Recent content by Angelajean

Do weighing rather that measuring cup? I use reef salts by Instant ocean.

I have a few zoos, xenia, mushrooms and a frogspawn. I am going to check ALK when I get back home. I am working on salinity. Suggestions on best way to increase?

Aquarium Wortman fam parameters are: Temperature: 80 Salinity: 1.022 Ammonia, NH4: 0 Nitrate, NO3: 20 Nitrite, NO2: 0 pH: 8.0 Calcium, Ca: 400 Phosphate, PO4: 0.25 date: August 2, 2014 Over the last weeks my parameters for Ammonia/ nitrites/nitrates have been 0. Nitrites started climbing after...

Why bring them down slowly?

I checked them just now and they are at >20 not quite 40. I did dose the tank with NO3:PO4-X by Red Sea. My tank has been set up the same way for 1 1/2 years so even with regular changes things can build up

Yesterday, I was testing my tank and my nitrates are off the chart. I went to get water and had my LFS test my water. I was sure my test kit must be off. No its high. Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 160 pH 8.0 I have changed 40 gallons of water about 4 hours ago. Possible causes: Redid the...

I have this orange mushroom and placed it in the tank. Day 1 of behavior: It moved itself off the clam shell half it was in and onto the rock which I expected it. Day 2 of this event: Moved a little further down the rock. Day 3 Nowhere that I can see it. I know it is still in the tank. The...

I agree because it is only the ones who sleep in the rock or on the bottom, like the firefish, wrasses, and one anthias. Although I think the anthias maybe died while we were on vacation because she would have been a bit big for the serpent. Seems like the problem has been as the serpent star...

Hello, I got these mushrooms from my LFS. I am trying to identify what type the are. They are thicker like a ricordea, but I know that's not what they are. They were cheap. $10 a branch of rock with the mushrooms. Thanks,

UPDATE Redid the aquascape and moved the serpent sea star to the sump. (I moved him a week or so ago). No fish have disappeared and he is happy. I am feeding him silversides. We shall wait and see. I saw a few small bristleworms but nothing of any size and no fireworms. I did not sift all the...

This is where I am at. I took a couple of suspect rocks out and cleaned them with RODI water and found zip. I am leaning towards a rogue serpent sea star. I had a rogue crazy starry eyed blenny and a crazy sally light foot so why not. Serpent Sea star is currently in the sump. My son's tank is...

Nothing in the one rock. It is going in my son's tank anyway.

I have seen suspicious worms in one particular rock. I hope I have nothing like that.

No I evicted the Sally lightfoot last year. The only inverts I have are the regular brown serpent sea star snails and small hermit crabs. Fish are YWG, yellow tang, coral beauty, 2 clowns and 3 firefish

The tank has a tight cover with screening. I have thoroughly cleaned behind the tank around the tank, etc. Still having disappearing fish. The only things I can come up with is Mr. T our serpent sea star or fireworms or big bristleworms? Someone I know who has had a saltwater tank for years told...