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  1. kilofey

    has anyone ever seen a tank dedicated to nudibrances?

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: You can have my man card snake. Cause I'm all woman :D even my swf name is girly. I let my kitty cat walk on the keyboard to make my name for this site, then I rearranged a couple letters so it was pronounceable lol. I think it would be best if there was...
  2. kilofey

    has anyone ever seen a tank dedicated to nudibrances?

    I absolutely adore nudibranches. I get lost on pinterest sometimes for like an hour just looking at pix of them. I know some eat corals, so obviously it would have to be Fowler. Also, I know they have different feeding requirements, but surely there's enough different nudis to have quite a few...
  3. kilofey

    dosing calcium. never done it, just want to make sure im doing it correctly.

    Your Calcium level is OK but your Alkalinity is low.  See if you can bump it up closer to 12.  Alkalinity is more important than Calcium for coral growth.  Double check the ALK level again before dosing just to be sure.  It's not something you want to overdose. Baking soda will work.  Try adding...
  4. kilofey

    dosing calcium. never done it, just want to make sure im doing it correctly.

    Here's a good read: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/calcalkmar.htm It discusses the advantages and disadvantes of what we do to our systems. It also gives a wonderful visual description for the relationship between alk/ ca/ mag by comparing it to a bowl of marbles.
  5. kilofey

    dosing calcium. never done it, just want to make sure im doing it correctly.

    Hi, sorry I started this thread and forgot to check it. Ever since the forum has started redirecting me to the mobile site, I can't find a way to subscribe to the threads I post in so I don't get my notifications. Anyway.... to answer the questions, I decided to start dosing because my growth...
  6. kilofey

    dosing calcium. never done it, just want to make sure im doing it correctly.

    Currently, my calcium is at 340 ppm. It should be 400-450 right? I bought Kent calcium... they had red sea as well, but the LFS guy reccomended Kent if I've never used calcium products before (they were the same price, so I trusted the advice). Do I just dose the tank and test it the next day...
  7. kilofey

    prized coral taking a nose dive or splitting??? i cant tell (pix)

    Ohhh good. I'm relieved to hear its not as bad as I think. And no it doesn't fall apart when I touch it. It still feels like what I'd imagine the top of a jellyfish would feel like and its reactive to touch. Thanks for the help everyone :D
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    prized coral taking a nose dive or splitting??? i cant tell (pix)

    A few weeks ago, we had a major power outage due to someone hitting a telephone pole. The power was out for about 12 hrs, thankfully its summer, so the temp didn't drop, but there was no light or water flow. All my other corals, sps, lps, and softies have all recovered except my absolute...
  9. kilofey

    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    Eh, it was six 55g aquariums racked up. Not so impressive now. lol. still, 6 55s would be fun, then u could have different kinds of tanks! I've always wanted to do a cold water set up so I could have a Catalina goby, but I don't have the room for anything but one tank
  10. kilofey

    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    Kilofey... are you a girl?!?! Providing they are perpendicular, I would assume that the 125-150ish range would be my personal max, without bracing it up. I'm sure your boyfriend can get under the house and brace it up if need be. My parents house was built in the 1930s, if that says anything...
  11. kilofey

    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    Are you putting it on a first floor or a second? If you can, find the contractor who built your house and ask a structural engineer about the load. Its not as easy as parallel or perpendicular in my opinion. When i had 330g of water on my parents floors in their above ground house i went...
  12. kilofey

    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    I have a crawl space. The house was built in 1987. I'm not sure which way the joists go but I can have my boyfriend check. I'm not sure where the place is to get under the house. Providing the joists are perpendicular, what would be the max gallons I could get away with? (Add 250 lbs for sand/rock)
  13. kilofey

    i want to upgrade to 125gal with sump. should i be worried about putting it on a wood sub floor?

    I'd like to upgrade from 75 gal reef with 30 gal sump, but would a 125gal with 30 gal sump be okay? I have wood sub floors not concrete. I'm not sure if the wall it sits on is a load bearing wall, but it Seels like it would be. Its basically in the center of the house. What's the biggest tank...
  14. kilofey

    Things I don't believe in

    Hi, Snakes advice really wasn't "bad" advice...but it could be if taken at face value, lots of folks read something and runs with it. Folks don't always use common sense, which Snake said he assumed they did.  I just think it's best to give the explanation when a broad statement is said...
  15. kilofey

    Things I don't believe in

    I'd just like to chime in for whoever it was that said snake was giving bad advice... as I'm reading it, he (and no one else on this thread) are giving any advice at all, just stating things that tend to ruffle their feathers in the hobby. To be honest, I would have LOVED to see a thread like...
  16. kilofey

    will my urchin die??? pic and info included

    I thought I'd post an update. "Martha", my pincushion urchin is still alive. She definitely looks quite rugged with her missing spines and tentacles. Half of her body looks like the urchin skeletons you find on the beach and the other half looks happy and lively. Her little accident sure did a...
  17. kilofey

    will my urchin die??? pic and info included

    Oh good lord, I just looked up that Dr Seuss fish. I'm seeing a $6,000 price tag!!!!!! Holy cow I won't spend more than $40 on a fish lol. I'd rather buy a car with that money. And they're good for nanos? At that price it should at least fill a 100 gal lol
  18. kilofey

    will my urchin die??? pic and info included

    I've never heard of a Dr Seuss soap fish, but it sounds fun lol. Im going to keep her in the cup with holes poked in it over night to see how she does. It doesn't have a lid and its on the bottom of the tank. I'm hoping she will drop some loose spines in the cup rather than getting them all over...
  19. kilofey

    will my urchin die??? pic and info included

    I have a red stripe squirrel, I've read they can pick on inverts, but he has never touched any invert in my tank. I have a purple dottyback of some sort. She's mean to new fish, but no one else. My urchin is having a tough time getting around because she only has half of her tentacles to stick...
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