Recent content by dagnir

I personally would never use them for a reef. And was merely disagreing with the notion of problems with the beneficial bacteria. And I guess I should have stated that I would not use it either. I could definately see problems with phytoplankton amphipods and copepods and other beneficial...

I unfortunately have to disagree with what reef guy says about the UV Steralizer. I have never really seen use for them other than for disease control. But my understanding is that they will not adversely affect your beneficial bacteria because those bacteria live on the surface areas in the...

Tank: 26 Gallon AGA Bow Light: 250watt 10K MH Filter: 70-80 lbs of Mixed Fiji and Tonga Live Rock 3in. DSB Skimmer: Red Sea Prizm (noisy but does the job) Pumps: 2-MaxiJet1200 1-MaxiJet400 1-Rio400 2-Rio90 Fish: 1- Six Line Wrasse Corals: 1 - Acropora millipora (Nice Orange/Brown) 1...

On the problems with the reef tank. First thing you need to do is a water test. You need to look at Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, ph, calcium, alkalinity, phosphate. A healthy reef tank should have. Salinity= 1.024 - 1.026 sg. Ammonia=0 Nitrite =0 Nitrate=0 to 10 PH=8 to 8.3 Calcium=350 to...

Yes something is harassing it. Keep in mind that they are a schooling fish and dont do well without that school. The minimum I would go with would be 6 and preferably more. A single fish is just going to be continually stressed.

The mucus is normal. The coral will usually take on a plastic look with an odd sheen then slough its skin. This removes contaminates and such from the corals surface. Appropriate water flow for the species will help. A word of caution. I dont know how it is with the toad stool but many soft...

If it was a fish in the tank I would consider the Yellow Tang they can be nasty to new tankmates. Just a thought. It may very well have been no one and the Gramma just died.

There are a few "reef safe" triggers. The Blue Jaw, Sargassum, Cross Hatch? and Niger, are what I can remember. They seem to pose problems with ornamental crustaceans on occasion. From what I have heard they should be put in after you have all the cleaners and what not in the tank. Its a bad...

Im sorry I dont have a picture but i was wondering if someone could help me identify a live rock traveler I have been watching in my tank. It is a small orange and brown invert that is realatively stationary. It has a head and mouth parts which cast out a 'net' which is white and looks like a...