Recent content by skyfreak73

No offense taken...I genuinely want to learn and presume others do as well (apologies for speaking on behalf of said 'others'). Great information; I may give the Salifert a try since it seems more economical than the Seachem Reef Status. If I were offered a stick at a fixed length that has...

Please do inform us on these "plenty of other" hobbyist test kits for Mg that use a titration syringe.

Let's see if this horse still has a bit of breath left in her... Actually, I meant exactly what I said: the most accurate. I thought the fact that I like the kit went without saying. I say the most accurate simply because of the titration method used. With any of the titration kits that I've...

I didn't say that I accepted one set of values over another...you assumed that I accepted the higher number because I found it more favorable. I operated on the assumption that both operators (myself and the person at my LFS) followed the test directions accurately and therefore found the fault...

Yes, it would appear so. However, I'll repeat that in my experience, the ELOS test kits are unreliable. I kept reading 900 on my kit after heavy supplementation, but when I took a sample in to my LFS, they tested it with another ELOS kit and it showed 1200 the same day. From that moment, I swore...

Especially the ELOS kits, in my experience! I highly recommend the Seachem Reef Status Mg kit. It includes a reference sample to check the accuracy of the reagents.

I've read that one of the biggest mistakes made by marine aquarists is using freshly-mixed salt water too soon. Bob Fenner recommends using salt water mixed up several days to a week in advance. Generally, I do a 5G (10%) water change every other Saturday. On the Monday before my WC day, I'll...

I can tell you which one to AVOID!!! www.justliverock.com Don't get me started as to why...too much to go into. Just remember this: you generally get what you pay for in this hobby.

Last night, I FW-dipped the crocea that showed the symptoms that chris&barb outlined, and the clam responded very quickly. Today, that clam looks much improved: no signs of mantle pinched inward and no more slime filaments. I'm surprised to see how quickly the FW dip acted. It seems the key to...

Very nice...wishing you much better fortune with yours than I had with mine.

So now that I've lost two maximas and it looks like I have a crocea affected with PMD, it begs the question: can/does PMD spread to other clams in the tank? If so, how do you eliminate those pathogens from the water column? If the crocea responds to a FW dip, but a pathogen is still alive in my...

Thanks for the suggestion. I watch my tank obsessively, and I haven't seen the Midas blenny pay any attention at all to any of my clams. Given the symptoms of PMD I'm seeing on one of my T. crocea clams though, I don't think it's a fish that harassed it to death.

Well, I think she's almost dead...will be by sundown. :cry: After losing two T. maxima clams (including this one), and now with a T. crocea showing symptoms of PMD as described above, I feel convinced that I have a systemic issue. Though you can't tell from the picture, the T. crocea has...

Thanks, but this clam is too large to fit into a container like that. I just put the clam into a container with some salt water that I've had mixed and at temperature for the last couple of weeks as a final resort, but my clam looks like it's on its last leg today. I don't think it will survive...

I haven't been able to find something adequate to cover it. :oops: Perhaps a 1G water bottle would work. I'll do that immediately. Thanks. I'm worried now that if I bring it in and it does have some kind of infection, that it could spread to the other clams you have in the tank, and I'd hate...