Recent content by davelin315

A 40 cube with rock, 2 damsels, a gold bar maroon, and a small brittle star (a couple of mushrooms in the tank as well).

Here are some pictures of a 72 gallon bowfront we have with some mushrooms, some mini-carpets, and a green bubble tip anemone. There's also a sea hare that is employed to combat the feedings that take place since it's in school. The clean up crew also has a few hermits and snails. Fish-wise...

Wow, it's been 4 years (as of yesterday) since I was on the site last! Funny enough, last time I was on the site was because of the tank I had in my classroom, a 15 gallon nano-reef. That tank is now a 15 gallon mantis tank and the school program I support at the school I teach at has grown a...

Just to let you know, there are some new pictures posted again. The tank still needs some work, but it's back in school in a new location. Dave

Hey, it's me. I'm back. However, like you said, it's been incredibly busy. I'm looking for a student right now to take the tank home for the summer. I'll try and get them to take some photos tomorrow. The growth on the frags from you is great, and the tank is really thriving. I'll post...

Sent you a PM about it. Not sure why I didn't just post here... Anyway, what do you want to cut? I think that the hood is very easy to cut, but if your intention is to simply make a hole then you're better off drilling it. You can use a high speed drill with either a hole saw or a barrel...

OK, I posted some more photos from a few days ago and also an update. I finally broke down and bought a calcium and KH test (replacing the KH test that simply said low, medium, or high).

I do a hand check before allowing them to stick them in the tank. Also, I do warn them that if they are generally allergic to anything, they should avoid putting their hands in. I am curious about the isopod, however. The disappearances seemed to happen before they were in the tank. I don't...

I looked through those nanos and it's pretty amazing what you did with so little water. Seeing a child's hand in there really put things into perspective, as did the can in front of the tank. At first I was thinking, wow, look at how huge those zooanthids are! I was thinking about using a...

Still me (Floris Reef Tank is my school log on). For me, nanos are basically a new thing as well. Although the more I think about it, the more I think I had some nanos before (had a 29 long ago with various shrooms and softies in it that began my first foray into corals, had a 5 gallon on my...

Hi Diana, I think you have a great looking tank! Nice job! What I was referring to is the tendency of tanks (at least large ones) to go through adjustment phases over their lifetimes. I don't know if this is a condition of only larger tanks or those with deep sand beds, so I'm curious. I...

Definitely not xenia. They will grow in clumps or as part of an encrusting mass, not individually like the polyps you have. I agree with the anthelia guess. They are interesting polyps because if you put them in higher flow, unlike some other corals, they will simply stretch out and grow...

I had a recent disaster in my school tank (Floris Reef Tank) and also have been doing things I probably should not in my daughter's tank. In the school tank, I lost all of my fish to a yet unknown culprit. The water parameters are fine, but the fish have all disappeared. In my daughter's...

There's actually a seahorse site dedicated to only sea horses. There's a lot of very knowledgeable people on that site on keeping sea horses. I kept them before in quite an interesting set up. I had a 350 gallon pond that had a bat ray in it which jumped out and died so I decided to throw in...

I agree. The local store sells these and I saw the kit at PetSmart for $15 less so I picked it up. I didn't know that it would give me a reading of "high, medium, low" or I wouldn't have bought it. I used to use a calcium and Alk test that actually gave me a reading. I'm not happy with the...