Mandy..lol. I always have to grab the kiddie stepladders to see in the top tanks as I'm only 5'2"
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You both would like my LFS none of his tanks are more than 5 feet of the floor. His advice??? He has been in business as long as I can remember so as mandy21 pointed out he has his way, but I do like to get as many points of views as possible.
LOVE the eel, LFS def is a bit clueless but thats why we are here no? :grinyes:
I always wanted a green wolf eel, but until I get a large enough tank that fish will remain on the backburner what kind of clowns where you planning on adding? Some clown species like clarkii's and maroons are agressive and the damsel might not even mess with them.
I always wanted a green wolf eel, but until I get a large enough tank that fish will remain on the backburner what kind of clowns where you planning on adding? Some clown species like clarkii's and maroons are agressive and the damsel might not even mess with them.
Please come to Charlotte and buy the mean one at Fintastic so it stops creeping me out when I'm in there..lol
I feed my zebra with a set of bamboo feeding tongs (got it at a reptile place). Mine is a big baby. There is nothing funnier than seeing my large red hermit position himself for feeding time right outside the eels home. When the eel pulls a piece of food down the crab reaches out, grabs it and takes off for the other side of the tank. Another method I use to use to feed my eels is to take a tube with a 90degree elbow (I stole mine from an undergravel filter) and cap off the 90 (I stuck a piece of saran wrap between the 90 and the tube to hold the food in the 90 degree part). That way you can put the food right in front of the eel and the fish can't get to it easily. You have a beautiful eel, I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed mine.
Miss my puffer, you are able to keep a hermit crab in with the Eel? I read that I couldn't even have a snail in with him.
I had to hand feed him last night, I was using a plastic stick and putting the shrimp on the end he eat ok the first try but last night he would not take the shrimp off the end. As soon as i held it in front of him he eat 3 no problem. he has even come to swimming through my hand. I know not a good idea! I will have to see if i can find some tongs like you spoke about and see if that will work.
SHK_ATK, i was thinking about the common Clown fish, but have not made up my mind. I tend to like the three strip variety appearance wise, but will do some reasearch on the ones you suggested.
Another question for all, Last night we had a thunderstorm and the power went out. Wet/dry sump just about flooded over the top as the tank drained off. How long can the power be out on a marine tank before I really have to worry and any suggestions on how to keep water from filling wet/dry sump? Will a back flow preventer work or cause other problems? Should I get battery backup for heater and pump?
I had to hand feed him last night, I was using a plastic stick and putting the shrimp on the end he eat ok the first try but last night he would not take the shrimp off the end. As soon as i held it in front of him he eat 3 no problem. he has even come to swimming through my hand. I know not a good idea! I will have to see if i can find some tongs like you spoke about and see if that will work.
SHK_ATK, i was thinking about the common Clown fish, but have not made up my mind. I tend to like the three strip variety appearance wise, but will do some reasearch on the ones you suggested.
Another question for all, Last night we had a thunderstorm and the power went out. Wet/dry sump just about flooded over the top as the tank drained off. How long can the power be out on a marine tank before I really have to worry and any suggestions on how to keep water from filling wet/dry sump? Will a back flow preventer work or cause other problems? Should I get battery backup for heater and pump?
The best idea is to set up the sump so that in the event of a power failure, you have enough head space in the sump to hold all that drained water. Relying on a check valve is not something I would trust. What you should be able to do is turn off the pump and wait until the water is all drained down into the sump. Remove water if necessary so it doesn't overflow. Get the water to a height you're comfortable with, with everything off. Then, turn the return pump on and wait for everything to come to equilibrium, and make a mark on the sump where the water line is. When the pump is running, the water in your sump should never be higher than that mark, and you'll never have an overflow.
Also, as far as battery backup....getting a battery that would hold enough juice to power a heater and pump for any period of time would quickly get expensive. You'd be better off buying a generator. If you lose power often, Covering the tank with a thick blanket will help it to maintain temperature. To promote water flow, syphon a bucket of water out of hte sump every so often and dump it into the main tank. This will maintain your tank for hours at least, maybe even a day or two depending on ambient temperature. However, like I said if you lose power for long periods of time often, a generator might be your best bet.
Sploke, Thanks for the advice. I worked on my sump last night, the pump sat at a slight angle do to the return hose putting pressure on it, so i made some brackets to hold everything even. This put the return pump down a good two inches below the current water level which had the pump sucking some air. shut power off and everything drained to about an 1/2 inch below lip on sump tank.
