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chris wright
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G'day jnarowe,
Im just catching up on your thread. Im very impressed, well done. Sorry for your loss of the naso, nothin worse than loosing fish. Are you going to give it another shot with a naso or not?
Chris.
Im just catching up on your thread. Im very impressed, well done. Sorry for your loss of the naso, nothin worse than loosing fish. Are you going to give it another shot with a naso or not?
Chris.
jnarowe
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I think not. losing two is a tough deal for me since I have had such a good record at keeping fish alive. I wonder if it ate all those polyps and then had some kind of adverse reaction?
My next fish foray will be a large school of very small fish. I still have not found the right fish yet though. I have thought about Bengaii Cardinals since they are mouth brooders, and also have considered black mollies. My experience with blue/green chromis has been mixed as they seem to like to take a member of the school out about every 3 - 4 months. I have not been able to find a source or research blue reef chromis, which have been suggested to me in the past.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated and here is what I want in a schooling fish:
--small size, under 3" when adult (smaller the better)
--schooling in the water column to add interest/action to the tank
--reef safe!
--ability to captive breed would be a plus
--not anthias
My next fish foray will be a large school of very small fish. I still have not found the right fish yet though. I have thought about Bengaii Cardinals since they are mouth brooders, and also have considered black mollies. My experience with blue/green chromis has been mixed as they seem to like to take a member of the school out about every 3 - 4 months. I have not been able to find a source or research blue reef chromis, which have been suggested to me in the past.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated and here is what I want in a schooling fish:
--small size, under 3" when adult (smaller the better)
--schooling in the water column to add interest/action to the tank
--reef safe!
--ability to captive breed would be a plus
--not anthias
jnarowe
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Bart: :lol: I just wanted to get him out of the tank before his friends ate him! He had died shortly before I had arrived at the house. <sniffle>
Barry: I have thought about the threadfins. I am not sure if it was you who had suggested them to me earlier. I have also looked into the Orange Lined Cardinalfish and the Speckled Fowler Cardinalfish. The problem with the threadfin is that it is nocturnal.
Barry: I have thought about the threadfins. I am not sure if it was you who had suggested them to me earlier. I have also looked into the Orange Lined Cardinalfish and the Speckled Fowler Cardinalfish. The problem with the threadfin is that it is nocturnal.
jnarowe
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Well, after all that time and great improvement, I came home tonight to find the PLTA had moved to right next to the other GBTA and was basically in a ball. ANother retarded reef dweller if you ask me!
Corals are OK. Some seem to be growing very well and have great color while others still struggle with STN. The most affected are the montiporas. Tested Nitrate last night and got approx. 1 ppm. That doesn't seem like much but it is having a negative affect on the corals. My pH has also increased on average and is staying between 8.3 and 8.38 during the light period. At night it gets down to 8.15. I think I will change some settings and try to lower it a bit.
Temps. are rising too as the weather gets nice so I need to keep an eye on that. I also noticed a couple nights ago that the foxface lo has some small brown dots on it, sort of like small freckles. There are maybe 6 or so spots.
Corals are OK. Some seem to be growing very well and have great color while others still struggle with STN. The most affected are the montiporas. Tested Nitrate last night and got approx. 1 ppm. That doesn't seem like much but it is having a negative affect on the corals. My pH has also increased on average and is staying between 8.3 and 8.38 during the light period. At night it gets down to 8.15. I think I will change some settings and try to lower it a bit.
Temps. are rising too as the weather gets nice so I need to keep an eye on that. I also noticed a couple nights ago that the foxface lo has some small brown dots on it, sort of like small freckles. There are maybe 6 or so spots.
jnarowe
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So I spent a good two hours doing a deep cleaning on my skimmer tonight. It was tough because the coraline had gotten thick and it is really hard to get it out of a 6" tube. I also did another water change, stirred the sump during the removal, and even though I spent two hours before I restarted the return pump, it still clouded the tank.
Work has been non-stop so I am just not getting enopugh time to keep things in good shape. I really need to vacuum out the display soon!
Work has been non-stop so I am just not getting enopugh time to keep things in good shape. I really need to vacuum out the display soon!
jnarowe
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Yeah, to really clean it well I have to take it apart. Just doing the riser and cup is not too bad. That takes maybe 15 - 30 minutes. I have thought about getting one of the Deltec cleaning modules, but I am not sure I have the clearance or whether they will even sell it as a retrofit.
cbui2
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nope cleaning modules will only work with their units, but they have cleaning solutions to soak them. haven't tried it yet.
http://www.deltecusa.us/aquariummedia/ezeclean.php
http://www.deltecusa.us/aquariummedia/ezeclean.php
mrcrab
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9847363#post9847363 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
interesting, but I have no idea how I would immerse a skimmer neck the size of mine. For that matter, if I could do that, I could just soak it in vinegar. It takes a little time but is cheap and easy.
Hydrochloric acid is much faster.
jnarowe
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Well everyone, my third shipment to DIBS left today containing just 150 DIBS Turbo sp. and some odds & ends...
The size of my snails has improved, but I am not getting any adult sized snails yet. It seems strange but breeding in my system is crazy but growth is not. Even when I move snails to the "grow-out" tank, they grow at a very slow rate. I do now have enough algal growth to support them, but the cost has been an increased mortality rate. Also, a couple adult DIBS Turbo sp. that I was saving for Brian in the grow-out tank have perished.
My display system is having water quality issues as well, and it seems to have had an impact on my Mexican turbos. I had lost only one in over a year's time, and recently lost a dozen, all in a week's time. Could just be coincidental due to age, but the number of deaths has me suspicious. My corals look fine except for the montiporas, which are STNing. Other corals are growing well. Anyway, not much impact on my DIBS breeding except that it may be affecting growth rates.
The size of my snails has improved, but I am not getting any adult sized snails yet. It seems strange but breeding in my system is crazy but growth is not. Even when I move snails to the "grow-out" tank, they grow at a very slow rate. I do now have enough algal growth to support them, but the cost has been an increased mortality rate. Also, a couple adult DIBS Turbo sp. that I was saving for Brian in the grow-out tank have perished.
My display system is having water quality issues as well, and it seems to have had an impact on my Mexican turbos. I had lost only one in over a year's time, and recently lost a dozen, all in a week's time. Could just be coincidental due to age, but the number of deaths has me suspicious. My corals look fine except for the montiporas, which are STNing. Other corals are growing well. Anyway, not much impact on my DIBS breeding except that it may be affecting growth rates.
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