Recent content by IAShane

Hey man, also from IA. Just saying hi.

Ha! That's an odd duo. Though their colors would compliment. I think that's pretty cool. I have always wanted a fire clown, but have stayed away from them because of their aggression. Now I have a pair of lightning maroons... Going to be just as bad, maybe worse lol

This is common in winter as our houses are shut up tight and CO2 is higher. Do you run a skimmer? Have you tried opening a window for a while for some fresh air?

Pretty nice. I love the fire clown; not many people have them.

Nice pics! What are you taking them with? I was considering a filefish, but I too have a decent Duncan.. Wonder if that's a good idea after all. I know it can be fish specific, but the wife was frowning when I was showing her pics of filefish, so that probably helps remove that one from the...

Your tank is looking good too! Thought I typed that above..

Haha! Someone I know! How's it going bud? C'est la vie? ;) Finally a thread over here I can follow and squat in. And hey Brandon!

I have a similar setup as you, same size tank, similar sump, etc. You have more fish than I do and I feed three times as much as you do. I agree that feeding more would be helpful. In my experience, the more I feed my tank the happier it is. Just don't over do it. Increase food slowly and...

Brandon!

I made my own a long time ago with a regular schedule 40 PVC elbow. The size needed for what is in your pic isn't common in hardware stores, at least not around here. I just grabbed a cheap elbow and tack glued it on with super glue.

They did the trick for my tank long ago. I had hundreds and hundreds of the darned things. I got 5 shrimp and in under 3 weeks not a one was left. No joke. It was amazing.

Same here. I don't like the "dirty tank" saying either. I don't keep a dirty tank, but I keep a well fed tank. I've gone periods where I don't change my maintenance schedule but back off of feedings and I can tell it when looking at my corals. I'm not saying instantly double feedings, but...

How much do you feed the tank? I grow lots of LPS. In my experience, the more I feed the happier they are. Your Nitrate and Phosphate being 0 and the lack of algae in your tank kind of suggests you need to feed more. You have a tang and a foxface, a little algae growing here and there...

Manually remove it. I've had bubble algae, well.. still do, but there is none in my display. My foxface makes sure of that. I get it occasionally in my overflow box. You could try to continue to starve it by uber cleaning your tank and restricting feedings, but your corals and inverts...

I used to have a bunch of them.. Killed them all off by keeping my tank squeaky clean for a few months. I didn't really mean to at the time, but I didn't regret losing them either..