Recent content by New65Reefer

Since Condy's seem to be so hardy I got a couple. They seem to be doing fine until tonight. Here is a photo of big brother after lights began to go out: Little Sister however began to have problems about 5 hours before lights out. She was upside down and shriveled up. Here is a...

So I have a hitchhiker I figure is a single zoanthid. I've included a picture below. Am I correct in this assumption? So when the tank is lit only by the actinics, this single polyp goes from a brown to a deep, almost flourescent green. Here's a picture of that, but it (the picture)...

So after a scheduled 50% water change 5 days ago I have: pH=8.15 Ca=390 dKH=7.4 All other typical parameters are at zero. I typically use Turbo Calcium to get the Ca over 400 and then maintain it with B-Ioic additions every two to three days. My problem is that while pH and Ca have been...

My girlfriend came down this morning and said my prized purple tang was missing. I said he's probably hiding in one of his favorite spots. A few minutes later she said he was really missing. So I looked all over the tank and no tang. My heart sank an I started searching the floor.... He...

I built a stand for my 65H since I couldn't find one of good quality and a nice looking finish. I made a frame out of a half dozen 2x4s and put a water proof floor in it. Cost me about 20 bucks. I wrapped it completely in red oak from HD, built a pair of oak doors and constructed a canopy...

So I have CC as substrate. I see sand sifter packages available at most websites, but is there anything out there recommended for stirring CC bottoms? Thanks

So I have a snail which hiked in with my LR. So he is small (less than 1/2") and has been in the tank since day one. I come home tonight and he is perched on the top of the rock, stretched upward and expelling a small amount of a white substance every 10 to 20 seconds or so. So can anyone...

I have CC substrate and an EV90 skimming the crap out. I try not to over feed, but then the inhabitants do like it. And I just had to add something to my tank full of rock. But that was like almost four months ago. Everything has tested fine since, except the nitrite. So now I have made...

Hey Lunch My nitrates are fine at 1-2ppm. They fell from off the top end of the scale during the cycle to nearly zero. But how about my NITRITES?

So my 65H is almost five months old now and I added a new fish about two weeks ago. So I now have four fish, three of which have been in the tank for almost four months. There is also a shrimp, long spine urchin and a clean up crew. I have stuff popping up all over the 110 lbs of live rock...

I went to a dinner party at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They set the tables up in front of the massive wall which holds back 1,000,000 gallons. Now that's a large tank.... BTW, this tank has a school of yellowfin tuna running around in it. There was also an ocean sunfish (mola mola I...

Now just because I can't ID an anenome from a picture of a few of it tips...... Minh...that's exactly what I want to read, and I'm going to buy the book. Thanks for the info. And to the persons who gave me the biodiversity page, that's a lot of good info too. Just to ease everyone's minds...

What is the IO anenome? SOmeone please tell me.... So my tank has been up and running for 4 months now and everything (all 7 tests I do weekly) has been stable for 3 months. So now I want an anenome. I am aware of the anti-anenome sentiments out there, so those of you please do not respond...

I fought a terrible 10 inch standpipe for days before someone here gave me the answer. I don't know who that person was, but they haven't chimed in with their miracle cure yet. So I'll tell you.... Add a gate valve to your overflow line, right in front of your sump. I actually added a ball...