Recent content by belallanon

From my experience, pretty much both fish and inverts will steal from corals. I always see my shrimps searching the corals in my tank after a feeding. Fortunately most corals don't need direct feeding often. For those that do like sun corals, I saw a neat trick where some guy cut a 2L bottle in...

If the growths are white-gray cauliflower-like clumps at the base of his fins, it could be the viral infection Lymphocytis. It's mentioned on pg. 158 of "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist". I remember this because my friend's clown had the same thing and I looked it up for him. I also agree on...

I'm setting up a new 29g tank and was looking at the Aqua C Remora skimmers. After doing a search, it seems most people have the Pro version, but also have larger tanks than mine. It there any reason I should go with the Pro version or will the regular Remora be fine? Thanks much. Randy

This evening as I sat on the couch, I turned to look at my tank as I have done many times. What do I see? My little clown nestled deep in the tentacles of my torch coral. Joy! It's been 6 months since I introduced the torch and I had given up all hope that my clown would take to it. Its hard to...

Sounds good. I just have this image of one day finding that although I had placed my torch coral a good distance from others, it has grown and is now in a war with surrounding corals.

If two corals have grown and are now attacking one another, you can't live with that. What would you do in that situation? I'm guessing you'd probably just break one of the corals off the rock. How sturdy is the epoxy? Will it break easily? Randy

Doesn't the putty make it a permanent part of the rock? What happens when you want to move the coral?

I've seen many beautiful tanks full of corals in the forums. However, I've always wondered how people arrange their corals and get them to stay in place. Do people actually attach their corals to the rock with epoxy or something? If so, what happens when you need to move a coral or you have to...

Forgot to mention this canopy is for my new 29g. I plan on installing the PFO parallel reflector, a 175W MH, and 2 VHO supplements. Randy

Since I have few carpentry skills, I was considering having a custom canopy built. Any recommendations on good places/sites for custom canopies? Randy

Anyone?

For those with a canopy, how are your lights placed within it? I have to build a canopy for my 29g and was planning on using 1x175w MH in the center and some kind of VHO or PC suppments. However, my tank is 12" wide so I'm assuming that the canopy will not be much wider than this. If I place a...

From reading through the forums, it seems like many people chose to supplement their MHs with VHO lighting instead of PC. Especially when building a canopy. I was wondering if there is a reason for this? Randy

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Ralphyhp, my 29g is 30" x 12" x 18". Any heat problems with 250W? Len, nice canopy. I see you have the MH mounted to the lid and the supplements mounted below. Is this common practice? Do the supplements block some of the MH light? How are your supplements...

This is a new setup and has no lights yet.