Recent content by odenwell

Your salinity may be a bit low. What kind of carpet is it? If it has tenticals that are 1/4" or longer and they sometimes twitch alot, then you probably have a gigantea. These anemones typically like to live on the rocks. These are notoriously difficult to keep. If the tenticals are shorter...

Polycarbonate is not a good comparison to acrylic. If you keep the acrylic clean then I don't think it will block much light at all. I don't like tank covers because I think it tends to cut down on the amount of oxygen in the water. This may not be an issue if you have good circulation and a...

I can't think of any reason to wait.

I've had mixed results with Powder Blue tangs. Mostly bad. I currently have a Gold Rim tang in my 200 gal reef which I have had for about a year. Very similar to a powder blue. Looks kind of like a hybrid between a Powder Blue and a Powder Brown. Very nice looking. The fish has never had a...

Here's my DIY:

Charles, Mine was $120 but I had a $75 store credit. I wouldn't normally pay that much, but the credit made it easier to swallow. Hopefully I didn't get taken.

Exactly what type of carpets are these blue varieties that are showing up in stores? I bought a light blue one which appears to be a hadonni because of the short blunt tentacles. I am starting to wonder though, because in my experience these anemones prefer sand but my new blue one has thus...