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I would really love a reef tank, but something is bugging me. How possible is it to stick to aquacultured livestock? I have found some live rock and fish specifically labeled as aquacultured, but not much, and I'm guessing it's "wild-caught unless stated otherwise." I realize the aquarium trade is nowhere near the magnitude of other threats to reefs, but I don't want to pluck critters off a reef for my living room.
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Feb 2, 2010 23:37
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streetlamp posted:Its much easier now, online retailers like liveaquaria have a huge amount of aquacultured livestock. That site looks pretty great, although I am tragically Canadian. It is good to know that it's possible, and I will see what I can find that doesn't involve putting fish through customs. I have a new question, while I am at it. I'm pretty blown away by the concept of nano tanks. Are they really hard to manage? I have only had freshwater tanks, and marine is obviously a whole different world, but how much does size make a difference in chemical fluctuations and such? I was thinking I was going to have to go for 60+ gallons, but I'd be happy with less if I am not putting livestock at risk by being a newbie.
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Feb 3, 2010 06:08
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I like Reef Central. It's more stodgy, but I find the ratio of newbie:knowledgeable better. The last time I looked at NanoReef's chemistry forum the most popular question appeared to be "do i need to use ro water????" whereas RC's is more like, "how do i vodka dose???"
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Mar 1, 2010 23:00
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porksmash posted:Any specific risks by doing this? You shouldn't have any problems, but that doesn't mean you won't. I'd see if you can find out if it's tempered, because drilling is worth it in terms of peace of mind. I've seen people run dual overflow boxes for redundancy, but that seems like a lousy solution on a new setup.
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Mar 16, 2010 00:23
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Is it possible that the softies don't like the amount of flow in the tank? Two K3s is pretty hardcore in a 33g.
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Mar 31, 2010 16:43
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Mesh: $9 Shipping to Canada: $15  Still beats buying a roll though.
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Aug 31, 2010 07:41
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Melchior posted:stuff 1. Just test and let it sit for a while. 2. Sounds like you've got the Nova Extreme Pro. I have the same fixture on a Solana right now, and my SPS are perfectly happy. 3. Quarantine. Just get a small tank, a heater and a HOB filter. A freshwater dip is not enough to eradicate ich, and marine ich is a bitch and a half to deal with once you've got it in your display.
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Oct 18, 2010 20:41
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Melchior posted:That's the thing. It isn't just a freshwater dip. A friend told me he starts off all of his new fish in quarantine at like 1.013. Drops them in right from the store, they freak out for awhile, and he gradually increases the salt content in the quarantine tank over ~3 weeks. By the time the quarantine tank is back up to standard salinity ich's lifecycle is long complete. Hyposalinity is a big stressor, especially with no gradual drop. 1.013 isn't low enough to kill ich, either; it needs to be 1.009-1.010 consistently. Too high and ich survives, too low and you kill the fish. It requires daily monitoring of pH/ammonia/nitrates, to boot, because hyposaline tanks are unstable. So a lot of people gently caress up. If you do it perfectly, you're still piling hyposalinity stress on top of shipping/retailer stress. Too easy to kill an otherwise healthy fish.
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Oct 18, 2010 21:59
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My clown spends a lot of time just swimming against the powerhead. Spectrum pellets are good food. I feed Spectrum pellets and frozen mysis, emerald entree and cyclopeeze. You're probably American, but here's a Canadian store selling the ORA food, if you really want it: http://www.reefaquatica.com/store/index.php?cPath=1_2_110
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Oct 24, 2010 02:22
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a duck posted:I've read that hammers and frogspawn won't sting each other so you can put them close together...is that really true? Some people at the LFS i've talked to said both will sting any type of coral no matter what, but some online stores say the opposite, so it's hard to know what to really believe. I have euphyllia touching with no problems, and I have definitely seen sweeper tentacles from the torch. Of course your mileage may vary.
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Oct 29, 2010 14:00
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I sprung for a nice Geisemann MH/T5 light to replace my clamp-on MH, and oh wow. I think I am in love. This is Expensive Acquisition #1 in my upgrade plan. #2 is the rimless starfire cube I just ordered from Miracles. I am retardedly excited. I really need some fish-nerd friends to share this with, because everyone thinks I am nuts. Everyone except my Geisemann light. It understands me.
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Nov 9, 2010 23:27
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Often euphyllids tolerate other euphyllids well enough. I have two torches, a hammer and a bubble that are close enough to sting each other. If you try to isolate them and use your powerheads to push sweepers away from other corals, I think they can work fine in a 29 gal. You might want to consider duncans and elegance if you like flowy LPS, although the latter can be touchy.
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May 6, 2011 00:13
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Keeping an octopus is pretty rare even in the marine hobby. I would start with easier, hardier livestock because nothing turns people away from the hobby faster than killing a bunch of stuff.
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May 20, 2011 01:04
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I have a tunze silence return and it is genuinely silent, but it's only pushing about half of what a mag12 would be.
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May 23, 2011 02:37
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Cowslips Warren posted:What, if any, are some species of sea stars or brittle stars that would do good in a small, say 20 gallon, tank? 55? The trouble with sea stars in a small tank is that they starve. Lots of people would say you'd be fine with one in a 55 with a deep sand bed, but personally I wouldn't. Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:Has anyone found a reliable low energy system? I had a fish tank (a great 50 gal, I would post pictures if I could find them) but it cost easily 200 dollars a month in just energy. The lights especially ate up so much. 200 dollars a month sounds bizarre. Where do you live? I have a 60 gal reef lit with metal halide and I spend <$25 in increased hydro. Trillian fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Jun 16, 2011 |
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Jun 16, 2011 04:05
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Anony Mouse posted:I was messing around with my aquarium tonight and the furtive shape of some strange crustacean darting across the sand caught my eye. I tried to get a clear picture of it, but he was moving too fast. By the time I switched to video, he had pretty much disappeared under a rock: It's an amphipod. My sandbed is covered with them until the lights come on.
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Jul 7, 2011 13:10
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arioch posted:For that kind of thing I can't recommend the Vortech MP10W ES enough. It's a perfect fit for the BC14. Really? I mean, I know people do this, but I have two MP10s on my 50 and I don't run them at max. How is it not a complete sandstorm on a 14?
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Aug 8, 2011 08:31
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Anony Mouse posted:So I've got quite the macroalgae problem. It's growing errywhere in my tank. What's the best way to get rid of it? More frequent water changes? More herbivorous fish? Different lighting? What kind of macroalgae?
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Aug 31, 2011 07:05
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Anony Mouse posted:I don't know, really. It grows in thick clumps of hairs or strands, kind of like a green shag carpet. I'll take some pics tomorrow in the daylight. Sounds like hair algae, a common problem. Not much eats it. You need to look into controlling nutrients. More skimming, less feeding, and phosphate remover are probably the first steps. It's a bitch.
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Aug 31, 2011 17:25
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