Recent content by kjoz

If you live in the St. Louis/Central MO area and are interested, I just posted a great deal in the For Sale Forum. Thanks

Coral Heaven from IPSF. I feed at night after lights out, 2-3 X per week.

Hope no one minds if I butt in here, but my Purple Tang had ich, I used the garlic treatment and it worked. No more Ich (on his body). Now, how do I "build" him up as he is still faded in color? I have continued the garlic soaked food, which he really seems to love. He chases the garlic...

If you haven't found it yet, here is John Rice's website. http://www.globaldialog.com/%7Ejrice/index.html Just Click and enjoy.

I have a nepthea and it occasionally does the same at times. IMHO this is normal. It should revive in 24 hours or so. Where do you have your's in the tank. I believe they should be on the bottom as they can't tolerate very high light.

JDeets: A fellow hobbyist, who also happens to own a LFS specializing in saltwater and reefs recommended the increase in my alkalinity. Actually, he guaranteed it saying if I got my alkalinity up to 14 and it didn't cure my purple tang of ich, he would replace my fish. He said this knowing I...

Yes, the color remains blue. I used a Seachem test kit and can get around an 11 dKH. I used a Red Sea FishPharm test kit and it takes 13-14 drops before the blue turns to yellow. this test kit does not read dKH, it only tells you that 9-12 drops to make the blue turn yellow is an alkalinity...

If I use the entire 1ml syringe to drop the KH reagent into the 4ml of test water and 2 drops of KH-Ind but fail to get an orange-red or pink color, does that mean my KH is at least 16.0 dKH? I keep running this test and have yet to have any solution left in the syringe. Any ideas?

These "things" appeared on my front glass this week. My husband seems to think my Baha snails did it. Can anyone confirm this or identify? Hope the picture works. Actually if you get into Photopoint, there are 3 pix. Thank you...

I have an Oceanic 75 GalRR set up. The wet/dry filter is also Oceanic. I took out my bio balls, put 6" live sand/Aragomax mix, some live rock, several types of Macro algae, and some critters from Inland Aquatics and IPSF in this area. If you are familiar with this type W/D filter you know...

Did anyone ever call on the new TWP cartridges? Mine does have some tan spots in it, but water is testing okay for nitrates after use. Is the entire resin supposed to turn tan or purple? Thank you

"I do have some, 10 actually. I believe you probably have some too.......your fingeralia!" DHippo: You were right, the fingeralia worked like a charm. The Valonia wasn't very tough to get off at all. Thank you for the advice

Thank you Steve.

Strikethree: Do you have any updates on your snails? I was doing a search on valonia and saw this post. I am looking for an alternative to the emerald crab for valonia control. kjoz

(valonia).But aren't they hard to get off rock without breaking them? The ones I have are tiny and in a cluster. I don't think I could get ahold on them. If I pull the rock out and pull them off with needle nose pliers, will the rock be safe to put back in the tank?