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  1. socal_aqua

    Video of my Jellyfish

    now i know "they" say to buy one of those $2,000+ jelliquariums, but....i tricked out my AquaPod to hold a jelly i scored at a LFS. Covered/Buffered the filter & pump slits so he doesn't get caught, and keep very little rock with no vallies in which he could get caught in. Even gets along w/the...
  2. socal_aqua

    jellyfish?

    but...the ocean is far from pristine...especially when they keep dumping all this crap in it. i've seen jellies flourising in dirty areas...like, waiting for a table @ a restaurant in newport beach, there are jellies in the inlets near where the boats are docked, and the water is FITLHY! there...
  3. socal_aqua

    were can i buy jellyfish

    i was in the Torrance, CA location of this store and they had 4 total (white one and 3 dark blue ones, AMAZING!!!) http://www.pacificreefstores.com/index.html
  4. socal_aqua

    jellyfish?

    how hard is it to keep a small jellyfish ? the store tells me it's fine for a 24 gallon nano as long as there's no sucking filter where the jelly might get stuck in....any suggestions? thx!
  5. socal_aqua

    Orange stuff killing polyps! PLEASE HELP!!!

    Sly, what's LFS? sorry for the naivity here....well, Vividaquariums.com told me i could add some polyps and mushrooms this early! damn them! the mushrooms look great but the polyps don't. should i scrub the orange stuff off the rock or? so more like rock to help lower the nitrate level (which is...
  6. socal_aqua

    Orange stuff killing polyps! PLEASE HELP!!!

    i'm in my 3rd week w/ my 24 gal. Nano and orange/rust-colored stuff is growing on my rocks and on my polyps. My temp is steady at 80 degrees (no chiller), 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 20 nitrate, 1.025 salinity, 7.9 pH....so...what the heck??? my urchin i added is fine, hasn't lost any spines but the...
  7. socal_aqua

    what's compatible?? charts don't help!!!

    well the store told me this species of ray (cortez, mex) won't get more than 3.5" in diameter, and if i dont have other fish, only corals and a couple inverts, it would have enough swimming room and oxygen. thank you for the advice though!
  8. socal_aqua

    what's compatible?? charts don't help!!!

    i want to add a small cortez stingray to a 24 gallon tank, with virtually nothing else, but i want an urchin in there with it. now, the compatibility charts i've found say rays are NOT compatible with inverts, but does that mean ALL inverts??? would a small ray really go after a venemous, spiny...
  9. socal_aqua

    feeding urchins..necessary ?

    i know that black long spined urchins like the one i have eats hairy algae, but i read you can feed it nori (dried seaweed) too...is it necessary in a new tank where algae might not be present just yet? and, how the hell do you feed dried seaweed to an urchin and how much? i've googled the hell...
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