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  1. neowind

    Anyone ordered the ricordea from here?

    I was wondering if anyone had ordered the florida ricordea from here? Do they all come green or are they multiple colors? What size where they?
  2. neowind

    Zooanthids vs. Ricordea vs. Leather?

    If any of these guys touch each other will they sting? I know ricordea sting yuma ricordea but wasn't sure about anything else. Will any of these combo's hurt each other if touching?
  3. neowind

    Why would my clowns color be turning grey?

    I have 2 clowns I got together and added them at same time. One of the clownfish is losing its color very badly. It is turning grey and fading very badly. Anyone know whats going on? The other fish are just fine just this one.
  4. neowind

    Some pictures after the battle.

    As some of you may know I was having a terrible time with hair algae and was about to giveup. I decided to basically break the tank down take all the live rock out resmooth the sand and go at it again. Here are a few shots of my progress and its been a while since I have even been comfortable...
  5. neowind

    Best way to transport a fish?

    I need to take 2 of my fish to a person who lives about 2 hours away and it will need to be in a bag for about 5-8 hours probably. What is the best way I can transport these 2 fish a Yellow Tang and a LMB.
  6. neowind

    Problems with stirring a 6 month old DSB?

    I was contemplating on turning my DSB over so the sand on the bottom will be the sand on the top this weekend. I know I heard its bad to do this on older DSB's but what about one that is just 6 months old? Will there be any horrible problems by doing this? I am planning on removing the top...
  7. neowind

    Major Maintainence help

    I am planning on moving all my LR out of my tank smoothing all the sand back to flat from where my power head fell and made a sandstorm. scrub all the glass to get the algae off and doing a 30% water change. While doing this should I remove the fish from the tank or would they be ok? I have a...
  8. neowind

    Yellow Stripe Clingfish?

    Anyone had one of these? I heard they are reef safe and one of the coolest looking fish I have seen. Any drawbacks from getting one of these things?
  9. neowind

    Help! Can I put this light here or will it block my MH bulb?

    Ok I am trying to install some Actinic 03 PC bulbs to my canopy but at the same time don't want to block my MH bulb out since it is the main lighting source. Will either of these positions work? PS. Thats not my hand holding the bulb I'm not that hairy its my Dad :P
  10. neowind

    Powder from medical gloves hurt tank?

    I have always used the powder gloves and the powder always goes into my tank. I never thought this was a good thing but I was wondering if it would hurt my tank at all? Should I swap to non powder gloves?
  11. neowind

    Softies, leathers, shrooms what can touch each other?

    I want to start compacting my space on the rocks and so forth to pack so more corals in in the near future. I have a list of corals here and if anyone see any here that cannot touch can you please let me know? GSP Xenia Yuma Ricordea Florida Ricordea Finger Leather Devil Hand Leather Zooanthids...
  12. neowind

    Lettuce Nudibranch?

    I was wondering if anyone has these in their tanks? I have heard they are very nice for eating different types of algae and they look awsome!! Are these worth paying for or are they mostly just for looks? Any harmful side effects to these?
  13. neowind

    Saltcreep on bulb lead to hair algae?

    I am trying to track my Hair Algae problem down as many of you may know. All normal hair algae contributers I have ruled out so I am now looking for abnormal ones. Does anyone know if saltcreep could throw the bulbs spectrum out of balance and cause algae blooms?
  14. neowind

    Anyway to chemically destroy hair algae?

    I have done every precaution for over 3 months now and it gets better then comes back full force. Is there any chemical that will totally destroy ALGAE even if it kills my corralline? I am to the point of almost breaking my system down over this because its becomming way to much work. I am...
  15. neowind

    Cleaner Shrimp Nocternile?

    My cleaner shrimp will only come out at night. I mean as soon as the lights go off he is out running around. He refuses to come out when lights are on. What is his deal? Is this normal?
  16. neowind

    Can this coral be saved?

    I just got this from the LFS and was going to try and save it do you think it is saveable?
  17. neowind

    Got attacked twice last night in my tank.

    Well last night was an interesting night. I was trying to mount my clam last night (Didn't work) and well my new LMB didn't like me messing with his clam. I tried to shew the LMB away like a dog and BAM it bit my hand. It didn't hurt but wow scared the piss outta me. I knocked some rocks off...
  18. neowind

    Does your 20k MH bulb burn through a really blue color?

    When my lights come on the light starts out very low and gets brighter and brighter very slowly until its totally full. Now my question is with my 20k bulb it burns through this really really awsome blue color and the corals glow like they are under Actinic lighting and it looks awsome. But...
  19. neowind

    Need help on leathers before I buy.

    My LFS said they would sell me 2 leathers (Devils Hand and unknown) for 15 dollars each because they look like they are dying. One leather has a bluish tint to it and it hanging sideways off a rock like it can't hold itself up. The other is a Yellow Devil hand and its still yellow but has...
  20. neowind

    Do you vacuum your sandbed during water change?

    I have heard mixed rumors here in town on to do or not to vacuum the sandbed. If you don't vacuum it then what do you do just siphon the water out and put new back in nothing special? I just wanted to clear this up and this is worthy of the newbie forum ahha I feel special. :jumping:
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