Recent content by mark h

i have an unidentified crab in my tank that looks very similar to the one in your tank(at least what i can see in the picture) i think the crab in my tank is different species of mithrax crab or maybe a color variation of the same species. it has harry legs and and the top of his shell has...

Ben, i have a euroreef and love it. it is quiet efficient, easy to clean, and skims like crazy. here is link to a comparison test of some of the most popular skimmers. www.thereefweb.com/skimmer_comparison.htm

i am thinking of making a skimmer and was wondering where i can buy a beckett foam injector

i bought these shrimp by accident instead of peppermint shrimp. they will be fine in a fish only tank. however if you get corals they will eat polyps and maybe other corals. i have seen them eat yellow polyps and zoanthids in my tank before i caught them and returned them to the LFS.

is it just me??? everytime i do something in my tank there is always a snail in the way and i only have 4 or 5 in my whole tank. if i want to put a rock, coral, clam etc. in a certain spot guess what there is always a snail in the way. i think it is a conspiracy and that snails are somehow...

are the 10k ushio 250 watt HQI bulbs about the same color as the 10k 400 watt ushio single ended bulbs? curious because i might upgrade to one of these lights. i light the color of the 10k 400 watt ushios, but not the electic bill. the 250HQI would be almost as bright but cost less to run and...

my favia is getting ready to drop around 5 or 6 babies. how do people attach them to a rock. since they are so small i don't want to use superglue. can i just set them on rock in a low current part of the tank so they can atach themselves? I am worried about shrimp etc picking at them and...

will be the big 30 in march

i use a very deluted mixture of water and muratic acid. the acid will not eat plastic so i just let my pumps etc. sit in a 5 gallon bucket for about 5 minutes or so and all the calcerous material is disolved. i would say i problably use a cup for every 2 gallon of water.

7.99PH is fine my 40 gallon stays between 7.8 and 8.0 and everything in the tank is growing rapidly. sps, lps,clams and softies are all doing great. i tried everything to raise the ph but when it was higher it would not stay stable enough so since everything looks good why worry about it. it has...

i was going to buy 2 strip lights at home depot each holding 2 24" flourescent tubes. can i use any of the bulbs that home depot sells or should i order uri's. they have a freshwater plant bulb and a sunlight bulb. i figured that these would have a descent spectrum for reefs but was wondering...

i have a 40 gallon breeder with one 175watt 10k ushio metal halide and 2 30 watt NO actinic lights. i have several sps, 1 deresa clam, 1 maxima clam, torch coral, open brain, closed brain, and numerous soft corals. all are doing great under the metal halide. the metal halide is about 8"...

i had a six line wrasse in an established tank and added two peppermint shrimp. the six line immediately attack one and killed it. i assummed that he killed the other one also. about six months later i had to move the tank to a new location and when i pulled the rock out, out popped a...

i was wondering if you can soak sheet algae in vitamins such as selcon and then dry it out, but retain the vitamins in the food. the reason i am asking is that the algae tends to break up quickly if it is wet before i put it in the tank. if i could dry it first the theory is that it will stay...

yes the 55 is definitely better. just take your time and let your tank develop the bacteria to support the ammount of fish that you have. for the time being just read everything you can about your new hobby. you can learn more on the internet than you ever could at a local fish store [...