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Originally Posted by gritchie2 Do you think I should remove the green brittle stars??? ??????

Not a good smell but it didn't smell dead. i allways purchased it from high volume store and never expired by date.

Do you think I should remove the green brittle stars???

not sure what type they were but they were for seeding. I was not feeding them. What is your think about the green stars eating them??? when I re-seed the tank I will get some DT's I used to feed that to my tank but stopped because it seemed to me that feeding the DT's would cause me to need to...

HI and thanks for any advice you have. I have a 125 reef tank set up that has been set up for about five years, I started a refugium in the sump about two years ago. After I set up the refugium I added a few different types of bottled PODS or as we like to call them BUGS, the pod population took...

maby bringing an old good thread alive.HI and thanks for any advice you have. I have a 125 reef tank set up that has been set up for about five years, I started a refugium in the sump about two years ago. After I set up the refugium I added a few different types of bottled PODS or as we like to...

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper Costs around $190 a year for my 180 gallon on just salt alone. lol so about fidy cent a day

no UV only thing that changed that I know of was the brittle stars. they must be eating them

I have had problems with aiptasia more than a few times, can’t do the peppermint shrimp thing due to tank mates, copper banded work great for me. The copper banded are hard to get to stay alive but when you get one to stick he will be around for a long time. For the best luck find out the...

any critters in your sump??

at first mine reproduced rapidly, I have a few wrass fish in DT and they eat what ever finds its way in there. look for them just after you turn on the light, they scamper like crazy when lights come on

HI and thanks for any advice you have. I have a 125 reef tank set up that has been set up for about five years, I started a refugium in the sump about two years ago. After I set up the refugium I added a few different types of bottled PODS or as we like to call them BUGS, the pod population...

this is mine

he is doing great, and eating, still kinda shy .

Originally Posted by Salt Life why does it need to be tumbled to be affective? all I do is "fluff" it like 2 times a day and it has great growth and has brought my nitrates down to 20ppm. all the flow that goes throug my fuge section in the sump goes through the chaeto. I have been washing...

trates were really high like 50, have been doing water change of 25 gal every week. with tropic marine and RO mixed at LFS h have tested it for trates a few times allways 0 and 0 phosphates.

CUC not sure what this is, in the morning I will test and post results with some pics from DT the display tank is a 125 tall.

Originally Posted by natclanwy You could just allow the pods to take care of the dietrus, unless you are having nutrient issues the dietrus build up is only an aesthetic problem. I was having issues with hi trates and having som alage issues, so in trying to correct this i started limmiting my...

any way i think i will get them out, if there is anybody in the Orange county aera Fountain Valley CA willing to trade them for a hand full of hermits or snails send me a message there is two green brittle stars, prety big, the body is close to the size of a quarter. if too much stuff builds up...

no I am not sure the stars are eating the pods just assumed, the pod population has droped like crazy and the only changed in the sump aera of my tank was the stars, could it be the stars are eating all the pods food?? not sure what the pods eat. but with the stars there is no crud in there at...