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I've always done carbon and never not used it. Back before my tank crashed for a different reason I was able to keep stock with no issues at all. Basic water changes and the occasional trace elements additive kept me going

Very cool twins Bang! OK so I'm assuming it's safe to say that pretty much the dirtier the bottom the more they'll thrive? In other words don't stir it up and self-clean it, just leave it to the bottom feeders to enjoy?

Hit the LFS for water, just get new gas cans from home depot or lowes to fill them. The 5gal. gas cans will run you roughly $9-$12 each and the 10gal. in water from the LFS will probably be about $1 a gal.. So you're only looking at about $30 ($40tops) to get the water changes started. After...

On the outside, clear nail polish. If it comes out with that wavy look, simly remove and reapply till you get the clean look.

That's cool, gsp and shrooms are cool. The LPS will be when I get into a bigger tank and a MH I'm looking at. As long as this lighting will allow for something then it was well worth the $60..ha ha

The filler you're talking about is typical and basically unresponcive to staining after the fact. What you need to do is tint the filler as you mix it with the stain. Test this befre applying because the color will change when it's dried. Now being you've already filled and stained, your best...

Cool Captive Care section there. Most stuff I've read says they don't climb. I thought this one was going to be an Oddball for climbing the glass to get some algae. BBB, How did you manage the care? Meaning did you do anything special just for the conch?

I bought new lights online and would just like to know some opinions on what I can keep as far as coral with them. It's an upgrade for me from the basic florescent bulbs you get with a typical pet-store hood. I'm thinking It'll need stronger bulbs, but I don't know $60 was hard to pass up. The...

OK Last bit, and probably the most detailed... (Figured I may as well post it due to not seeing much on the subject) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Mesogastropoda Family: Strombidae Genus: Strombus Species: gigas Species Description The queen conch is a large...

OK Found some info on a food site, but it's still something..lol Conch (pronounced 'konk') is a common name for certain large marine snails. They are gastropod mollusks, the most commercially important of which are in the family Strombidae. The specific species we are concerned with here is the...

Yup Yup same looking snout and shell

Using tap water to top off? How about a clean up crew? You mentioned hermets and a bristle star, but nothing else. I'd at least begin by doing a water change and killing the lights for a while. Buy a new turkey baster and blow the red algea off the rocks just before the water change, let the...

My sister is a Postmaster in NY, and here's the deal as she's told me because I wanted her to send me a bottle of booze...lol ALL shippers are trying to keep a watch over ANYTHING liquid. How it's packaged doesn't matter because there is a possibility it can be hazardous. Remember the Anthrax...

Originally Posted by Scopus Tang Personally if it were me, I would have the caulerpa in the plastic tubes ~ its way more aggressive than chaeto. As for macroalgaes usable in the DT, I suggest you check out the marine plant section. There are several macroalgaes listed there that are suitable...

Currently I have a Fluval 205, and I modified an old small Penguin Biowheel to hold Cheato as a temporary overflow (basically it's set to take in tank water and run it through the macro) I'm also using a no-brand powerhead to circulate and create topside tension. I don't care to place snails and...

Well luckilly I've plenty of stuff in the substrate for him/her to eat, and it should be the only thing turning the CC over leaving all the goodies to him/her. The 1 Nass snail I have is perfectly happy on the back wall amongst the agea growth, so I don't see that one hitting the CC anytime if...

I was at the LFS today and picked up this nice little conch along with my turbo snails. I didn't see much info about conch's here so I figured I'd ask as well. Jumping the gun on conch's.. no I've done reading and such and wanted one for a long time, they are just "technically" not allowed in...

Thanks, I'm just lucky there is still coraline algea on them because I allowed a complete system crash a year or 2 back. I just never stopped letting the water flow. As for the refugium. This does act as a filter correct? I mean I could get a wet/dry and a refugium, but if 4 filters is somewhat...

I asked the LFS is they carried the Echo test kits and the guy showed me the supply of chemicals, but didn't know anything about test kits. Where can we look into them? As well, API is apparantly being packaged together in Mexico and sometimes the chemicals or charts are mixed up with the FW kits.

lol, Actually another member of the boards bought it. He was browsing and seen the ad. Drove up from Miami and took off with a brand new 125. I'd love to see what he's done with it, but forgot who it was..ha ha