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Good quality RO/DI water, hermit crabs, sand sifting starfish, sand sifting goby, (bristle worms will eat the poo) .... lots of things, just search...
Yeah... You got that algae feeding off something in there...silicates, nitrates, phosphates.
looks nice, but you need to take pics with your camera on 'action' or 'sports' setting, which will shorten the exposure time (less blurred pics).
Nice!!!
Put a filter bag over the skimmer outlet with a rubber band.
Yeah, it gets old fast scraping corraline algea off your glass :P.
A good should have the following filtration devices: Sediment Filter: traps sediment (particles) according to it's rating (1 micron is good)....
keep buying snails to feed the crab. A snail is an easier target for him and cheaper than your fish. You could just try to find it and take it out.
Try using photobucket.
You'll be fine to start with both API kits, a Mag test, and a refractometer. Don't worry about iodine now. You'll only need it eventually if you'll...
That sucks man.
By "nuking" it like you did and then letting it dry out completely, you essentially turn your liverock back into base rock. It shouldn't cycle your...
Kudos to Don at Air Water Ice and Russ at Buckeye Field Supply. You won't get their level of service and expertise with those Ebay sellers.
BTW Roger, If I don't get off my a$$ soon and buy a new gas furnace with an A/C coil soon, I might not get around to it before all the nat gas prices...
I guess you don't have glass tops enclosing your tank then? Get some fresh air in the house. Borate as Tangster suggests also will boost the pH, but...
Tangster, I'll be picking up some strontium chloride from you next time you're here or I stop up there. Is there enough strontium being replaced by...
Whatever is living that you freeze on the rock will die off. Any significant amount of die off will decompose, etc into ammonia when put back into...
Ok, well since they apparently do get that big, let me re-neg on that previous statement. Yes, Karl is a nice name for a flatworm.
Well, if you do decide to leave it in your tank, name him Karl. I'm leaning more towards it being some kind of nudi rather than a flatworm. I just...
Hope it works out..
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