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06-23-2005, 12:01 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: miami,right near da beach BOYE!, FL,Florida Age: 23
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 |  bta help.
was wondering if anyone has ideas on keeping btas out of the skilter. i lost one already.  . anyway any advice is great before i get another.
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serving the community is my civic duty... hehehehe... duty ... -peter griffon &&&&guys,guys,guys wheres the KARMA!!!&&&&12 gallon eclipse reef tank 2 skunk clowns 1 pigmy angel, and 1 dragonette, pink and green star polyps, tri-color mushrooms, green mushrooms, red mushrooms. trumpet coral, bta | 
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06-23-2005, 12:19 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: bta help.
skilter? uh well i got mine and its doing great...if u dont have alot of light ur tank chem needs to be perfect...they r finiky about water quality _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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06-23-2005, 05:49 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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| Re: bta help.
Am I reading your sig correctly? You have 2 clowns, an angle, and a dragonette in a 12 gallon? That's a fair amount of stock in that small tank, so your water quality might not be as high as a BTA would like. That will make them tend to roam, and potentially end up where you don't want them. Plus, there's just not much room for a BTA in that small of a tank. _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker)
Last edited by mmakay; 06-23-2005 at 05:59 AM.
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06-23-2005, 07:45 AM
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#4 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: bta help.
yes i agree | |
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06-23-2005, 09:25 PM
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#5 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: miami,right near da beach BOYE!, FL,Florida Age: 23
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| Re: bta help.
sorry wrong tank... i do have a bta in that tank as well, but thats not the area of concern. my 20 long is the new tank that i am trying to get a large bta in. i have a skilter 400 converted into half fuge half regular filtration and a built in skimmer running 24/7. i have 0 nitrates, 0 nitrites, the tank has been doing fine so far.its been running for about 3 months and had minimal fish loss. as for the 12 gallon i have had a bta in there for over a year with that amount of fish. i even have a pair of halequin shrim breeding in there.
but the question is how would go about keeping the bta out of the filter intake. i thought about possition of the rocks, but im not sure. | |
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06-23-2005, 09:26 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: miami,right near da beach BOYE!, FL,Florida Age: 23
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| Re: bta help.
and bruce, what was the, "skilter?" remark for? | |
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06-23-2005, 10:24 PM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: bta help.
whats is skilter? | |
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06-24-2005, 06:21 AM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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| Re: bta help.
Well, is the problem that the BTA roamed, or that it is "growing" into the skilter? It might help if you could post a picture of the setup, too. | |
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06-24-2005, 08:27 AM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: bta help.
what is a skilter!!!! | |
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06-24-2005, 08:37 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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Originally Posted by Bruce what is a skilter!!!! | It's a brand name (Danner, I believe) power filter / protein skimmer combo. | |
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