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I only feed every other day. and only as much as the fish eat
ok great thats really good to know. Sometimes they are so thick on the glass it looks cloudy!
Haha! Gross!
So for the past month I have had an outbreak of these guys in my tank. I know the brown ones are bad news for the home aquaria but I have the clear...
Thats what mine looked like when I got it and it has been in my tank for about a month or two and his legs are growing back nicely
Hmm, alright cool! thanks!
All crabs are opportunists, If they are lacking food they will eat just about anything! If you can just target feed your emerald with some silverside...
So my question is this, how often do Coral banded shrimp molt? Is there a "normal" molting cycle for them? I cant seem to find any info on-line for...
Only some are bad. If you have corals and notice the stars hanging around them, most likely they are the bad ones. But most of them are algae eaters...
You are very welcome!! Im glad I could help :D
SIIIIIIIIIIIICCKKK!!!!!!! One is too many in my tank!
Forgot to add the phytoplankton is by kent marine. I'm sure there are others but thats just the one I use!
Yes the plankton is bottled and I dont freeze it every night I just leave it in the tupperware and keep it in the fridge ;) and your welcome :D
+1 That is by far the best thing you could do is research! Specially before you buy a fish or coral :)
The main problem with flake is that it's dirty. By that I mean it adds to the bio load of the tank...In my QT tank I feed flakes and just from the...
My fish were reluctant to eat and I made my own mix. I use...Emerald entree,frozen mysis and vitamin enriched brine, blood worms, and a few other...
ok well if you are using the bio balls just make sure you watch those nitrates! As far as the live rock goes I would add it now during your cycle...
+1 and if you get a mag float make sure you keep it away from the substrate! If sand gets in there it will scratch the glass (or acrylic) :)
Where do you have the bio balls? you dont have a canister filter so are they sitting in your sump? If so I would recommend pulling those as they can...
I ordered 50 LBS of LR online and it was in transit for about 3 days. It DID have massive die off but it took about 3 weeks to cycle it and I still...
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