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A friend of mine bought a volitan pterois to do the job. 8O It really work!

While its a common practice by many new startups to put in damsels, I felt its time we shift the mindset as today's technology and knowledge of marine have advanced significantly to do things differently. In the past, marine aquaristics are fish predominant. Today, that have changed. The...

Any blue box freak out there? :D

Have anyone got experience in keeping the blue box fish, ostracion meleagris, successfully? Please share how to get it to start feeding and what are its diet requirements. TIA

anyone?

In calculating the total amount of lighting, do we include the wattage of actinic lamp? TIA

Try looking up the book by Anthony Calfo - Book of Coral Propagation vol 1, ver 1 Some useful concept discussed regarding central filtration for commercial setup & greenhouse. cheers

I just treated a fw infestation last week after noticing its presence for a week. They are mainly attached to six pieces of corals and a m'room rock, estimated to cover about 40% of the coral surface. It was easily remove with a pH/temp adjusted RO water dip. One advantage I have is the corals...

Awesome tanks GT. Congrates. Do you know the country of origin of the moorish idol? Reason I ask is I'm trying to figure if Sri Lanka moorish idol have better chances of success . . . . something like Red Sea Regal tang have a higher success rate in getting them to feed than the Indo &...

I also have had a fair share of failure with c. sertularioides and c. racemosa. It would grow well then crash. However, I have good success with this caulerpa sp. (don't know its name though. see photo) :oops: I am using 2X55W PC 10000K 24/7 Also, the CO2 rich effluent from the Ca reactor is...

The strategy offered by emilyB and Ernie will work. I have tried them before. Only thing is it require much manipulation like catching fish and rock rearragement. Here is one more trick I have used that's much easier and effective. Before putting in the new fish, stick a mirror outside the...

I have kept single specimen on four occasions and yes, they did a great job eating up all the cyno in the refugium. Its ironical their lifespan are really short . . . about four months. Didn't manage to get more than one on those occasions to attempt breeding though.

Unusual case of RTN 8O Take care.

Kudo for the rescue attempt :D If its not harrassed by established residents, he should recover soon. If there's constant aggression, the peace offered in the refugium will help. Look out though as once he's settled down, get him accustom to the main thank before he deplete your pods. If he's...

Hermit crabs are scarvengers and eats anything left uneaten by others. So when you feed your fish, smaller food pieces drifting on the gravel will get eaten. Your HC probaly belongs to the smallish type which would not grow a lot, so regular fish food will surfice. There will be periods where...