Recent content by OodleyBoodely

From my own experience, and, I had the hair and then the bryopsis infestations from H@!!, none of the animals-fish, urchins, sea slugs, ect- will cure the problem. I tried all of them, including a foxface, several lawnmower blennies, lettus sea slugs, urchins, snails, hermits, ect. Yes, most...

"She'll beat him up for the rest of his life probably, but he's still alive, so he'll do as a mate. " :lol: They do tend to have that kind of relationship, don't they! Fishdreamer, I don't think you need to worry too much about the other fish in the tank, including the skunk clown...

The only ph that comes with decent suction cups, IME, is the Maxijet ph. I have used several types of phs, but, the MJ have the only suction cups that work well for any length of time. The suction cup holders on the rest are just crap from day one.

Maroons are very aggressive with each other. :lol: I tried 3 times befor I finally got a pair! What worked for me was same as you did-use two fish of extreme size differance. Mine were a 2 1/2" and a 3/4". It took a full two weeks before the big one fully accepted the little guy. One...

I'm using the Remora Pro on my 55 and it is a good skimmer-and easy to setup and adjust, too. I would recommend you go with the Mag pump upgrade, however. I hear they are much quieter and more powerful than the Rio that comes with it. I have the Rio and am worried it will do its infamous...

Since you are using one of the better quality bulbs out there (URIs), you may be able to go a year between changes. When I bought my VHO retro kit, it came with Corallife bulbs and I HAD to change them at about 4 months. They had turned black at the ends and change in color temp was clear to...

Thanks for the info, Leonard. Just wanted to know if there were any little quirks I should know about that might not be in the liturature. Sounds like it should be a pretty nice little fish.

I'm looking for first hand experience about these fish, Siganus corallinus. I've done some reading on them and decided to get one, a little 3incher.

I prefer to use garlic, but, I have had success using Kick-Ick as well in my reef tank. None of my inverts were affected by it that I could tell, but, I still don't like adding the chemicals to my tank. Besides, around here the stuff sells for about $30 bottle that only lasts through one to...

I make my own. I use a hand garlic press and crush 3-4 elephant garlic cloves. Add 1 cup of cool water, shake or stir well, strain to retain liquid, then pour into freezer ziplock baggies. Freeze in a flattened out position to make it easier to break off bits. I also reuse the cube trays...

Ditto on the Maxijets. They have great reputations and my experiences with them confirms it. Maxis also come with the best suction cup holder and an excellant strainer-accessories that many other brands are sadly lacking. A second placer, IMO, are the Aquaclear 402. They are powerful and...

You could add the new sand on top of the CC. The coarser CC will work to the surface as the finer sand settles, however, so that any disturbance of the sandbed will result in the CC on top, again. The advantage of adding to the CC will be in keeping most of the infauna and bacteria already in...

My oscellaris clowns made thier home in my large colt coral. They don't bother the colt even though they roll around in it all day and sleep in it at night. Other corals that clowns have been known to attach to include, hairy mushrooms (not elephant ears-these will eat the fish!), zoanthid...

"....there's a bit of gravel aready on the bottom...." Go ahead and glue it to a rock since yours is already attached to sand grains. I've done it many times and the best method is to get the 'shroom to attach to something first, and then glue to the attached sand or rock. I use the gel...

Peppermints are also known to browse on yellow polyps(from discussion on ReefCentral). Mine definately has a taste for bristleworms.FYI