Recent content by texman

OK - I treated my tank today after thinking about it for several weeks. All acro crabs seem to have died, but my cleaner shrimp, scarlet hermits, and emerald crabs survived quite well. Bugs seem to be gone. I did a 20% water change and added some carbon. Plan to do the second treatment in 1...

Has anyone out there tried just one treatment? It sounds as though Dustin is not sure if further treatments are actually necessary.

I have a majestic in my smaller, office tank and have had one in my home tank. I doubt very much that it will bother your clams or SPS, but in my experience, they will kill open brains such as cynarina, scolymia etc, and may also feed on polyps such as clavularia and zooanthids. They seem to...

I really could not tell you. I have never been able to tell when the bulbs shift in color anyway. I just replace them around a year out.

I converted from magnetic to E-ballasts about 1 year ago. I like the E-ballasts a lot more. I am running 2 400W Radiums and 2 400W Ushios. I really can't tell you about the PAR, but I honestly could not see much of a difference in the lights. The E-ballasts run much cooler, take up less space...

After spending a couple of thousand on aquiring some really rare and beautful zooanthids for my 500g, and then having my 6" hippo tang suddenly decide that he likes to eat them, I decided to get into the nano game. I ordered a ClearForLife 12g desktop uniquarium today. It has some sort of...

I agree with Dustin in that the Wye valves are far superior to flapper valves in terms of ease of maintenance and reliability. I am using 6 of them between my two tanks and have been very happy. I would advise that they be tested about once per week and cleaned at least once per month. I have 4...

OK, I tried this topic on RC but only got one response. I have recently joined the zoo bandwagon and am interested in others' experience with side by side colonies of zooanthids and SPS. Do the zooanthids over run the SPS (most interested in acros) or do the SPS colonies tend to keep them from...

Last time that I saw your posts was after a terrible tank disaster. I am sure that many of us would like to see how your tank is doing and whether you are re-stocking. I know that I was quite depressed following my tank crash and didn't want to even browse the boards.

That is an excellent description of how to kill aptasia, but I have had trouble finding any 2N NaOH from any online or mail order supplier. I do not have any local chemical supply companies. Does anyone out there know where to get some NaOH?

Forget your wife sstephen - kill it now, or you will be sorry. KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! I use a piece of IV tubing attached to a 30cc syringe - borrowed it from the hospital - and take about 5 tbsp of kalk powder and mix with about twice as much water, boil it, and drop down on top of the...

I would like to know how a shrimp farmer can depend on trucking in seawater from several hundred miles away. We have some shrimp farms in this area (local environmentalists hate them) and they have 2 36" pipes pumping in water from the local bay (1/2 mile away) The effluent drains back into our...

I NEVER feed my BTA's and they divide anyway. I have some clowns that do give the anemone some scraps. I wish they wouldn't get so big, since they are very hard to remove from my tank. I have already had to kill one with an injection of KOH because it started really bothering some corals near it.

What the %$^& are you talking about!

I agree with dustin. I am using the "Y" type check valves and do not see much in the way of losses. When water flows forward, the plunger moves almost completely out of the flow path, thus minimizing loss of pipe diameter and minimizing turbulence. I have used various types of check valves and...