well i re-ordered some joe`s juice & each day i treat a fair few majanos & so far there not returning & the treatment is a very easy process i fell that this is the best way to rid the tank of theses pest or to use kalk paste......
Bubble algae is a nightmare it spreads like wild fire even more is you pop any & the spores escape into the water stream.......
yeah emerald crabs will eat them but there are a lot of tiny emerald crabs around that don`t do a lot towards them so you would need several & there becoming a...
WOOD RIGHT get the unit right first don`t risk anything once thats sorted then worry about other things like sumps etc thats the base of your success if that go`s its all gone & more as you room will be flooded........
but it all looks great it will be an amazine system dont risk a thing
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Joes-Joes-Juice-Aptasia-Majano-Reef-JoesJuice-Aiptasia_W0QQitemZ320211889668QQihZ011QQcategoryZ20756QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m122
just a link of ebay ( us ) of joe`s juice
Snap i`ve also got a Majano Anemone problem i used to think they was great as there kinda rare but once they start spreading they don`t stop & over take most corals in there path........
i`ve had success with a product called JOE`S JUICE which is like a white liquid they eat & then die & the...
most if not all silicone brands only Guarantee for 5-10years on there product so without doubt a re-seal is a must other wise your asking for a tank blow out & an expensive mistake considering silicone is so cheap to buy
yes stripping old silicone & re-sealing a tank is NOT an easy job to do...
I`d guess at something walking over them i.e hermit, shrimp, hitchhiker crab etc i`ve had hermits walk on mine & they took a week to kick back to normal
& they looked like yours now....
i`ve also PH crashed my tank messing with my sand a bit back & god you don`t wanna do that as they go a...
there's a product you can buy by seachem called CupriSorb
http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/CupriSorb.html that absorbs all copper within a tank from sand, rock, glass, silicone in a few days of use its a bag of media you put in a filter let it run & then all copper is absorbed in...
As a thumb rule i go with is how many gallons my tank is 55 gallon then i half that number 27 & that's how many hermits i have 27 yeah you loose some due to fights but i`l never go below 20 hermits in my tank try avoid the XL HERMITS just stick with scarlets & reg sized one`s & its a good idea...
I`m not including my skimmer pump when i say my tank turns over 13 times an hour
With the skimmer my tank is turning 21x per an hour & from what i`ve researched over 2 years in a fish only system the tank should turn over 10x per hour & for a soft coral system 12x plus an hour & hard corals...
sorry i for got to say that i`ve always used RO water & the FILTER PODS always get changed every 6 months & my TDS unit has never raisin from 0.
my current params are all perfect strangely enough.
my tubes tut thats a shame i`d have hoped it was just dead spots within the tank as i`ve paid...
I`ve started to get a few patches of RED SLIME ALGAE now i`m stuck
Am i missing something red slime algae is caused by :-
Over Feeding
my feeding habits have not changed
Not Enough Water movement
my tank volume turns 13times per hour not including my skimmer pump
In Correct...
they live a normal life-span in salt water same with black mollys some people use theses cheap tropical fish to cycle there tank so i`m gussing thats what the guppy was doing at the store a fish to keep the cycle going when stock is low......
I`ve heard people change them every 6-9-12-18 months just wondering what the service life is on T5 tubes what carry a good brand name ( DELTEC / ARCADIA / AQUA MEDIC )
when do you change your tubes on your marine/reef soft corals aquarium...
i`ve had some xenia in my tank for 3 months now its doubled in size & growing like mad by the day covered a big area in the time of 3months which was good.
Until i did something very stupid on the 31st 2days ago i was moving live rock to make more room for some new corals in the future anyway...
Thanks for your reply i`ll have a look around my tank today to see if i can put it higher & within more flow....
Have you got your toad stool`s stalk up straight are has your toad stool had to bend its stalk so the cap is facing towards the light??
At the moment my toad stools stalk is...
I`ve had a leather toad stool coral for 6 plus months its about 4 inch tall & the disc is around 4inch in diameter.
During this time i`ve noticed the leather is not 100% happy all the time as some days the polyps are out & extended fully & some days it comes out for a while then for no...
yeah there zebra hermits & theres no differant to the other coloured legged hermits just cheaper to buy normally i have many of them without any problems as do i also have red & blue legs