petcrazy213
01-27-2004, 2:52 PM
Worked on getting out the crushed coral I had in my tank today. Didn't feel like taking the entire set up apart to get ALL of it out but I did get at least HALF of it ... all the stuff in the open areas. There is still about 3 lbs in there and about HALF of that is under the LR so I don't think I'll be attempting to get that out anytime soon, maybe next time I remodel!
Anyhow, I did that and managed to save most of my little coepods by layering the coral onto papertowels a little at a time and picking out the squirmies as I found them, I'm hoping that this change doesn't impact them too badly. I also found a bunch of little tiny bristle worms while doing this and put them back into the tank. My only regret is that before I tookthe coral out I had a couple neat spagghetti (sp) worms that I could see through the coral substrate but I forgot about them when I started netting out the coral and I think I probably killed them. I also did a 25% water change after I was done with the coral deletion. Hopefully this will help bring down the nitrates.
On a more possitive note, I managed to fix my Penguin PH that wasn't running. Someone had made the comment that maybe some sand or something had gotten sucked in and stuck in the propeller so I took it out of the tank, put it in freshwater to rinse it and then pounded it on my kitchen counter a couple times. When I plugged it in again it worked! YEAH! At least now I can sink that $$$ I was planning to spend on the new PH into a skimmer!
While I'm here I have a couple fish questions ...
1) are Royal Grammas aggressive or are they good for community tanks?
2) are flame Angels very aggressive? I've been wanting one but just haven't had the $$$ until recently. Do they need a lot of space? I have a 40 L with 2 false clowns a butterfly and a yellow tang ... I'd like to add a bit more color to the tank.
3) could I get the flame and the gramma together or would one get picked on?
Anyhow, I did that and managed to save most of my little coepods by layering the coral onto papertowels a little at a time and picking out the squirmies as I found them, I'm hoping that this change doesn't impact them too badly. I also found a bunch of little tiny bristle worms while doing this and put them back into the tank. My only regret is that before I tookthe coral out I had a couple neat spagghetti (sp) worms that I could see through the coral substrate but I forgot about them when I started netting out the coral and I think I probably killed them. I also did a 25% water change after I was done with the coral deletion. Hopefully this will help bring down the nitrates.
On a more possitive note, I managed to fix my Penguin PH that wasn't running. Someone had made the comment that maybe some sand or something had gotten sucked in and stuck in the propeller so I took it out of the tank, put it in freshwater to rinse it and then pounded it on my kitchen counter a couple times. When I plugged it in again it worked! YEAH! At least now I can sink that $$$ I was planning to spend on the new PH into a skimmer!
While I'm here I have a couple fish questions ...
1) are Royal Grammas aggressive or are they good for community tanks?
2) are flame Angels very aggressive? I've been wanting one but just haven't had the $$$ until recently. Do they need a lot of space? I have a 40 L with 2 false clowns a butterfly and a yellow tang ... I'd like to add a bit more color to the tank.
3) could I get the flame and the gramma together or would one get picked on?