Recent content by Black96WS6

Almost 15 months! He just recently stopped eating :( , it's about time for him to go, so I'm just enjoying him while I can :(

Thomas is my bimac octopus! :D

For those of you that have been following, I've had a Mantis living with Thomas basically since I've got him. The two have left each other alone. Now that Thomas is getting older and less interested in eating things and the Mantis is getting bigger it seems he's getting bolder too, I was finally...

It really depends on the keeper, the equipment, and the octo. For dwarfs 30 is almost overkill, for bimacs (which is what Thomas is), 30 is probably the lowest you can go. I have the Eclipse bio-weel and carbon filtration going constantly, as well as a protein skimmer and a power head to...

Here's some pics of Thomas, taken a few minutes ago. I was "juicing" the aiptasia, trying to keep the tank clear for Thomas. Of course, he couldn't stand that something was going on without his approval, so out he came! :mrgreen: The last shot I tried to get my hand in there so you could see...

You're not going to believe this, but apparently I have had a mantis shrimp living in Thomas' 30 gallon tall Eclipse along with Thomas almost the entire time I've had him (we're talking almost a year now). This is amazing, because I can't tell you how often I've put my hand in there, to clean...

Here's another one for ya!: http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html Hey this may deserve a sticky if we can get enough different places to buy 'pods from! :D

Newly hatched brine every day? Ouch! :D Makes me appreciate the frozen mysis! "She" took about 4 or 5 big (relatively speaking) mysis shrimp before becoming dis-interested last night. I believe she's full from the pods and mysis. She spends all her time slowly cruising around the bottom and...

Thanks for your post FragMaster! I took some more pics, I don't think it's Erectus, it's either Reidi or Kuda, still not sure! I don't see a bunch of thin lines, just spots (I know it's impossible to tell in that photo). I took some more shots, but because he's moving around this morning...

Hi gang, I'm hoping someone can assist in identifying what species of seahorse I just purchased. I signed up for SeaHorse.org, but I can't get to any of the forums. I haven't been validated by the admin yet, so that may be why. Here is a pic: I purchased him/her tonight from the LFS for...

Snake, 1. Skimming this thread and looking at the pics, it looks like you can't really have much or any sand in an aquarium using your system, due to worries about "dead spots" or anerobic zones? Or if you do, you have to be very religious about cleaning it up and/or make sure there's plenty of...

Ok I just did a water change. I use CoraLife salt by the way. I did the test again using a sample of the freshly-mixed salt, and it finally turned blue. The new batch measured about 450ppm of Calcium (give or take I don't know how much depending on how accurate everything is). I haven't been...

Don't dose at all, just do regular water changes. I am doing a water change tonight or tomorrow (Sunday) so I'll test the new batch of seawater with the Salifert kit and see if I get a reading (should be around 300).

Great idea Chris, I will try that this weekend when I do a water change before I pour the new water into the tank! If that doesn't register, then something is either mis-labelled, was put into the wrong bottle at the factory, or expired prematurely...

Hi, I need some help determining a problem testing my Calcium levels. I am moving up to Shrooms from a FOWLR setup. So now I have a FOWLR + Shrooms tank. :D I recently purchased a Salifert Calcium Test Kit, and have tried testing my Calcium levels without success twice so far. The first...