Picoreef practicalities

Location isn’t the only problem with the picoreef, though. I really think that the tank is too small…or the rock in the tank is too big. I have a really difficult time changing the water or even testing the water...

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Posted by on 11 March 2006

Blind and bumpy copperband butterfly

I was at the LFS a week or so ago and they had a "special needs" copperband. He had been shipped to the LFS and arrived to them with what looked like an exploded eye. It was pretty gross, and...

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Posted by on 1 February 2006

Caught a coral larva in my tank today!

just wanted to share with you that I caught what I believe is a coral larva in my reef tank today. Judging by the color and shape, I am guessing it is a brown polyp larva (also since they...

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Posted by on 18 January 2006

Fishy Skybridge

Back in my FOLR+cheato days, I built this up to link my 90gal with my 55gal. The fish really seemed to love it, many would take the trip back and forth about 50-100+ times a day. They would actaully have...

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Posted by on 13 January 2006

Cleaner shrimp question

I have one cleaner shrimp, and to my knowledge it has eaten 2 of my blue legged hermits!!! Maybe more. I have counted them and I used to have 10. Right this second it is in the process of eating...

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Posted by on 11 January 2006

fish are dying

I have a 55 g tank that always tests good, good salinity,pH,nitrates, nitrites, ammonia. I have had a saltwater tank for approx. 6 mo., I recently purchased a sailfin tang that died about two weeks after I bought it,...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

FISH DISEASES (very long multible articles)

Diseases of Fish A general overview. Part 1 by Shawn Prescott -Fish in the environment, stress, & more. This column, will try and concentrate on the practical considerations relating to the health of your fish, in the real world...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

Copper and Coral

I’ve both read and heard that copper is toxic to corals, even in minute amounts. I’ve read prohibitions on using tap water because if there are any copper pipes it’ll leach out, tainting the water and poisoning the corals...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006