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Cmon, people....This hobbyist has anemones and you are telling him to do hypo in his DT?!?! You need to setup a quarantine tank that is hyposalinity. Let it cycle, and put livestock in the QT tank for a minimum 30 days. This will also let your DT get to safer and less stressful parameters

Originally Posted by newbie 67 What about a brittle star? Good question. I dont particularly recommend stars as part of a cleanup crew. IME Brittle Stars will be mostly nocturnal, and wont help in cleaning up your sand.

Shoudl be fine. What's the wattage on the PCs?

Take things a bit slower with your tank. You have to add livestock slowly, so that you can increase your capability to provide biological filtration. Your nitrates and and ammonia levels are a bit high. I would expect to see this form a tank that cannot keep up with the bioload. Do regular...

Nassarius Snails, Hermit Crabs, and sand sifting Gobies (but they're debateable). Conch will also do good job if your tank is suitable. There's more, but I thought I might name a few for ya.

Not toxic. I grow and maintain a piece in my DT. When it gets too big I chop it an throw it in the blender with the rest of my seafood mix for fish food.

I dont mean to dig up older threads, but I thought I would say "thanks" to Johnny1971. We worked out a trade for 20+ shrooms seen above, and they're all thriving.

Get a tupperware with several 1/2 holes cut in it, and put it over the coral. Fill turkey baster with food/water combo, and squirt in the holes. Remove tupperware. done. Pros: you dont have to turn off whatever flow you might have Cons: have to use tupperware. you decide.

Feeding the anemone is not required, just supplemental. Your clowns will probably even take care of feeding it for you. Mine do.

Look more like Margarita Snails to me....good additions to the cleanup crew though.

You'd probably also want to use more than 1 175w MH ideally.

Update: OK, it's definitely getting goopier now. Patience is a virtue. Thanks for your help guys & gals.

If you're pulling a cup of water a day then something doesnt sound right. I empty mine every week, and it's about 2/3 full

Well, it does create some, but it's not the dark stanky stuff like I used to pull out. This is pretty much some salt water with a brown tint. After reviewing the manual for the skimmer, it says that I dont need it. Does anyone use it differently than recommended

About 3 weeks ago I purchased the Aqua C Remora w/ MJ1200 powerhead. Because I was in a hurry to set it up (I was leaving town for a week), I didnt throughly rinse it before install, however I did rinse slightly. It's not really even producing nasty foam. In fact, the SeaClone 100 that I used...

You can soak the equipment in a vinegar/water solution overnight, then scrub away the next day. Rinse with warm water. The vinegar helps gets rid of most stuff surprisingly easy.

Originally Posted by hot883 I'm sorry I posted my addy 4 posts above or so. It's bcool831@pldi.net My fault. Email sent.

Are you interested in doing a bit of a larger trade? Take a look at my trading page. It should give you a good idea of what I have available to be traded. I also have a couple of big (4"+ diameter)bright neon green Rhodactis shrooms to trade, as well as a few varities.colors of zoas. BTW, are...

Originally Posted by mandarin w You do not need the bio wheels in the filter when using the filter on a saltwater tank. They contribute more to the nitrate level than help. dump the bio wheels. The filter may be just gummed up. A very good cleaning might do the trick. Take the filter...

Im interested in this trade. I have some green striped shrooms I could swap. Im very familiar with the thermos swap (my references here) , and live in New Mexico. Here you can see sample pics of the Green Striped Mushrooms that I have for trade. Let me know.