Recent content by vt

Man I practically live at my LFS, so I can get some cheap critters. Basically anything that falls out of the live rock I can take for free. Destruction my mantis has eaten everything from fireworms to emerald crabs. Right now I have Bluey in the five gal with Destruction hoping she'll become...

already done, about 10%. question is, is that enough of a water change? Is has been a few hours now since the featherduster spewwed the goo. All my corals seem to be thriving. I wonder if the featherduster is just pooping or maybe releasing spores into the water column. I just have to...

It may be a bit late to reply to this topic. Great pic. The mantis will destroy anything it can eat. I have a mushroom tank with Mantis only, I am replacing the five hermits every week, and Destruction my mantis has already eaten two turbo snails. I would suggest a nano just for the shrimp...

Hi: About a week ago I put a large hawiian featherduster in my five gal nano. This morning it is spitting a white liquid, the water is very cloudy. I have a few questions. First what is this liquid? Second is the liquid harmful to my tank? Third if it is harmful, how do I resolve this...

Hi Juck: Actually I lied in my previous posts. I am running 4 - 20w mini compacts, made by Coralife. I guess they are pc's, although the 50/50's are half 10000k daylight and half Actinic 3 blue.

This nano is mostly full of frags. I have a colt coral, pumping xenia, yellow button polyps, devil's fingers, and a large umbrella leather. As for photoperiod, I have two 50/50 pc running for twelve hours a day, the other two 6500k pc running for six of those twelve hours that the other two...

I am kind of a newbie. I was just wondering if I have too much light. I am running a five gallon nano with 4-20W pcs. True I am doing a lot of tank scrubbing, but I feel it is another routine kinda like brushing my teeth. So is 80 W too much for a five gallon nano?

Hello Righty, a few questions for you. I thought that the "fuge" acts as a biological filter (something to put macro algae into) plus extra space for live rock etc. These critters you are refering to are they the ones inside the rock? Or should I consider adding critters to the fuge, and what...

Thanx, I'll look into that link. If I run a sump/refugium system will I need to increase the sump/refugium setup. I am currently thinking of running a 30gallon system under the tank.

Hello: I've been running a five gallon nano reef for a while. Now I think I will do a larger reef system say 75 gallons. I am doing some homework on this. I am still in the planning phase I haven't made any purchases yet. I would like some feedback as to whether I should use a sump system...