Recent content by Alaskastu

That's what I figured, still sad to see it not make it. Now time to tackle my nitrates which seem to be climbing since the upgrade tank.

Almost a year, 0-0-10, in the middle of daily water changes to reduce my nitrates and building a 10gallon nitrate reduction tank. Had to toss the anemone, it turned inside out and started falling apart. Obviously it didn't take we'll to my tank like my other one has. Before my friend bought...

Picked up an anemone from a friend taking down his tank and know nothing about it. It doesn't look any different then it has the last 3 months in its original tank. It never attached itself to anything, just rolled around in the same small area of the tank. It had a host of nemos in last...

Just transferred my 20gl into a 29g. 20lbs of live rock, close to 40lbs of live sand. DSB but I stir and clean my gravel routinly so no build up. Anyway, water is good no bad algae but the more I read the more I'm thinking I should ditch my huge hob penguin. It's got the bio wheels that I...

I know they are some type of underwater mushrooms...:p Sorry for it being upside down, uploaded from the iPhone and not sure yet how to correct that...

I acquired a salt tank at my most recent relocation and it was a disaster. Worms everywhere and the water was absolutely filthy. I didn't bother testing after seeing nitrates shoot into deep red before even allowing time for solution to fully finish. Anyway, after killing the tank I put the...

Well hello all! Like most I've dabbled in fresh water tanks off and on again for years and took the plunge into saltwater earlier this year. I've spent most of my time on another forum but it was a smaller one that meant some of my questions went unanswered. So here I am. I've got a 20...