Recent content by fredso2003

Im in the situation wher I have to move my 120 gallon 1 year old setup on may 30th.I must have alot of luck.I plan on saving like 80% of my water and putting all my coral and invertebrates in one of my 10 gallon refegium setups and my 8 fish in my other 10 gallon then Im going to put the live...

When my tank was around that same age I had my cyano outbreak this is what worked well for me:I used boyds to but I treated it this way,First I used about 3/4 of the recomended dose and I cut back my lighting cycle by 70% for 2 days then on the 3rd day I did a 20% water change and netted and...

:( I bought 2 tank raised false perculas 3 weeks ago.They are the only fish in a 2 month new 10 gallon tank with live rock.All my water parameters are testing good and my problem is the guys just wont eat.I tried frozen brine,marine pellets,flake food,frozen plankton,krill,etc..etc...etc.... I...

INSTANT OCEAN here 1 year no problems,If it aint broke-dont fix it!! best advice ever given.

:cry: One week ago I caught my CHOCOLATE CHIP STARFISH lunching on my xenia colony!Needless to say he is now an occupant of my refegium tank where he has been sentenced to a life of algae cleaning where he seems quite content I might ad.I have a brittle star and a green one to(brittle?) and...

I to test 0 for phosphates and I still get a hard green pin head algae buildup on my 110 gallon acrylic tank,I know the difference of the other algae outbreak I get occasionally when I dont top off wih RO,instead I use tap water that is treated(only when im to lazy to go out and buy my 5gallon...

I have 2 colonys of polyps and I have been sucessful feeding both of them by target feeding them with a mix of micro vert,small frozen brine, and marine flake(allmixedtogether) and I just squirt it on real close like and slowly with an infant squirter thing and they eat it and close up for...

:lol: Thanks today the original colony looks like it a little stressed,I moved it up toward the light(CLOSER) to see what happens.

I have what was 1 colony of pink xenia,now it is 2,It spread to the rock next to it.I read that this coral does spread this way.My question is that it seems like 1 of the stalks that was "in the mddle" of the colony of about 8 stalks deteroirated and started to disenegrate as the other stalks...

:D Thats it GODDAMMIT im writing my congressman right now!!!!! :lol:

I have 1 haitian purple tip anemone in my 110 gallon 1 year old system,he was 1 of the first creatures from the beginning and he has eaten and grown over a year he was always fine,I guess Im lucky? I also have a 10gallon thats 5 weeks old and the long tentacle I bought 3 weeks ago is eating and...

I heard you should use like 1 gallon sump size for every 5 gallons of tank water,and ther are kits I saw on E-BAY,if that helps.........................

I am making a continous loop of anemone and 2 clowns hosting and intemingling ,I taped it from science of the deep TV program.I set up a 10" color monitor right smack in front of the glass and I have it on a timer.It is set that when the lights go off the tape goes on&on&on&on............I will...

I can only say IME I have been dosing w/iodine for 12 weeks and my xenia is OFF THE CHARTS!I mean it,the thing has grown like a weed 4" in height and several new stalks in under 3 months,as for the shrooms the reproduction does seem slower now tht you mentioned iit I was thinking, my shrooms...

Alright I give in,I modified my seaclone 100 with all the mods. I found on this site and it still doesnt measure up. Im really tapped out after setting up 2 10galoon frag/prop tanks and I just cant put out the$ right now so I will have to suffer awhile. my first skimmer was a prizm,yea I know I...