Recent content by jjpelican

by putting the boiling water into the water like that can it hurt the fish if they swim by. or can it hurt anything else in the tank.

hey Guy, thanks for the response, could you please explain how some of those options work. I understand about the peppermint's but what about the boiling water and the other methods you mention?

I don't know what's going on but I have had several problems one after another, but thanks to the help of this site I still have a healthy tank. I purchased a brain (Hard Coral), after a few days I noticed an aptasia on it. Several different stores had advice for me, some told me to pull it...

you guys have been amazing this past week, not sure why so much bad stuff has happened in my tank, but my latest is since my anemone was affected by the temp and the lighting he is ok, but seems stressed doesn't open all the way much and has been moving around, well now the latest dilemma is my...

I have a hang on wet/dry filter so I am not sure that placing a fan on that will change anything. nor will opening the cabinet doors. my temp went from 85 to 79 overnight. i would be afraid to remove the glass top because I have fish that are notorious for jumping out. what about the plastic...

mine are not raised. how can I safely raise them without causing a fire or creating a fire hazard? I have a glass top between my lights and my water as well as a plastice shield over the lights (obviously) by raising them will it take away from some of the actual light and hurt the tank?

Yesterday I checked my temp and it was 86, I got real freaked, I put my hand in the water and it didn't feel like 86 so I ran to the pet store and put in a submersible digital thermometer on the tank and it read 85.3. Today, my Candy Cane Coral looks like it is on it's way out. My anenome who...

GREAT, NO ISSUES, I GAVE IT TO A FRIEND.

The room is relatively dark during the day, but it is positively very dark in the room from 4am until 9am. the rest of the time all curtains are closed and it is relatively dark

I have another quick question. I have a reef tank, currently I have 7 fish, brain coral, candy cane coral, rose leather coral, mushrooms, pollyps, a green tip anenomne, sand sifting star, lobster, scallop, and a whole bunch of snails in my tank. my lighting schedule has been as follows for the...

hello everyone, I have had fish for years, but in the past 8 months have been very involved in my first reef tank, which I absolutely love and am very happy with. I was mislead by a fish store and purchased a pink cucumber, I am very happy with my fish and tank and desperately do not want to...