I turned on my light tonight to see How many starfish legs I could see and too my suprise I have 100's of like baby shrimp!!! The photo I took is from my camera phone but there so small it wouldnt matter! What are they? I have 2 peppermint shrimp? Did they fall in love!!!
Okay I have 3 Black Dominoes Damsels (Biff I did not know they were damsels when I bought them) 2 Peppermint shrimp , some snails and some Hermit crabs! What could or should I add next? I do plan to have corals later. but it may be awhile.
Ok I got my new skimmer in the mail today and the clear comartment that collects the foam had the very top edge broken off and some stress cracks where the tube is so I repaired it all using aquarium safe silicone. My question is how long before its safe to put it back into the skimmer? It sets...
Ok here is a rundown of what I have:
33 corner tank
Fuval canister filter
Aqua C Remora Skimmer
10lbs of Live rock (will have 30)
Live sand
Standard lighting that came with the tank
Can I get anything besides just fish? I am very intrested in all the stuff I have seen on this forum like...
I love watching the rock just to see what I can spy next. Just curious if anyone knows what some of this stuff is?
1. This little fella was hard to photograph he is very nervous. He comes out the end of about a 2 inch stem.
2. Ok in this photo I have 2 things I want to identify. the...
First Question: Why does adding live rock to a tank cause the amonia to spike almost immediatly? I know Ammonia is caused by overfeeding and excess waste and so on.
Second question: Once the cycle is over what will happen if I add more live rock?
Third Question: Form what I understand...
Ok I know I am new to this but! I got some live rock today only 10 lbs but its a start. I know its "live" rock so there is stuff living on it. But I did not realize how many little things would be moving around on it. I have a couple little like tentacle looking plants that hide in the rock and...
How soon after setting up a new salt water tank can I check the salinity? I have a 33 gallon tank and added 16.5 cups of salt (from pet store) I want to add the bio-spira but the hydrometer is below 1.012 in fact it looks like is resting on the bottom.