Recent content by sean587

It's an API test kit. My lights are the stock bulbs that came with my Odyssea system.

I also have a bunch of macros that I purchased to absorb excess nutrients in hopes of starving out HA. What can I add as a clean up crew that won't eat my macros? I also have a purple lobster that can be very territorial.

To be honest, I don't measure my trace elements because I figured my water changes were adding a sufficient amount.

It's a 55g tank. I opted for the Berlin system (because I clearly am insane), I do need a new skimmer because my SeaClone 100 is garbage, T5 lighting, salinity is 1.023, ph is 8.2, nitrates, amonia, nitrites are all zero, and my phosphates are just around .5 ppm. I truthfully believe I am...

I had a new mushroom colony as well as xenia mysteriously die off on me. I also noticed that my dragons breath isn't as vibrant as it was when I got it. It's pale and the tips are turning brown. I tested the water and salinity, ph, nitrates, and phosphates are normal. I also have a tremendous...

I have a 55 FOWLR tank and had a SeaClone 100 skimmer attached to it. I've had nothing but problems with this thing leaking and just trying to keep it clean. What are some decent hang-ons that are easy to keep clean?

I went with a maroon clown, bicolor angel, domino damsel, and four stripe damsel. I might get a small puffer.

Everywhere you look cautions you not to do it. It would be a pretty costly mistake if something were to happen. I ha a coral beauty and a cherub and it was a constant game of cat and mouse with a very undesirable outcome.

I recently discovered the Fu Manchu Lionfish and am considering purchasing one. Currently, I have a small maroons clown, small bicolor angel, a full grown purple lobster, and only about a handful of snails and hermits in a 55g tank with about 75 lbs of live rock. In addition to either of these...

Thanks for all the input. I'm going to wait until the angel and clown get closer to full size before I add the lion.

I am forgoing the blue devils since they remain pretty small. I have always liked the domino damsels so I'll probably get one. I bought a maroon clown and bicolor angel over the weekend. I know they have pretty good tempers and are roughly the same size as the fuzzy dwarf if I decide to get one.

I am starting up my tank again. I am definitely going to be doing a FOWLR tank due to the fact that it is not a reef ready tank. I've had it set up before Hurricane Sandy wiped out all my livestock with the exception of a handful of hermits, margarita snails, and a purple lobster. The fish that...

I purchased about a dozen snails and two dozen hermits. He gets pretty nasty if they get too close to his cave.

I bought a purple lobster from the lfs about a month ago and when I asked about other invertibrates, he said that it is peaceful and should be housed with other peaceful invertibrates. I have am currently battling HA and cyano and I want to order hermits and snails to do the clean up for me but...