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I'm pretty sure the bigger claws are more for defense and moving larger objects for feeding. In a controlled environment like your tank, he should be fine, in the ocean he would probably be a goner. Does he have any competitors for food or other shrimp etc that would bother him? If not, no...

fishgrl- Start a new thread for info. I would NOT go back to that LFS, because he sounds like more of a newbie than you are. Live rock is HIGHLY reccomended for a reef tank, and plants are fine...just dont pull a plant life bob and rely on them for everything. (private joke some people will get lol)

Stuck-wow! Awesome job....you are obviously keeping up with everything and it shows! Wishing you many more years of a successful tank!:cheer:

I dont think there wil be a problem any more than usual. I have a huge mix...scarlet, blue legget, zebra, and a couple of HUGE ones that are just common type-dont know their name-literally in shells about 3" wide. They will fight every once in a while, even with lots of extra shells. Although I...

wooohooo! Looks great Rob! I like the little side veiw window...that was a good idea. I have a q, for my future plans....I see you put all the livestock in...are you afraid now during the sanding, painting (fumes) etc that contaminants are going to get into the water? My biggest fear about any...

Bang-Thank you so much! And I will do it very slowly and target your first goal, then reach for perfection later... I am doing a water change now...is that the best way to get it under control? Then shall i add the 2 components in a half dose? Thank you!

I guess only one pic per post...heres the other pic

Here is what started me wondering about why my watre must be getting off balance...note the zoo chunk on the cc how it is closed up kinda without it's "feelers" ( for lack of a better word) aren't out? You can see some in the left corner of the second shot. Sorry, these pics are from last week...

bump...sorry, but i want to get this straight this weekend lol

Hey Bang...thanks for writing back! I thought alk needed to be in the 3.5 range or thereabouts? I do have both parts of b-ionic, so when I hear from you regarding the alk, I'll start that program.

you can test for iodine/iodide. They sell test kits for it. Strontium im not sure about

how old is the tank? Is it cycled? you have just a cleanup crew, is it because the tank is just completed being cycled? Do yourself a favor and learn from my mistake....make sure you understand completely the chemistry of the water...how alkalinity, ph and calcium all play a role, and what is...

Ok...did a water change last night and then tested the water this morning after 250 w mh light was on for half hour and all fish were swimming actively: ph 8.2 (last night it was 8.4 befor elights off) alk 7 calc 360 amm/trites o trates 10 salinity .024 temp 79-80 tested my source water (well...

if you have photoshop, change image size and then save for web. You can email it to me if you need ill do it quick...im on photoshop and illustrator all day lol

Thomas... thank you for the advice...ok, i am going to lfs now to get a new alkalinity kit by salifert so i know it is acurate so i can test both my source water (which came back ok, but i want to test again) and tank water on my own tonight and on... so i will do a water change tonight, and...

bang, thomas an tizzo, thanks so much, I am learning! Bang...yes, my calc measured at 340 by both me and lfs. So tonight i am going to do a 20% water change to help reduce alk, and I will dose the calc after the water change...hopefully this will pull things into line a bit...sound right? I got...

i always thought I was a pretty bright guy UNTIL I GOT A SALTWATER TANK!!!!! lmao... you guys to me are brilliant, because i STILL don't 100% get it, but I'll try... Ok, so what i should do is...trust that the saltwater mix I will make using instant ocean (I know where you're coming from Thomas...

awesome tank...looks very natural. I especially love your graphic with the algae pointed out...lol Your tank is getting close to sweetreef's, and his is simply perfect. Youre in good company there

Here is the problem... the ph of water I am using is at 7.1 or something. So I add in my instant ocean, and then use a small amount of kent superbuffer dkh to raise the ph a drop to 8.2. This is what i always have done (but never measured alkalinity...dumb!) Then once a week i dose the b-ionic...

lmao..yes thomas...instant ocean! is this a problem? I was dosing by reccomendations the b-ionic alkalinty (part 1 of 2) My water change water is really good I have been dosing too high, and will do a 20% change tonight What is it about instant ocean? is it high alk? Thanks!!