Recent content by orangeturtle

Hi Matt, I feel confused. I could just add like a 1/2 gallon of water for my tank each week (about the amount I need to top off, actually) and that would replenish all my trace elements? What kind of water do I use? Distilled? And this replaces Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium, and Iodide...

thanks so much for your input. i really appreciate it. i have julian's sprung's coral book, but i've found that it's not really so great for actual "what i need and how to take care of" facts. i'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of eric borneman's aquarium corals and anthony calfo's book of...

Thanks for your reply, Brandon! As it turns out, the frogspawn was half out this morning when I left for work (it was still night to the FS) and was completely out when I got home today. I guess my inquisitive fire shrimp got too close. A quick question about salinity... My hydrometer never...

This is a kind of long post, but I wanted to give all the info that might be important. 8O I have a JBJ Nanocube. It's been running for about a month and a half and has happily been home to the following creatures: 1 purple fishfish (added the week or so before xmas) 1 fire shrimp 1 cleaner...

I realize this isn't really just a nano question per se, but it IS a nano, so here goes: I have a JBJ Nanocube and I just added the cleaner crew two weekends ago. (1 fire shrimp, 1 anemone crab, 3 blue leg hermits, 1 turbo snail, 2 astrea snails) There is a whole ton of algae growing so I...