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  1. squirreloso

    mod for tunze 9005 skimmer?

    has anyone ever modded their tunze doc skimmers? it produces very litte even after six months, is there a way to make it produce more?
  2. squirreloso

    mod for tunze 9005 skimmer?

    has anyone ever modded their tunze doc skimmers? it produces very litte even after six months, is there a way to make it produce more?
  3. squirreloso

    will algaecide kill coralline?

    My fish only tank is plagued with green hard coralline on the back glass and sides. Its harder to remove than pink coralline. Ive been using the kent pro scraper with metal blade and i barely put a dent in this stuff. Its really beyond my control. so i thought if an algaecide would be effective...
  4. squirreloso

    pic of my lil ponies

    my pony pair are doing well. hair algae is used as a natural filter, i trim it down once a week and clean off the ornaments. tank is bare bottom with about 6 lbs of live rock underneath all that hair algae downside to all the algae is my red macro got smothered :( but oh well, as long as the...
  5. squirreloso

    worried about temp

    at first temps were decent around 74 (unheated tank) but now that its gotten pretty cold out the tank has dropped down to 70. this worries me. i feel its a bit too chilly for them. they are still eating but it takes them awhile to "warm up" and move around. they also arent as active since the...
  6. squirreloso

    anyone order from here?

    anyone ever order corals from here? the free shipping got me until i went to check out and it seems the shipping isnt free its $20 bux thats not free lol...granted its cheap but dang what a lie how is the quality of the corals you received?
  7. squirreloso

    big naso little hippo?

    i have a 5-6" naso tang in a 55g i also have a 2" blue hippo tang in my 220 gallon the plan was to move the naso to the large tank, but when i ordered the blue hippo he was much smaller than i planned for. the hippo has been in the tank for a month now and is doing great. im afraid to mix the...
  8. squirreloso

    clownfish fighting

    i have four tank bred ocellaris clowns in my 220 gallon. i got them all at the same time and they were about an inch long. its been about three months now since i have them and they have doubled in size. the past few weeks three of them have been ganging up on the smallest of the bunch. they...
  9. squirreloso

    do i need a powerhead?

    i just bought two baby barely 2" hippo.kelloggi's they are in a 10g tank with macro algae and a maxijet 105 gph powerhead with the nozzle turned up towards the surface. when the seahorses swim they float around a bit, so i thought maybe it would be better to remove the powerhead? the only other...
  10. squirreloso

    seahorse anchor?

    what is used for seahorse anchorage? my live rock doesnt have many holes to grip onto and gorgonians are not a good option. what do people use?
  11. squirreloso

    adding yellow tank with naso??

    what would happen if i add a smaller yellow tang to my tank with an established naso tang? naso is 5" yellow tang would be around 3" is it a bad idea? would they fight? the naso is a good seed, but ive heard that yellows can be fiesty
  12. squirreloso

    dried out coralline?

    can coralline on once live rock come back to life even if its been dried out for a very long time?? the rock is thoroughly dried out, no smell, but the coralline algae on it is still bright purple. can it come back to life and seed my tank? or will it just wither away?
  13. squirreloso

    wrasse in bare bottom tank?

    can aggressive non reef safe wrasse be kept (happily) in tanks that are bare bottom? i know they like to "tuck in" at night and bury themselves in the sand bed. anyone keep aggressive wrasse in a bare bottom tank with no problems? ie lunar, paddlefin etc.
  14. squirreloso

    can cyano be green?

    does cyano come in green other that red?? theres a large patch of dark green algae looking stuff on my sand, it looks like cyano but its not red. its too dark i think to be hair algae, theres none on the rocks just this large spot on the sand near the front of the tank heres a pic of it
  15. squirreloso

    niger and valentini?

    is it safe to house a niger trigger and a valentini puffer in the same tank? both would start out at the same size (2") but eventually the niger will grow up and the valentini wont. would the niger kill the toby somewhere down the road??
  16. squirreloso

    kole tang with aggressive fish?

    id like to get a kole tang someday but im not sure if they can handle a semi-aggressive tank. can a kole be kept with a paddlefin wrasse, a valentini puffer and a maroon clown (which is extrememly docile as of now) would the paddlefin wrasse be too active and spook the kole tang?
  17. squirreloso

    anyone use tap water?

    i know the importance of using RO water, i use them on my FO and reef tanks, but id like to eventually setup my 220 gallon for an aggressive fish only system. problem is i use RO in the bottles from the supermarket, yeah its costly but on smaller tanks its not that bad. i wont be able to use RO...
  18. squirreloso

    anyone ever buy fish from this site?

    im curious if anyone has ever bought live fish from saltwater.com? how did the fish do? did they arrrive alive and are still alive today with no problems?
  19. squirreloso

    fallow for velvet, mystery illness?

    hi :) im really confused as to what happend to my fish. i will start from the beginning... ive kept a 55g reef tank for over a year with a mix of lps and softees, coral beauty, red lipped blenny, royal gramma, and 2 clowns. the tank was well established and healthy, nitrates were at 5 ppm i...
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