http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/ Reef aquariums made easy with friendly reef aquarium forums, aquarium LED lighting reviews, how to guides, diy and more at 3reef reef forums. en Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49:08 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.3reef.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/ http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/lesson-learned-567.html Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:48:15 GMT A valuble lesson. Never become stagnant with learning about saltwater tanks and double check your resources. I am sad a person at the lfs store told me to keep my salinity lower than needed for corals. Now I know why I could only keep brackish soft corals. Dang. Good thing I found out before I... A valuble lesson. Never become stagnant with learning about saltwater tanks and double check your resources. I am sad a person at the lfs store told me to keep my salinity lower than needed for corals. Now I know why I could only keep brackish soft corals. Dang. Good thing I found out before I invested in some nicer corals with my upgraded tank!! I thought it was because I had a smaller tank and it was harder to maintain was all or maybe my lights weren't good enough so I bought 4 l.e.d. lamps. I would have kept my salinity low and they would have died anyway! I need to come on this site more often! Still, I am sad to have trusted this guy and he knew it. I will now drive 10 miles more to a different store for sure. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/lesson-learned-567.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-565.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:12:58 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! Sheesh. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-565.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-561.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:09:01 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! Sheesh. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-561.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-560.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:08:46 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! Sheesh. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-560.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-559.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:08:24 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! Sheesh. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-559.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-558.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:08:14 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-558.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-557.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:07:58 GMT Now I am getting red algae I haven't had in years. I have no idea how the anenomies survived but they are the only ones who did! I had baby bristle worms dying and the sebae anenomie lives! Weird. I ordered 2 more l.e.d. lights anyway! Our dry summer is not helping any. The water is evaporating an inch a week. I put a couple of chromis in there last week and they are doing well so far. No one else goes in there until params are perfect and algae is gone again! ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/things-stabilizing-557.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/my-first-die-off-555.html Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:13:52 GMT So ticked at myself. Lost 2 pajama cardinals and a red anthias so far. Right now I'm watching my poor clown struggle as his beloved anenomie dies. Even my snails are dying. It's all my own fault. I was too impatient. I wasn't thinking and figured a 50% water change would be fine. I figured it all wrong and now the tank needs cycling like it was new. I will learn off this one! I don't know what I was thinking! So stupid! The transfer of the 20 gal. (which has been great for four years) to a 55 gal. is turning into a nightmare. Please pray for my clown. I am thinking of running him up to the lfs to possibly save his life. Corals are looking sad to. Whaaaaaa! ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/my-first-die-off-555.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/upgrades-upgrades-554.html Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:17:28 GMT I purchased a new 55 gal. for saltwater and the 20 gal. is a freshwater with glofish in the kitchen. The 55 is now cylcling from the transfer from the 20 gal. saltwater and should take a week or so but the fish and corals look great so far! Now, with the l.e.d lights I will be able to do sooo... I purchased a new 55 gal. for saltwater and the 20 gal. is a freshwater with glofish in the kitchen. The 55 is now cylcling from the transfer from the 20 gal. saltwater and should take a week or so but the fish and corals look great so far! Now, with the l.e.d lights I will be able to do sooo much more! I want giant clams now! It's beautiful. I got the stand for free, a nicely homemade sturdy job for sure but had to refinish it first. The 100 gal. ended up in the basement as a freshwater with a 7 1/2 inch H. Persei and 2 blood parrots. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/upgrades-upgrades-554.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/bigger-tank-nervous-giddy-267.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:14:48 GMT So, my little 20 gal. has been very stable now for almost 2 years. They say if you can handle a small one, larger gets easier. I AM ABOUT TO FIND OUT! Tomorrow I am getting a 100 gallon tank! Sooo much to think about! I hardly know where to start! I must be nuts. A divorce and a bigger... So, my little 20 gal. has been very stable now for almost 2 years. They say if you can handle a small one, larger gets easier.
I AM ABOUT TO FIND OUT! Tomorrow I am getting a 100 gallon tank! Sooo much to think about! I hardly know where to start!
I must be nuts.
A divorce and a bigger tank.......major life changes. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/bigger-tank-nervous-giddy-267.html http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/i-love-stupid-money-tank-166.html Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:35:55 GMT It's now a year old. I still can just pull up a chair and sit and stare at it instead of tv. It's an escape sometimes I guess. I have always loved and yet respected the ocean. To have a bit of it in the house is a privillege for me. I think I just really feel the best near lots of water. A few months ago I saw a tiny jellyfish, I swear! I even have a short video of him. I think he got eaten, or swept up in a water change though. I always see new things in there. The other night a brittlestar came out. I don't know where he came from, but he was the size of a dime. Now I want a bigger tank, as a 20 gal. has been a challenge, they say the bigger the easier. I'll find out soon I hope. ]]> Babytank http://www.3reef.com/forums/blogs/babytank/i-love-stupid-money-tank-166.html