is required is an air stone, a small container (5 or 10 gal tank works fine), and microvegetation for food. I have had a mandy in my 30 gallon breeder system for almost 2 years now. It was ORA-bred, took brine...

Amquel contains hydroxymethylsulfonate, which neutralizes chlorine and chloramine, and is able to bind to ammonium, detoxifying it. However, the nitrifying bacteria are still able to metabolize the complex, so they will develop a sufficient bioload to deal with subsequent ammonia spikes.

Several questions that need answering: 1. Why do you think they are starving for air? 2. What are your water parameters (pH, sg, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate)? 3. How large is the tank, how long in service? 4. What kind of circulation to you have? 5. What kind of fish are in the tank? How large...