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Hi all, Any downside to just leaving a mantis shrimp in the refugium? Discovered him this week. Refugium has been uo for about 4 months. Will he...
Lowering the SG to 1.016 will kill most inverts, won't it?- Paul
I've got a coral beauty in qt with the same thing. A scuffed area on his r flank almost by his dorsal fin. Not changing much. I'm upping my water...
If you bring the calcium up too rapidly, you risk getting into a precipitation situation. The water will become cloudy with precipitated calcium...
Hi all Catfish, it's even worse than you said. pH 8 is 10 times as base as 7. That's what logorithmic means.
No, sorry for the lingo, NH4 is ammonia.- Paul
Hi all! Wiill actrivated charcoal full some nitrate out of a quarentine tank. Have some filter material in my hank on filter which has been sitting...
No,I'm oing a slow acclimation. First temp then water exchange into the bag. None into the tank. Filtration is by woven filter material p[laced in...
Hi all, I have my tank set up. cycled but am having trouble getting the fish through quarentine. First was a sailfin tang, and second a yellow tang....
Don't forget, even in a relatively sparse tank we have a much higher density of animal organisms than in the reef. Without a mechanism to remove...
Gazog- My fault. Double negative.- Paul
As an ER physician I strongly advise against not using a GFI circuit. You can pick up a plug-in adaptor for 20 bucks. I also use a titanium ground...
Thanks!- Paul
Thanks, all. Something I just noticed today. Several of the pieces of live rock have some heavily encrusted areas which started moving. Looking...
I've got a 75g with about 10g in refugiun and 10 or so in the sump. I saw a deal on some mature local live rock and bought about 50 lbs. Ran the...
Hi all, I last kept a marine aquarium in the late 70's and have just gotten back into it. Bought a 75 gallon used set up with halide/actinics and...
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