Recent content by chris_crawford

I have a small 20gal tank, and I started off about 2 years ago with two small leathers. Now I have about 8 of them of all different sizes in the tank. With a small tank, it looks like they are taking over. I’m have several colt corals growing and spreading around. How would I go about...

Everytime I add Reef Plus and Reef Complete to the tank, my colt coral draws up. It takes about a week to get back to normal size, and by that time it's time to add more. Is this normal? Thanks -chris

So, do you think it will drip too much? Thanks -chris

I came up with this kalkwasser dispenser this morning for my 20g tank. I thought it may be helpful to others that may have small tanks and want to dispense kalk. You can see instructions at: Simple To Make Kalkwasser Dispenser Please let me know what you think. Thanks -chris

I have a colony of Green Starburst Coral that have all pulled into their little tubes and will not come out. One day I noticed that not all of them came out when the lights came on. Less came out the next day, until finally none are comming out. Is this a normal reaction for the coral? I...

I took the tooth picks out of the leather yesterday when I was doing a water change. The leather seemed to be attached well. After removing the toothpicks, the coral drew up a little, but after about 4 hours it was comming back out. It looked great this morning. Thanks for all of the help. -chris

Thanks for the information. I used the "Tooth Pick" method that you described. My leather looks to be doing OK, although he did not like being stuck. Am I going to have a problem when I remove the tooth-picks? I used wood ones. If worse comes to worse, the foot of the leather what was left on...

I had a bad breakout of flat worms, but it seems they have mostly gone away. I think my Royal Gramma(?) has been eating them but I'm not sure. I only feed him a couple of times a week, but he's getting bigger and bigger. I see him picking things off the glass every now and them, and I think it...

I have a larger mushroom leather that starting to get sucked into my skimmer intake when he is fully extended. I would like to move him to a lower area of the tank, but I'm not sure about the best way to detach him and reatach him. Any suggestions? Thanks -chris