Recent content by johnreb

I have an LT that's ate several peppermint shrimp, a tuxedo urchin, and one time he ate a brittle star and spit him back out alive but missing two legs. Pretty much anything that forages on the bottom and moves slowly is toast.

I've been hearing a clicking noise coming from tank for some time now. It hasn't been real loud, it just sounded like a slight tapping on the glass Today as I was zoning in front of my tank, I heard the noise again and I pinpointed the source. It was coming from my big, female Saddleback...

I think there may be something to your theory. If sps and soft corals consume fish waste and the products of the decomposition of that waste you would think that at least some of it would be converted into coral tissue and not entirely excreted back into the water.

Did a 10% water change, fed my fish, and mixed up more water for the next change.

Never heard of it. Where did you see it at?

Instant Ocean and Reef Crystals.

The key to keeping anemones is feeding. I've had my LTA for going on five years now. I fed it a krill or two once a week for four of those years. About six months ago I tripled the feedings, just to see what happened. I got three times the anemone! I'm talking size, expansion, in overall...

Was 20, blinked and I was 31! Savor every moment kids, it really does go by faster the older you get.

When you refer to your "sunflower" coral do you mean a Goniopora? If that's the case your clown will aggravate it to death. Even if you have an anemone, the clown will choose the coral over it's natural host. I don't know why this happens, but it's a mistake I made when I was new to the...

I've butchered some purple mushrooms with a razorblade and each piece grew into a separate animal. A food processor seems a bit extreme though.

I don't think phytoplankton is going to do the Frogspawn any good. It's been my experience that most LPS prefer meaty foods such as fish or krill. I target feed every one of my LPS some sort of meaty food at least once a week.

I've seen Emeralds yank the polyps off Xenia in the past. The one I have currently doesn't touch them, but more than likely that's your culprit.

regular water changes. not to control nitrates, just to keep everything in balance and dilute any harmful pollutants that may have found their way into the tank.

This page has posting directions for another site but they should also apply here.

Your picture has to be stored somewhere on the web in order for it to appear in a post. There is lots of free web space out there. Do a search on google.