Recent content by John Eccles

Flicking the finger works good. I've been nibbled but never bit.....They know better than to bit the hand that feeds them :twisted:

As for Tangs i have a pair in my 80g. If you keep the blue tang, and I'm assuming you mean a regal tang, he will have to be your only tang. For the damsels, before you go digging what else are you planning on putting in there?

Dead Serious man....get a 4-5" clown or queen Trigger. They are tough enough to withstand a cycle and are big enough to be mean

I use DI water to top off and for changes. I have been thinking about the skimmer alot latley. I will try a few more big changes and see where that gets me. The change i described did slow the growth a bit. now how much is a skimmer going to set me back

Heres the deal. I have had an fo running for one year. Levels stay okay, ammonia between 0 and .25. I run a ugf only. I have a brown algae problem like you would not believe. I have pulled every rock at one time and scrubed them and then changed 20g of water. you name it i have tried it...

Tirgger like Damsel...TASTY :twisted:

One other thing that can help is keeping your SG low. I keep mine a 1.19 because it is more difficult for parasites to grow. Do this in a FO only otherwise corals will suffer

if he still won't eat.....Feed him a damsel....my Trigger thought those were tasty to :D

Well.....The Trigger finally lost his cool.....I'am minus a damsel and a trigger.....had to go to the lfs to return the trigger, and buy a new damsel for my wife :x. But the pearlscale butterfly fish i bought for me is pretty cool also :D

a Yellow Tang in a 10g? GIMMIE SOME OF THE WEED THIS GUYS IS SMOKIN!!!!!!! I have an 80g tank. The two tangs i own (yellow and a naso) were kept in a 20g tank at the LFS. watching them enter my 80g was like looking in a kids eyes on christmas

I also own an 80 gal tank. It FO though. I do a 10g water change every two weeks, 15 if needed. if i do more....I start kill things (to the tune of 200 bones). my levels stay acceptable for fish.

I personally don't have green algae in my tank.....I feed my fish once a day, frozen brine shrimp and emerald entree is the brand name.....It is a omnivour diet food (tangs also eat zooplankton as they age). It works very very well

I have had an fo running for 10 months. This is my first shot at salts and I have had 3 tangs in this tank. 2 are still alive (the pb died of my own stupidity) I have 4 damsels, a maroon clown, a yellow tang, a naso tang and a pearl scaled butterfly fish. The yellow tang has been in there...

I had a powder blue in a 80g at one time. Had no problem feeding, and I don't have a lot of algae in my tank. I would feed him Emerald entree twice a day, and throw some blanched spinach tied to a rock every other day or so. He died when I got a little nuts cleaning my tank and upset my...

I have a Clown Trigger that i have feed frozen squid and MAui Maui from the grocery store from day one. I have never had a problem with him not eating. I can tell you for sure if this will help your Huma though