My nano-cube...big switch from 180.

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John...I had one of those.  They are pretty cool, just wish that the bulb could be changed to a 50/50.
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I used a desk lamp on mine with one of the coralife 50/50 screw in PC.....its got a built in ballast and works great, even get coraline growth outta it.

 

Hi. I started up with sea water from catalina, and i have toped it of w/RO once, my clean up crew includes 6 hermit crabs and 3 cone snails. i'm getting brown algae on rocks as well some green algae not to much of last one. what is A & B?

 

A & B is a calcium and alk supplement. It is usually a two part.

Mike

 

[quote author=TEPOZ_AZTLAN link=board=General;num=1105244464;start=15#21 date=01/13/05 at 01:37:52]Hi. I started up with sea water from catalina, and i have toped it of w/RO once, my clean up crew includes 6 hermit crabs and 3 cone snails. i'm getting brown algae on rocks as well some green algae not  to much of last one. [/quote]

The brown stuff you are getting is part of the cycle, it is either Diatoms or cyano bacteria. I am going to go with cyano. If is in fact cyano, get some chemi-clean from an online vendor like, www.aquaticeco.com.

Mike

 

Tepoz,

Do you know that SOME cone snails are venomous?

http://grimwade.biochem.unimelb.edu.au/cone/index1.html

 

Hello.
thank's for info, i have liquid calcium (kent) don't have alk sup, but i have reef builder for ph and alk can i use those 2 my PH is at 8 right know.
No i didn't know they where poissonus i check the web you provided and i couldn' find a pic of them, mine are round and pyramide shape like. they are all over the glass and rock.

 

tepoz...those are fine! Those are astrea snails. Birdlady is talking about a completely different snail, no worries!

Mike

 

Yup...I have those too! Safe! I will try to find a pic of cones for ya for reference tho!

 

Here is a pic of one snail and several shells

http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/findings/sept02/snails.html

They look much different than the astreas...

There lies the danger in common names....confusion

 

Can you help me identify this, it's getting bigger by the time looks like a xenia not sure?