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Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Sorry for the loss... I got a yellow wrasse, it seemed fine..I acclimated it and released it into my tank..it swam round for about 3 minutes..looked at the sand, dug in and was never seen again. After three years I think I'm safe to say it died. never...

its dead. :( thanks for the help..

not to my knowledge -- as in not when im staring at the tank.. the 2 clowns seem oblivious to him

So I just got a 6 line wrasse. From a 'reputable' lfs. Anyways, I drip acclimated the fish, put it in the tank and it hid for the rest of the night. Switched off the lights. Next day Lights are on and its just swimming in between rocks and crevices, doing its thing. Still not coming out --...

Quote: Originally Posted by Monsinour Quote: Originally Posted by Wilioli just wanted to give a quick update -- I did the freshwater dip, and since then around half of the zoas have opened up.. the rest I imagine have been damaged beyond repair. I think im gonna frag the ones that are 'good'...

just wanted to give a quick update -- I did the freshwater dip, and since then around half of the zoas have opened up.. the rest I imagine have been damaged beyond repair. I think im gonna frag the ones that are 'good' -- dip them again, and transfer back to my tank in a couple of weeks...

Quote: Originally Posted by deejeff442 not following you? you test for ammonia all the time well after a cycle is done.ever hear of a tank crash?a tank can have an ammonia spike a year after it is running.a fish dying can cause it among other things.i am saying if there is nitrates in the tank...

hahahahaha, oh u've scared me now.. I got a 'handful' of chaeto yesterday... and i just put it in my tank, let it float around .. looks nice.. but not if its gonna grow the rate you just told.. im gonna have to get a bigger hob filter. lol

Quote: Originally Posted by deejeff442 ammonia only hangs around for a short time like 3-5 days then to nitrites.nitrites are no where near as harmful as ammonia.if you have nitrate reading you are probably through most of the mini cycle.most newbies almost try to find color on test thinking...

ahh yes, thats basically what I was asking -- thanks for that clarification. So there is a huge difference in growth rate. thanks again

I hope others respond here as well. I am new, so take what I say with a grain of salt! In my opinion, if you are reading ammonia -- any readings at all -- then no, your tank has not finished cycling at all. It is very possible that your cycle will be a short cycle, and not one with 'crazy...

dont mean to hijack, but I got similar questions too -- I was very interested in mangroves cause they really do look nice. But I was under the assumption that they would help with nitrate reduction . When you say you need a lot of them -- how much is that? for lets say a 20gallon long? And...

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer Quote: Originally Posted by Wilioli Sorry, its back to normal.. lol.. no brown jelly -- but im gonna get some of that lugols dip.. .probably good to have just incase.... actually - I have a question -- freshwater dip vs lugols dip.. is there one that's...

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer Do you see any brown jellyish looking stuff on it? If so it could be brown jelly disease.....I'd have to look it up, but you either have to fw dip it or lugols dip it..... just search brown jelly disease... ALSO...the lighting isn't that great....do you...

Sooo I've had this frogspawn for 2 weeks -- it was doin great.. in fact to me, it looked like it was growing very very well in just the 2 week span. There are 5 heads, and all of a sudden one head just looked like it melted/melting. No idea why. This is a 10g thats almost 2 months old -- live...

Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef Do yourself a favor and a) find another store and b) dip corals BEFORE they go in your tank. a)YUP b) YUP -- thanks again

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy It wouldn't kill a healthy coral. But it can kill a coral that has travelled 2 weeks in a dark box and placed in an underlit tank with inadequate water conditions until it sells, then transported in a cold plastic bag before being placed in freshwater laced...

ummm... @#$#@ was the freshwater dip pH supposed to have been the same as the tanks? probably right... argh... got back from teh lfs -- they told me that any dipping would 'KILL' the corals..and the only thing I could do was buy a 30 dollar coral banded shrimp, that MIGHT eat everything... he...

just did a fresh water dip -- and around 10 of these bugs fell out -- they are definitely nudibranches... so now how do i get them out of my tank?

Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef From best I can see, I am going to guess it's a Zoanthid eating Nudibranch, but it could also be a Zoanthid eating spider. I'm sending you a PM with a link, compare to those photos. i just put in a third pic -- equally as blurry, but hopefully will help...