how stop clown and damsel from moving my oolitic

[mweber]

I have recently set up a Jaubert plenum in my 180. The problem is my tomato clown and black lightening damsel keep moving the oolitic and exposing the screen. I think this is allowing too much flow through my plenum.

 

[SPC]

mweber, I don't think you can change the natural instincts of these fish, if thats what they like to do, then they will.
Steve

 

[chris_h]

Get some sea anemones and keep the anemones far above the sand. My clowns caused a lot of troubles before I got them anemones.

 

[mweber]

Thanks, My anenome just croaked about 2 months ago. That fact had slipped my mind

 

[SPC]

Mike, do you have the correct set up for an Anenome, I guess you already know this but you don't just purchase one to make your fish happy. Why did your other one die?
Steve

 

[Nathan1]

Why not remove the plenum in addition to buying some fine grain Southdown sand to create a deep sand bed.

I think the shimmying on the sand marks their territory, or else it's a male/female hormone thing (if you get my hint).

-Nathan

 

[albee1947]

Dose reaally heavy with calcium, I mean really heavy. After about 2 months the sandbed will become one large solid clump, Lets see the little boogers move that around.

 

[danmhippo]

Uh...you are kidding right? you are not really suggesting him to get his sand bed to solidify, are you?

 

[mweber]

I think my anenome died form High nitrates I am running about 22 ppm. I had a DSB for 2 years and could never get it lower than that. About a month ago I went Jaubert and just yesterday shut my skimmer off. While rebuilding my tank I did a 50% water change and my nitrates did not drop at all. Hmmmm, something is wrong here. I tested my supply and had 28 ppm nitrate from my well and 5 ppm after my RO. I have since added a DI and think I will be getting my nitrates down soon.

 

[albee1947]

Hippo, Of course i'm kidding. You should never let your sandbed solidify, What I mean't was to crazy glue their left fins together and watch them swim in circles.