Recent content by FifeReef

Thanks for your stories. I guess I'll chalk it up to nature taking it's course inside my own little slice of ocean. The Copperband was one of my favorite fish. Seen others in the LFSs, but none ever looked as healthy as mine. Well at least up until this morning. :P

Went to feed my reeftank this morning and noticed my copperband butterfly was missing from the usual feeding frenzy. Took a few minutes but I found him.........halfway inside my long tenticle anemone. :( It's resident clownfish looking non too happy about it. Both of these guys have been in...

I have a Serpent Star in my 150 with no problems. My Green Brittle Star on the other hand was banned to the refugium after a firefish went missing and I found the back end of my cleaner shrimp slowly disappearing into his mouth.

I currently have a Naso with a Orange Shoulder and Sailfin. No problems with the Naso at all. The Sailfin can be a little aggressive at times, but I've had no problem with the Naso to date. They've been co-habiting for about a year now.

Wish there was a convenient one near me. :(

Mine were the same way. I've had them for about a year now and they will gradually get bolder as time goes on. They eat about anything and so far have been no problem. Give them some time.

Hi run Phoenix 14K DE 250W on my tank. I like the color and the coral seem to do fine with it as well.

I've had mine now for almost 2 years with no problem. Doesn't seem to bother anything in the tank. I originally got him to try and control aiptasia. He ignored them for the first couple of weeks I had him. Then one day I came home and there wasn't a trace of aiptasia anywhere. IMO, as long as...

I had this same problem awhile back. My solution was to check my GFI circuits and wiring by taking each outlet and switch cover off and making sure everything was grounded. (I had wired the pump room myself.) I found two different outlets whose ground connection wasn't connected or had become...

Awesome! Thanks for the tip! They got some cherry stuff.

WOW! 8O Those are gorgeous! Major Score! I need to stumble onto some of those at that price. That's going to be one colorful tank!

My Green Brittle Star was getting huge and found him one day with my cleaner shrimp antena the only thing outside his mouth. He's been banned to the refugium. I have a serpant star that I rarely see and a sand sifting star which I enjoy. He does a good job of sifting the sand. I've heard they...

I have no experience with a yellow and other tangs. However I do have a Saifin, Naso and Orange Shoulder in a 150 for almost a year now. They were introduced in that order and about 4 months apart. The Sailfin is the head honcho and was a little nasty to the orange shoulder for a day or so. Now...

Very nice looking tank! I wish I had those cabinet making skills too! Beautiful! Looks like you used the black pond foam over a PVC frame? How has that worked out? Looks like it's working and looking fine. :)

You most likely have a high nitrate and phosphate levels, and possibly silicates as well. The RO/DI should help alot. You might consider using a material like Phosban which can remove phosphates and help with the silicates. For now I would remove as much as possible by hand, and water changes...