reefrubble
Premium Member
John , do you ever visit our forum . If you do please feel free to post a comment , from time to time . Ted
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reefrubble
Premium Member
It makes me feel good to know , that you are with us .
The truth is out there , Ted
The truth is out there , Ted
alfa1023
New member
John,
Seeing that you are in the neighborhood periodically, can you give us an idea on the id of these peppermint shrimp? They have taken up residence in my stone crab traps out in the Gulf. So I know that they have an appetite for stinky rotten chicken. But was wondering if they are the type that would eat aiptasia?
Thanks,
Jim
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Seeing that you are in the neighborhood periodically, can you give us an idea on the id of these peppermint shrimp? They have taken up residence in my stone crab traps out in the Gulf. So I know that they have an appetite for stinky rotten chicken. But was wondering if they are the type that would eat aiptasia?
Thanks,
Jim
ichthyman
Active member
Hard to tell from those photos but they appear to be what was called Lysmata rathbunae. Recently, the Lysmata genus has undergone some corrections so rathbune may no longer be valid. I'm being cheap by not purchasing the article but instead hope to find it on one of the free online journals.
Bring some by and I'll take a closer look.
Bring some by and I'll take a closer look.
dmbedard
New member
Take a Saturday off and join our club's meeting. You are always welcome.
BTW, my water is improving greatly. The hair algae is being defeated. I am working hard to follow the schedule we worked out, but am changing things every other day instead of every day.
Still, I am very grateful for the personal service and help you gave me last week.
MERRY FESTIVUS, whatever that is... and MERRY CHRISTMAS... I know what that is!
Diane
BTW, my water is improving greatly. The hair algae is being defeated. I am working hard to follow the schedule we worked out, but am changing things every other day instead of every day.
Still, I am very grateful for the personal service and help you gave me last week.
MERRY FESTIVUS, whatever that is... and MERRY CHRISTMAS... I know what that is!
Diane
gatorolsen
New member
dmbedard
feel free to share your schedule - always good to add to the pool of knowledge
glad you are winning the war agains the ha
Gatorolsen
feel free to share your schedule - always good to add to the pool of knowledge
glad you are winning the war agains the ha
Gatorolsen
dmbedard
New member
Thank you. Now I know which holiday I want to celebrate and have added to the pool of knowledge and trivia.
Kerry -
Due to my ro/di filters not being changed regularly and my well water being full of sediment, I have been doing water changes with nasty water. Lots of phosphates and nitrates have contributed to a bad environment for my aquatic life - and the sps have let me know by turning white and not growing.
I have had bouts with cyanobacteria and hair algae since setting up the 180 in October, but was using bad water for over a year!!!
John and his staff tested my water from my tank & my ro system and figured it out and kindly added to my knowledge of when to change the ro filter, as well as the di resin, which we did.
Additionally, I got a MRC 2 beckett skimmer with the 180 that didn't have a pump, so I wasn't skimming the water. I bought a used pump on rc, but it died pretty quickly. I got a pump for the skimmer and started pulling out lots of wet yuk.
Now, I am supposed to change my water daily, after stirring the sediment at night and then get up in the morning and remove the filter socks and do a water change (23 gal is what my new water change system does).
I've been doing it every other day, but I think I am seeing results already. (It's been about 10 days).
So that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Diane
Kerry -
Due to my ro/di filters not being changed regularly and my well water being full of sediment, I have been doing water changes with nasty water. Lots of phosphates and nitrates have contributed to a bad environment for my aquatic life - and the sps have let me know by turning white and not growing.
I have had bouts with cyanobacteria and hair algae since setting up the 180 in October, but was using bad water for over a year!!!
John and his staff tested my water from my tank & my ro system and figured it out and kindly added to my knowledge of when to change the ro filter, as well as the di resin, which we did.
Additionally, I got a MRC 2 beckett skimmer with the 180 that didn't have a pump, so I wasn't skimming the water. I bought a used pump on rc, but it died pretty quickly. I got a pump for the skimmer and started pulling out lots of wet yuk.
Now, I am supposed to change my water daily, after stirring the sediment at night and then get up in the morning and remove the filter socks and do a water change (23 gal is what my new water change system does).
I've been doing it every other day, but I think I am seeing results already. (It's been about 10 days).
So that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Diane
