Recent content by dixon

Due to how quickly they all have taken a turn for the worst, I am using copper. I do not think I would of had the time to slowly reduce the salinity down. Only have 3 fish still alive now, happened so quickly. Quite depressing... How long do you recommend I should wait for the itch to die...

Thank you Sarah. Since my last post I have been busy transferring all my fish into a quarantine tank. I discovered fish itch and unfortunately have lost most of my fish. I think it entered my tank via a filefish that I bought a few weeks back at the same time as I started to introduce coral...

I purchased some small soft button coral from my LFS and was informed it would be good with low light levels about 3 weeks ago. Unfortunately I do not know the exact name (I think zoas?), but was quite pleased as looked quite interesting and it also has a red sponge going on the bottom of the...

Cheers for the tip, think I will be investing in a few peppermint shrimp in a few weeks, they look quite cool. Just waiting for all the levels in my water to stabilise :)

Cheers for the tip about the caulerpa. Noticed that some of it has already been removed overnight, maybe from my decorator crab!

Cheers, I will keep an eye on it and make sure the algae growth doesn't start to get out of hand. Least I know what to look out for now :)

I think I will keep him until he does any significant damage, at which point I will offer him up for free or return him to my LFS. I have been checking my water daily and all the levels seem normal so sure there is no concern to his health :)

I have place it inside a plastic bag to avoid the potential of it spreading to my other rocks... Now it is making me worried that they have also sold me a bit of dodgy rock with unsafe algae on it... All a learning curve.

Didn't claim it was anything, but they said all of the rock they were selling would be fine... I will be taking it back, or may just throw it away as only a small lump (probably would cost more in fuel to return). Cheers for all your help :)

Can anyone help identify the type of algae and plant I have on my new LR and confirm if I should be worried about any of them? The algae looks really fine and just don't want it to end up all over my new tank... Thank you :)

I have just bought some LR from my LFS and after researching, I think they may have sold me a small rock that contains loads of Aiptasia. Can anyone confirm from the photos below what they are for sure? If I touch them, they do seem to partly retract back into the rock, but some are large...

Thank you. Think I will keep him for a bit and see what happens when I start to introduce fish. A bit mean but he can also test the quality of the water before I introduce fish!

I have just starting setting up my first marine tank and bought 10Kg of LR in the last few days. I have several hitchhikers. The usual bristle worms (removed a long one that was almost 2 inches - pic 364), a few worms that are only about 7mm in length, few white worms about 1cm, a tiny snail -...