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seems normal cycle to me. 2 weeks isn't short. are we talking the ammonia and nitrites and ph only? ph is a big one for me, usually see some swings...
+1 to better to leaving them alone, thought i would share how i catch them though since i had typed it up already
use two hands, one to flush and limit escape routes, (they don't know your hand is too clumsy to catch them), creep up somewhat with the net, but at...
yeah it seemed like a typo. i once did a "your specific gravity should be 10.24 or so" :) Their hydrometer didn't got that high apparently. :) I told...
might have to send them again, my box was full at some point
I think the other members are right about dosing. Also, have you seeded the tank with coralline? Coralline algae spores aren't as ubiquitous as...
they hunt down shore shrimp too. my blue mandarin does at least, would imagine the same thing.
i may be wrong, but I think that is a juvie spotlight. I have one that looks similar, it was caught by a long time diver he said it was a juvie...
nice looking coral!
halimeda discoidea. (spelling doesnt count! :) ) - the pale green algae should bounce back and a sponge or tunicate, sometimes hard to distinguish...
shoot me your zip code. i am going with you win on that one, but I will id it. I know where some of it is in the lagoon, I thought I got tangled up...
salt needs time to mix, micro bloom like mentioned.... do you mix and add the water the same day? usually you should have it brewing a few days,...
hmm, okay i will look into it more, is it green? that one might get me, i am getting the book now.... red turf algae then. i sometimes think that I...
arrow crabs have their own problems though, you also got to make sure you have one that is still eating algae, most omnivorous crabs go from eating...
go for it. eventually i will talk you into letting me link the pics in an algae id guide. :)
psiclone- that red fuzzy algae i bet is one of the ceramium species. the red algae are pretty diverse and without a microscope you aren't going to do...
thanks for the info! is the algae to the right different? looks like one of the "long bubble" valonia species, like valonia utricularis... tons of...
I don't know much about that algae, except from what I have read. (NOne of which has to deal with aquariums). Do you see anything eat it or no? Seems...
Cladophoropsis is what you go there, NEXT..:)
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