Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)

katsafados

katsafados

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3060651
LOL...I responded, but must have been when I lost power....
POOOORRRR baby doggie
and ugly fly....LOL

Yeah but its so cute when I went to see him he looked up at me with like the puppy eyes and he had the big patch on his bum... He wants to come home so badly I feel so sad for him. Its like he still doesnt know whats going on, he still looks confused when we leave without him. But as long as hes going to be good as new nothing else matter. I think well be able to take him home by the weekend
 
katsafados

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Yeah hes been there since friday and my parents have been there every day for 2 hours. There inlove with him its like there little baby boy. They even make him chicken and rice because he doesnt eat much of the hospital food apparently the dog food is just as bad as the human hospital food haha. But the funny thing is when me and my brother came home with him they both said they were giving him to the pound now they worry about the dog more then us haha.
Hes in a cage inbetween a 200lb cat, the biggest cat ive ever seen, and another dog that wont stop crying. I dont know how he can sleep at night lol

On that note Im off to bed got to get up early 2morro water change day for my fish tanks.
 
katsafados

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Someone has killed my poor scarlet hermit
it was such a cute little guy and now he lays dead on my sand bed torn from his shell cut in half.
The holloween crabs are all still in there normal shells so I dont know who killed him or why they would do such a thing. I knew it was going to happen tho because my snails and hermits were always either ontop of the scarlet or closing in on it. I had to move them away tons of times and I guess my bodygaurd skills have failed me.
On a good note new shippment of SW goodies comming 2morro morning at big als.
I'll be getting:
1 cleanner shrimp
4 cerith snails
4 Nassarius snails
4 Astrea snails
and i need one more idea for a good sand sifter because I want something to eat the hair algae growing in my sand, plus the ditioms(spelling?) on the sand bed.
Also I'm almost out of salt, I currently use Red Sea reef crystals. I sthere any other brand that is better or that I should be using? Or is this salt good enough for my tank?
What else should I put on my shopping list?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I uses Instant Ocean...works for me...
It is spelled diatoms....
As far as a sandsifter...hmmmm....A lot of people talk about diamond gobies....I have a banded bullet goby in my 225.....I have no clue what size minimum tank though
Maybe someone (ahem...like SPANKO ahem) will know
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3060981
about the orage spot yeah.. its not good for my tank 30g+
QUICK STATS
Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallons
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Reef Compatible: Yes
Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.020-1.025
Max. Size: 3½"
Color Form: Orange, Tan, White
Diet: Carnivore
Compatibility: View Chart
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Family: Gobiidae
 
katsafados

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So I just finished doing some filter maitenence, and when I opened the filter box I saw a number of pods swimming around haha.
Theres none in my fuge I dont think but theres like thousands of them in my filter so I took out the media put it in a bucket with some fresh SW and shook and washed off the media of some of the pods then scooped them out with a net and threw them in my fuge. And the water that was in my filter box(with even more pods in it) I did the same thing scooped the little buggers out and threw them in my fuge. Why they multiplying so fast in my filter for and why not in my fuge? Do they like dark places?
 
meowzer

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LOL...If they are in your filter...they are everywhere else....They like to hide where they CAN'T BE EATEN...LOL
 
katsafados

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they freak me out lol. When I first grabbed one in my hand it moved all over it by spinning I thought it was dead so when it started I threw it across my room lmfao.
Cheatto doesnt need light to survive right? Just to grow bigger?
 
spanko

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Photosynthesis[α] is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.[1] Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, and many species of bacteria
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3061566
Photosynthesis[α] is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.[1] Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, and many species of bacteria
So what are you saying...that chaeto needs light to survive???
 
katsafados

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Yep Henry I know what photosynthesis is lmfao:p I'm taking Biochemistry in university.
6CO2 + 12H2O + sunlight(energy) → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis
and the reverse way is for cellular resperation, how our cells use sugar to produce energy and CO2.
Just wasnt sure if it was the same with algae or marine plant life. I heard someone saying in a thread that cheatto didnt need light if you didnt want it to grow(but without dieing).
And yes meowzer he is saying that it does need light to make iuts food. Which is the glucose(C6H12O6) in the formula.
 
katsafados

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I was just wondering if it was a plant form that would go dorment without light, for example tree's in the winter. Its still alive but its not growing.
 
meowzer

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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3061633
I was just wondering if it was a plant form that would go dorment without light, for example tree's in the winter. Its still alive but its not growing.
Glad to see you are learning something in school

I hate science and biology...
 
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