Recent content by metronil

Yikes! Im a bad bad reef keeper! I had no idea to dose so often. No wonder! Well ill get crackin' on the kalk. Maybe thats why everytime i dosed the crab and shrimp shed their exoskeleton. And here i was thinking i was a reef masta'. Glad i finaly got connected to the internet and found...

Yeah sorry for the lack of info. I have a 90gal reef ready tank, 20 gal sump. 100 lbs live rock. icecap 660, 2 x 50/50 2 x actinic 110 VHO's, 440 total watts. Hang on bakpack skimmer as well as another skimmer in the sump. I am dosing only Combisan once a week as well as C-balance (once a week...

How often do you dose kalk? In my 90, i usualy dose a 1 gallon heavy slurry mix about once every two weeks. Now in my old 55 i had coraline algea growing like crazy up the sides, powercords...everything was coverd and i only dosed once, maybe twice a month a lighter mixture. Doesnt seem to be...

Yeah thats what i thought. Just needed a second opinion. I will remove it tonight, im sure the stress of capture and quarantine will finsih him off. It just sucks though, after having this tank for 5 years ive NEVER had a fish die from disease or any illness, I have had a few jumpers but thats...

I intorduced an emrald crab into my reef a few years ago. Then i cought him happily munching away on some mushrooms. Needless to say he was rounded up and taken back to the store. Sally lightfoot has been my choice ever since.

For about the past 2 weeks one of my clowns has gotten sicker and sicker. I have not seen it eat, it seems weak but does swim around at times and seem to have strength. The belly and areay around the face and gills are sunk in. There is a red spot betwen the pec fins, looks like a blood blister...