Recent content by nala

With a Puffer and a Trigger in the tank, the choices in clean-up crews is minimal! I keep a couple of those monster Turbo snails(golf ball size) in with my Puffer. I also have a HUGE Hermit crab that luckily eats algae IME smaller snails and crabs make an expensive snack Other than that I am...

It will probably be impossible to get a positive id on him. But from my experience all crabs are suspect. I would just keep an eye on things for now. I usually let things stay as long as they cause no problems...innocent until proven guilty

Are you sure your Ca is so high? With all those water changes it "should" be in range. Are you dosing the tank with something? I would stop dosing anything until your tank is back in check. If I was having so many problems with my tank...I would do another 40g(it would have to be large to...

Sorry for the confusion I need a skimmer for my 75g w/36 sump-refugium. He wanted to sell both as a set...I was just thinking of a use for the wet-dry. I just talked to him and he says I can have the skimmer for 30.00. He's going to set it up for me with one of his pumps(this is a benefit of...

Thanks for the reply Dave Yes! I can use the wet-dry for the sump on my 30...with no media. I was worried about this skimmer because I don't trust the guy selling it I am kinda at his mercy because he knows I have never bought a skimmer (Well there was that time I broke down and...

Hello, A guy I know wants to sell me a Amiracle skimmer(vps2000,hurricane)and a Amiracle sl-50 wet-dry(with overflow) for 80.00. I can buy a good pump...but does this skimmer work(hehehe I already read the joke about the name)? I am needing a skimmer for my 75 FOWLR(36g sump/refugium). I...

I tried to look at your PICS...the site said that you have exceeded your maximum # of hits for today. The second link gives me the page temporarily unavailable message

I keep a couple of monster Turbo snails in with my Porcupine Puffer I picked them up at the LFS(10$ ). These things are bigger than a golf ball...and a HUGE appetite He dosen't bother hermits either. Other than that...I am the clean-up crew

Maybe your Tang is making it nervous? I say this because I recently experienced this with my Purple Firefish. I added a baby Yellow Tang to the tank and my Firefish would not come out of his hole for 2.5 weeks (Although I did see him peeking out and eating ).The Firefish was there first...so I...

I have had great luck getting them to eat live black worms That's all my Green striped Clown would eat for 6 months. HTH...

Was it a long string with little strings coming off of it? I had these on a Toadstool frag...they were identified as a Sessile Ctenophore by Dr. Ron. Here's the threads: http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=635a22ecff6b54597338ade6d5ec49ba&threadid=13580&highlight=toadstool...

I change 20g weekly on my 90 w/36g sump/refugium I change 15g weekly on my 75 w/36g sump/refugium. I change 5g weekly on my 30 no sump.(I broke down my Nano's after I received a 263.00 electric bill ) I could probably get by with less. However, as all my tanks are running skimmerless...I...

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I am wondering what(who) puts a member at "expert" status? The guy who started this(ahem)thread has been a member since May 2001 AND in his expert status decided to keep a "small Sailfin Tang in my 40g for algae control(he was not flamed for this BTW)" Does anyone actually go back and read...

OMG...I can't believe this thread is 5 pages long I just went back to page 1...sheesh all he did was post a picture of his cool fish Did I miss the part where he asked anyone for their opinion or advise? Some of you may have very valid points...however, they are most likely lost in this...