Recent content by nicksreef

Could be a defense mechanism..the splitting. Anoles (lizards improperly called cameleons in Florida) will eject their tail when cornered or attacked. It lays wiggling on the ground and atracts the attacker while the body gets away...

It's a little over a year old. Amonia and nitrite are 0. I use filtered R/O water, and I put it into the tank through a UV filter. Maybe they were sick or shocked when I got them. I bought them a couple of days after the store got them in. They WERE peppermint shrimp. Someone since told me you...

I just have to add my two cents worth. I have a large salt tank with a Niger and Picasso trigger. They are "hole mates". One reason I don't think you may like them in your reef tank is that they are never satisfied with the way the sand looks. All my substrate has been moved completely fom one...

:? I have a small, 20 gal reef tank (20 high). I have one actinic and one daylight flourescents in a hood, and one 60 watt compact flourescent about 6 inches from the water line. The temp of the water stays around 78 degrees. Ambient temp in the room is around 70. I have had trouble keeping...

You are correct, Sir! When I read your post I went back and looked again, there is a clam at the bottom of my tank, disconnected. I guess the fish have been chewing on it, which is why it appeared to be changing shape.

The blacklight bulbs are in Walmart, some grocerystores. They usually are in the "party bulbs" section with the colored bulbes. They are about $5, and work in any regular screw-in socket like on a table lamp. It will also set some things glowing in your tank you didn't see before!

If you have a well stocked library available, check out a book called "Reef Secrets" by Alf Jacob Nilson and Svein A. Fossa. It has just about everything you will need to know about making sure your fish will be reef compatible, and get along with each other. I wasted a lot of money on fish and...

Try using a blacklight bulb (incandescent) to see them. This light doesn't seem to bother nocturnal things too much, and you will be able to get a picture maybe. Put a piece of thranslucent plastic, like a milk container jug over the flash to diffuse the light. If your camers has a flash sensor...

Hey, I'm new here, but I think I finally found a forum with people that actually know something! I have a 20 gal high reef tank that has been going well now for a year. Mostly untouched. I had a lot of experience with plain (fish only) saltwater tanks, and prefer a maintenance free tank if I can...

Hey, I'm new here, but I think I finally found a forum with people that actually know something! I have a 20 gal high reef tank that has been going well now for a year. Mostly untouched. I had a lot of experience with plain (fish only) saltwater tanks, and prefer a maintenance free tank if I can...

Hey, I'm new here, but I think I finally found a forum with people that actually know something! I have a 20 gal high reef tank that has been going well now for a year. Mostly untouched. I had a lot of experience with plain (fish only) saltwater tanks, and prefer a maintenance free tank if I can...