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I know a lot of other people have clowns that bite, but I have a young male that goes after me every time I target feed my mandarin which is 1-3...
Lol I mayyy want to avoid them.
I thought this is how a lot of people started their cycle. I have done mine with fish foods and/or frozen prawn.
Weekly between 17-20%
I heard the micro ones can reproduce fast and get out of hand? Anyone know anything about that?
I am not sure on my intake I started with it long and cut it down. I made the base overflow then placed it on the biocube and marked where it needed...
A standard light bulb... Kidding.
I dont dose, but I only keep a few small frags of sps. And a couple small and medium lps. Just lots of water changes for me.
That might be good... Did you use any live rock? Did you add any food or shrimp or anything to start the cycle?
Copper is VERY common especially in a freshwater tank. Almost all diseases such as ich are treated with copper. We are giving you our advice which...
If you can afford to fill a tank with all live rock thats the way to go probably. Personally I just seed base rock with a very small amount of live...
In terms of copper you would be chancing it. The rock acts like a sponge and soaks up copper, as does silicone in the tank. If copper has been used...
I just realized I need to cal my refractometer more often and not flick the lens to get bubbles out. Apparently my flicking has been knocking it out...
That is excellent. Got a bit of a grin out of it.
Technically a copper treatment can hurt. It puts additional load on the fish, it is not only toxic to the parasite but is toxic to the fish which is...
To my knowledge fin rot is not treated by copper. And I dont know of many parasites that cause fin deterioration of that nature.
Point taken, most of the corals I have seen just adapt pretty quick so I was hoping for some wam blam change. I shall be patient.
I keep trying this with my rogue peppermint, he always goes in and comes right back out.
Wish I could find one at the lfs as well. As far as I know they only sell normal brittles and I am too paranoid about one eating a fish or something.
Havent seen any improvement yet although I know it hasnt been long, you dont think it could be that the lighting is too intense and it is still...
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