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thanks for the kinds words everyone. Chitons are a pretty cool critter, have you begun to notice its behavorial patterns?
+1, also check the DTs for life (microscope). Often there is die off, and I found it hurts your chances of successful cultures. (probably not DTs...
it is a species of eunicea, (i have a link around here somewhere, they cover pier pilings and the like in the intercoastal) it is not photosynthetic,...
Thank you much! Always appreciate the feedback, helps us tons. John
that is the spot on truth...with some stores. THere is a great place in Jensen, (aqualand aquariums) tons of mandarins, it is a specialty, all fat...
A phosban reactor is not an exact substitute for algae filtration, whether you mean doing it via refugium, or through the system advocated by Santa...
people use it to max out coral color growth in high end sps. here is a good summary: So What Is A Low Nutrient Aquarium? - World Wide Reefers it...
lookup zeovit, that systems runs on this sort of idea.
it happens. the addiction wears off at times, and then can get severely worse at other times. before you know it you will be hocking in jewelry for...
so far so good, keep it up by continuing to go slow etc... dont do that "everything is great, time for a fully stocked tank" stuff. the cycle wasnt...
lucky you, that is on the shorter side of the diatom cycle
coralline is cool, thousands of species of coralline out there. the Titanoderma genus, (spelling alert), has some awesome species in it.
+1 to longspines. They grow to the size of volleyballs in the wild, and are usually killed off prematurely in home aquaria
they readily take live bloodworms, not sure how old this is, i am still on page 1 my lfs starves them, they dont last long in those tanks, i can see...
well at least you got to learn a fun repair project. :) - i really like the golf tee idea. the simple ones are always the best, I was looking at my...
was just reading through...if i recommended 100 nassarius, email me, that does seem high. would need like 30 small fish to fill that need
removal (cuc or manual) + nutrient export (wcs, macro, or chemical) = you win the battle
+1 to everything removal (manual and cuc - ceriths and nerites eat it) + nutrient export (water changes, macro algae, LR, or denitrator and...
gelidiopsis sp without a pic. sounds about right, it is black, creeps on the rock ans is wirey. Lot of species it could encompass, but they tend to...
certain species of coralline (hundreds of different species, if not thousands), like lower lighting, some like brighter. The lower lighting ones tend...
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