Recent content by Patti

Hi, I'ts been a while since I've been here,good to be back for re- inspiration :) My second Ice Cap 660 has blown and I am faced with the lighting decision again. :roll: I have a 75g that 'had' 4- 48"VHO's. I am now considering PC's instead.Is there a difference between vho & pc?Also what are...

Yes, Jayson is in Winnipeg, I met him and his wife a couple years ago when I went to talk to him about sumps, drilling,etc. I wanted someone who wasn't working at a streotypical shop to talk to and he invited me to his home. I was very impressed with his experience,knowledge, logical and not...

Thanks everybody, Well, I originally had 2 tanks,,,, one 80g which I am keeping, and the 70g that I am tearing down. I found myself losing interest due to not getting to the city LFS enough to keep me excited about things. I just added my first new fish to my 80g last week, and it has been a...

Hi All, It's been awhile since I've been here, this site is still as good as it ever was :wink: I am tearing down one of my tanks and am down to the substrate, what a chore. I am wondering for cleaning the substrate of any leftover debris and the remaining hiding bristle worms. Can I half...

Hi Everybody, Due to my very active 4 year old boy, I am left with no choice but to downsize from 2 -80 gallon tanks to a mere one. For the past 2 years I have only had time to perform the bare neccesities of maintenance on both my reef tank and my reef/seahorse tank. I am terribly dissapointed...

Hi there, Thanks for your input, The reason I want to remove the live rock is because this FO tank has NO lights where my seahorse tank with LR has 4 VHO. Also once there is LR in a tank in my opinion it isn't really a FO tank anymore because like you say we need to feed the rock also. Plus with...

Hi Everybody, I am considering removing the live rock from my 70g fish only tank, and going artificial. I realize a natural environment is best, but I also have a 60g with LR and seahorses. I just want a different atmosphere in my FO tank. I also don't want to lose the LR all together, I may...

WOW ! Will this hobby ever stop surprising me ? I'm gonna keep an eye out for these things and keep track of when they appear. They seem to have all disappeared now, I imagine my clowns and seahorses may have gobbled up a few. Sure was neat though ! Thanks Everyone ! Patti

Hi Everybody, As I was feeding my fish today, I noticed at the surface of the water hundreds of pinhead size brown discs, they pulsed like jellyfish, and there are scads of them at the water surface. Could they be bristle worm larvae ? All I have in the tank are 4 peppermint shrimp, 2 percula...

I think they are nesting when they rearrange things. My black and white damsels do that too. Sometimes I'll drop a medium sized shell in there just to keep em busy,every once in while I will hear click,click,click as the shell hits the glass. Then my Humu Humu will come along and pick it up like...

Yikes ! I hate catching fish, I feel like I'm intruding on their space and losing their trust. They love when I am in the tank cleaning this and that but when they see that darn net and bucket coming It's like I'm the worst person in the world I think I'm gonna have to sit down and make a...

Thanks for writing, Yes, That's exactly what I did when I added my Birdmouth Wrasse, I was terrified to throw off any territories and to upset the egg laying process, but they are still breeding, touch wood. I do have the option of trading my damsels in towards the Banggai's.If I did part with...

Hi There, I've got 3 black and white damsels in my 80 gallon along with a Humu Humu, yellow tang, and a birdmouth wrasse. It is a fish only tank, no corals or live rock, just artificial decorations in this one. My damsels lay eggs every 13 days and have been doing this for at least a year that...

I DID IT !!! I cut the centre column down to an inch and a half and widdled away at my airstone and it's ready to be put to work !! It better kick @$$ now or it's a gonner. Couldn't have done it without you's !! Thanks A Bunch ! Patti

Hi all, I have accepted the fact that I have to modify my SeaClone,I've been skimmerless for 3 days, I have been trying to remove the centre column to cut it down and then add an airstone. Speaking of airstones, the smallest wooden airstone I was able to find wont even fit in the column. How...