Recent content by Jenemone

I'm not sure how it would work for your situation, but worth mentioning: I have buried the covered areas of rock in the sand for a week or so to smother them out. It has always worked, and I then run carbon and skim heavily to remove anything from the dying weasels. It only works on rocks...

I found the problem. Gumbo the wonder cat - who turns door knobs, opens child proof cabinets, and turns on faucets - has discovered the flow control knob on the Emperor filter. Apparently when I saw him sitting on top of the Emperor Sunday morning, he was playing with the knob and turned the...

Mine has started to extend its tentacles when the moonlights are on at night. They are about 1/2" long.

I think a fairy wrasse is a great idea. My tomato clown has lots of personality, but is aggressive with the other tank mates. It will even attack my hand. I think the ocellaris is a great clown.

I think the rock was out of the water for about two hours, but it was wrapped in wet newspaper. He said they'd had it for over a month in their tank. I increased surface agitation this evening, and it looks somewhat better. I had added more water than usual with the water change, and it was...

I bought a brain just like this one this Saturday. I placed mine up high on the rock. I have two 96 watt PC's over my 40 gal. The brain is about 6" below the surface. So far, mine looks much better than it did at the LFS. It has inflated a good deal more. Of course, its only been two days. I'd...

I have two 96 watt PCs, an actinic and a 10K. Tank is a 40 gal. I put it at the bottom in the sand in a slightly shaded spot. This morning when I checked it, the lights had not come on yet. It was just under the night lights and it actually looked worse than last night when the lights were on.

Saturday, I traded some stuff to the LFS for credit and brought home some live rock, couple of fish, an open brain, and a red chili coral. Since last night, the red chili has shrunk and completely flopped over. It looks really bad. My rose BTA also suddenly doesn't look good. I thought last...

I had a skunk and a blood shrimp. After a month or so, I began to see the blood a little more. However it was always much more shy than the skunk.

Does anyone know why I can't view the images in some posts? They don't even show a link. Example - Nano's recent post with the school of blue tang photos. I could see them farther down in the post with the trout, but not the first ones. Jen

Thanks Len. I didn't know that my polyps and shrooms were harmful to SPS and LPS. One further clarification. What is the difference in SPS and LPS? This is something that I have not ever fully understood. Do I just need to take this coral by coral or is there a rule of thumb? I'm confused! :(

I have had my reef for a couple of years now, and I really want to branch out with coral species. However, I am not sure that I understand sps vs. lps, etc. I don't know what I can have next to each other, how much room to leave between corals, etc. Can anyone explain this to me or point me to...

I could trade them to the LFS for credits. If anyone is interested in trading, let me know. Louey - I know right where Temple is - I used to work in Carrollton! It is interesting that the three other colors of shrooms I have are only reproducing once in a while. These lavender ones are like...

I started out with one or two tiny mushrooms, and now have them everywhere. They smother out the stuff on the rocks. What can I do to get rid of the ones that are in the way? Can I cut them off? Help!

I had two of these come in with some live rock. I never worried much about them, but now they've multiplied like rabbits! I have at least a hundred in my 40 gal. They seem to stay on the glass. What are they and are they bad?