Recent content by wayne in norway

Hello, I do not often post here so if this is covered elsewhere ( I have not found) please redirect me.... but .... Perhaps we should have a discussion round this, after reading this interesting article... http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/10/breeder Now I've seen numerous references to...

Sorry for the gelayed reply. I have a spawning pair of C. flavipectoralis which seem to be quite similarly related, and whenever theyare ready to spawn the male exhibits xanthic colouring in the face and lower body area. The switch to/fropm xanthic colouring happens very quickly. I'm not sure...

Well to the best of my knowledge I don't think Frank Baensch is doing anything super super clever to keep the fish in good shape, he's just applying careful care. I'm not saying this is an easy fish, however it is not true to say it is impossible either. Stick it in a FOWLR or FO tank and it...

More comments on the angels.... Paracentropyge multifasciatus has been captive bred, raised and sold, implying that it is not an especially difficult species. You might want to check out Frank Baenschs site. Personal experiene tells me C. bicolor, correctly collected and maintained is not a...

Loathe as I am to agree with bealsbob on the merits of his philosophy he's not too far from the truth here. The chlorine will dissipate pretty damn quickly (though chloramine will take a while longer), and compared to the huge amount of chlorine ions already knocking around in there this isn't...

They have lots of uses in freshwater. They are quite ueful if you have a high load FOWLR setup and don't care about nitrates. They do work very well for nano's as well. Lots of biofiltration eithout taking up space, use it to power water movement sans ugly powerheads, and nitrates..... well...

I have a prism and it skims away quite happily. It is noisy though, and fiddly to setup, and mine flooded when I dared to try to up performance a bit just after xmas. Plus the tank sizes as everyone else states are hopelessly optimistic. And at 170 Euros you're being robbed. Unfortunately...

Excuse my cynicism but my concerns are for people at this point, not the reefs. My reason for this lack of concern is that while this is the largest recent tsunami, it's not the biggest in the last few hundred years, and a wave of this size is statistically likely more than once every hundred...

Naesco, did you actually read what mkirda stated about third world aquaculture (- a sentiment I agree with.) Why do you instantly make the irrelevant leap into cyanide capture? And then quote an article on hyposalinity?

I think i'd put some liverock in there. I wouldn't bother with any chemicals, I'd jsut do a regular water change every week - I'm not sure if I'd add a skimmer or not at that size. These setups have worked very well for me.

How much is downsizing going to save you? You already own the 'reef stuff'. Just stay FOWLR, or use what you have and don't bother upgrading anything for bit? Why do you 'need' to change lights - do you really 'need ' to?

Aquascaping smaller pieces is a p.i.t.a. in my opinion. Next time I would get nothing less than 5 lbs in size. I have a bunch of rubbl in the fron t of my tank, and actually really like the look, and it's great for pods and small critturs. It is a pain to keep clean though.

Really? How does the costing compare? How do the economics of running one in SE Asia compare to trying in the US mainland somewhere?

Just some comments - try to get something decent to use as base. Just because it's a limestone deosn't mean it's any good, and the majority of limestones will be pretty poor. It all depends on the geology of that limestone as to how porous it will or wont be. If I had to pay money to get a...

Hi - I note that STM in the UK have started importing and selling their own farmed acropora that they're having done somewhere outside of Europe (IndoPacific presumably). Is anyone else doing this? Any comment?