Search results

  1. dsa_mom

    Care of Urchin Hitch-hiker

    What a shock! Looking at the tank late at night, I found a purple spiny urchin, about the size of a nickle. Must have come with some live rock, MANY months ago--now that we know its there, do we just assume it will continue to eat whatever it has eaten up to now, or does it require some special...
  2. dsa_mom

    curing live rock in a rubbermaid

    the last batch we cured in a spare 20 gal tank--we're thinking of using a large rubbermaid this time. Just wondering, what do you do about a heater? Isn't there a danger of melting the container? Never saw this addressed before, maybe I'm missing something obvious. Thanks! mom
  3. dsa_mom

    OT: Whatever happened to that guy....

    Did I miss the resolution of the story about the guy who had someone set up his tank and they put the salt on the bottom and the sand on top of it? Did we ever learn how that came out? Just wondering.......
  4. dsa_mom

    question about ich bumps and hypo

    Our fish are in hospital tank at 1.009 for about a week now. Only one fish had signs of ich, a white bump like a grain of salt on the body and one on the tail. The one on the tail is now gone, the one on the body has not changed in size or appearance, nor has it "fallen off" as we expected it...
  5. dsa_mom

    OT: Don't forget to check out trading and classifieds

    New to saltwater? Don't overlook the trading and classifieds forum of this BB. Just got a great deal from another member on a RO/DI unit. Yippee! No more hauling water. Was supposed to be a Christmas present, but couldn't wait!
  6. dsa_mom

    just sharing hitchiker experience

    We had two small crabs as hitchikers on an order of LR. The first one I removed as soon as I found him and took him to the LFS for ID. They described it as a common rock crab and not a big deal to have in the tank. So when the second one was seen we let it stay. He grew and became more bold...
  7. dsa_mom

    peppermint shrimp AWOL

    i tried to search the archives, but couldn't find anything on this exact question--we have two peppermint shrimp and one is totally missing for at least a week, since the rock was slightly rearranged. Though at first he was just freaked by the change but the tank just isn't that big--not a sign...
  8. dsa_mom

    Quarantine live rock for ich?

    I may have a chance to purchase some live rock from someone who is breaking down a large tank (saw an ad in the paper) So I don't know these people--is there anything to do with the rock to be sure I'm not introducing anything bad like ich to our current tank. I will ask but you know how that...
  9. dsa_mom

    byrself--a specific question for you

    you mentioned the ---- vendor for your lights--if you have a 20 gal long tank, are your lights the 11" wide set? do you have that much room? We have a 37 gal tank which measures the same as our 20 gal long and it looks like there is only 9" of width avail on top due to filter,etc. Can you...
  10. dsa_mom

    live rock creature id please

    Just when you think you have seen everything your live rock has to offer..... tonight i noticed that some round (i thought) skeleton like things were not all skeletons at all--they look like the underside of a mushroom with striations--but some have translucent tentacle like "arms" waving...
  11. dsa_mom

    water change for curing tank?

    we are curing a 30# shipment of LR which arrived yesterday, the water is so dirty looking! It is in a 20 gal long with PH, airstone and thermometer (no skimmer) Haven't tested the water, but wondering if we should be changing the water sometime before it is ready to go in the real tank. BTW...
  12. dsa_mom

    hitchiker i.d. link please

    I know this link has been posted many times, but I can't find that excellent link to a post about identifying hitchikers. Can someone give me a hand? thanks, dying to id the new things we got on LR
  13. dsa_mom

    choices in purchase of live rock

    when purchasing live rock for a tank that has none, is it better to split the amount of rock between "coralline" and "primo" or go for broke and get all "primo". I realize some will be more hidden, etc, but we may not purchase again and we're not sure if we are being cheap by mixing. Thanks for...
  14. dsa_mom

    question re: brown algae in new tank

    this tank isnt really mine, its my daughter's, but i'm looking over her shoulder all the time to support/advise/etc. so the question is, her tank is two months old and has finally "cycled" (whew) but now there is brown crud over the glass and sand. No live rock, just some regular rocks and 4...
Top