Search results

  1. aandersen

    Looking for Ricordia Mushrooms

    Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone knows where I can get some Ricordia Mushrooms, I am not ready to place an internet order yet and I went to my LFS and they were $180...If anyone has frags they can part with let me know....I am located in MN.
  2. aandersen

    First Coral

    I purchased this at my LFS yesterday, they said it was a leather toadstool, will it get bigger and get the folds like others I have seen, sorry the pic is not very good. Also how fast do they usually grow???
  3. aandersen

    ID please

    Not a very good pic but does anyone know what this coral is?
  4. aandersen

    Added Ph Buffer clownfish very stressed

    I recently got a small piece of coral. My Ph and my calcium were to low so I was told to add magnesium, calcium and a Ph superbuffer. which I did the first night and all went well. When I checked my level the next day my Ph was still low so I added more buffer. This caused my clownfish to...
  5. aandersen

    Please Help

    I just purchased a 260 watt Coralife Aqualight....so I have gone from 30 watts to 260 watts, when I turned my lights on my fish got very stressed and layed on the bottom breathing hard, so I turned them off right away and they were fine within a minute or so.....What can I do to acclimate them...
  6. aandersen

    Protein Skimmer/Cloudy Water

    Will a protein skimmer help at all with slightly cloudy water...the water became cloudy in 1 day, I since added 6 hermits and 3 turbo snails, what else can I do to clear it up
  7. aandersen

    Clean up crew???

    What kind of snails, crabs can I add to get rid of this algae on sand and LR???
  8. aandersen

    Hope they will be ok!!!

    Tonight I went to the LFS and got my first pair of percs, I was riding home in the car and noticed water in the bottom of the box the bag of fish was in, realizing there was a small hole in the bag I hurried home and put the bag in the tank for acclimation, it collapsed and trapped both fish in...
  9. aandersen

    Will I see a cycle??????

    As some of you know, I moved everything from my 20 to my 55 about 1.5 weeks ago, all my levels have been fine, ph 8.2 everything else is at 0...I would like to add a pair of percs, what are the odds they will start a cycle, and if they do, what are the odds they will make it, I have about 40lbs...
  10. aandersen

    Cycle???

    Ok, 1 week ago I moved everything from my 20 gallon tank to my 55, the 20 was cycled, I moved all LR and about 10 gallons of the water to the new tank, I just checked my levels and ph is 8.2 and everything else is at 0, if I put fish in will it start a cycle, should I put a raw shrimp in to...
  11. aandersen

    Will Uncured LR always smell bad???

    I am asking because I have bought uncured LR in the past and it smells like rotten eggs, I bought some last night and the LFS said it was uncured but it smells fine...will it start smelling later or is there a chance it could be cured
  12. aandersen

    Cleaner Shrimp Requirements

    What do you need to have for a cleaner shrimp??? Do they need a certain amount of LR, also, what do they eat.
  13. aandersen

    Feeding Featherdusters

    I just bought some LR and noticed there are very small featherdusters on one piece, since I have no fish in the tank, should I be feeding the featherdusters, and if so, what should I give them
  14. aandersen

    Up and running!!!

    Ok, my 55 is up and running, I moved everything from my 20 gal to my 55, I only had about 20lbs LS and 10lbs LR, still a little cloudy but not bad, my question is, should I cycle again, since everything in my 20 was cycled, or should I just let it sit for a couple weeks and if my parameters are...
  15. aandersen

    Filter on or off?????

    I just put Caribsea Aragonite in my tank and have milky water, although I have read several posts about this I am still not sure if I should leave my filter on or turn it off until the dust settles, there are not fish in my tank??? Anyone??????
  16. aandersen

    Advice on stocking 55gal...

    Anyone have any ideas for stocking a 55, I know I want 2 percs, also let me know what order to introduce them....Thanks in advance
  17. aandersen

    What order should I introduce fish??

    I am currently cycling my 55 and would like to know what order to add the fish I would like to have. I am planning on 2 percs 1 flame or coral beauty 1 small yellow tang (maybe) What order should they be introduced, or what other fish should I consider???
  18. aandersen

    Moving to larger tank a couple ????

    I just finished cycling my 20 gal and have decided to move everything to my 55, I have about 20lbs LS and 10 lbs LR, how big of a cycle should I expect???
  19. aandersen

    Heater Question

    Hello, I have a heater in my aquarium and I noticed that the coils would turn bright red when it came on and I have never noticed it before, since it was a couple years old I decided to replace it before it went out, but the new one that I got does the same thing, anyone else ever noticed this...
  20. aandersen

    What will happen next???

    Ok, I started my tank about a week and a half ago...I tested my levels and this is what they were on 4-8-04 pH-8.1 Ammonia-0.3 Nitrate-below 10 Nitrite-below 0.2 Sg-1.019 Temp 74 4-10-04 pH-8.1 Ammonia-0.6 Nitrate- below 10 Nitrite below 0.2 Sg-1.021 temp-74 Added raw shrimp 4-11 and took it out...
Top