Recent content by chris s1

if my tank temp is 78-80 and my room temp dropped down to say 50-60, is it possible the tank would crack?

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote sounds exaclty like mine, i got mine at the same size from tropic isle. 1 year later he is now 4". he eats all meaty foods i throw in. loves raw shrimp,scallop, and the formula foods. my tang is afraid of seaweed selects...

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote what about cleaner shrimp then? why limit it just to the cleaning wrasses? what makes one ok to take and another not ok? is there any documented proof that the cleaner wrasse population has suffered directly from ornamental...

well the lights are about to go off, just the vho's have been on for about an hour now and the holes that were ripped into every tentacle are slowly being repaired it seems. hopefully i can get this back to what it looked like at the lfs, about 7" in circumference with 3-4" tentacles(it was...

ok its been a little while now and they are slightly coming back to life, maybe this isnt so bad.

just got one for a gift, acclimated it in my tank and now the tentacles look like they burst, they have holes in them and are deflated... is this coral dead? its on the sand bed under 175w metal halide and actinic vho. it was fully expanded at the lfs.

anyone have any problems with the seachem reef builder not dissolving? i tried 3 times last night to get a teaspoon to dissolve in 1 cup of water, using R.O.D.I., tap, and distilled. none would fully dissolve... did i get a bad batch or something?

if i added the rest of the live rock to the new tank would that speed up the process any? if my tank does need to be taken down quickly, how can i keep my fish alive until the ammonia goes down if i put the rest of the live rock into the new tank? also would a new dsb cause an ammonia spike in...

my tank is leaking, i have another tank already set up with a dsb and some live rock & rubble about 15 lbs in a 55gallon, i have another 45 lbs in the leaking tank with 2 small fish and 3 shrimp, the problem is my ammonia level in the new tank set up is between 0.2-0.4(the shade is between those...

hey i am in my 2nd week after adding 200lbs of HD sand into a 55 gallon, i can almost see through the tank to the other side. i figure another 2-3 days and it will be crystal clear. i was shocked that it took so long to clear, but after reading up on the sand on these boards i found that this is...

i am in the same boat. i have a 3-4" maroon clown, only clown in tank. i have the clown in a 30 gallon with a DSB and the fish sways its tail and tosses the sand everywhere. in the 30 gallon i have that natures ocean "live bacteria" sand and its bigger then the HD sand, when the fish does its...

damn thats like 3 times the amount of $$$ per bag. i paid $3.59 per 50lbs bag and i didnt get any discount for buying a whole pallet. if you sell it all you will make a nice profit, good luck.

in my expeirence its the undulate, i had a 3" specimen in a tank along with 2 3 stripe damsels, well lets just say the damsels became fish food after about 2 weeks. the fish has a nasty temper, and some big teeth hehe.. but imo its a beautifull fish.

has anybody every recieved a shipment without a mantis shrimp in it? i would like to order some of this rock, but the thoughts of having to deal with possibly multiple mantis shrimps scares me off.

i am going to be upgrading my tank from a 29 gallon to a 55 gallon, my question is, i already have 60lbs of live rock in the 29 gallon and i am going to order 45 more lbs. after the 45lbs cure in the 55 gallon tank, is it safe to add the other 60lbs and the livestock all at the same time? the...