Recent content by MamaJones

it is decidedly so--- the light foots are goners. Now how to catch them?

iyih, yih, yih... not negative, but definitely good advice. For the Naso, we are planning on getting a bigger tank someday. How fast is this growth we are talking about? I know they get big, but I thought I had a couple of years. He should be 1-2 inches in size when we get him. Will he be...

over a month ago we had our beloved, Laudie the Dispar Anthia die. I'm wondering if anyone could help me figure out why as I am going to get a new anthia tomorrow. I always saw him eating. His belly wasn't disfugured/shrank/skinny. He swam about all the time and was colorful. We have 2...

it's been a long time since I've been on here, but we are getting a new fish shipment for my hubby's bday this weekend. Our 90 is 9 months old now and we've been itching for new fish for months...it's finally the right time, too...since we'll be home and not dealing with holidays galore. So...

what kind of damsel is it? I have a green chromis, Thing 1, and he so far seems okay. Still little though

my lawnmower doesn't eat the hair algae. He likes the green/brown film like algae that grows on the glass. I can see his "lip" marks all over the glass where he has eaten. I also see him grazing on whatever algae is growing on the live rock...but my green hair algae is still there.

holy cow! is it just sitting on the side of your tank? I could never have one like that since one of my kids would most like stick a head in there and drown...but quite inventive. The star you have? asterina star? I think we have one too. We have seen it in the tank a few times but not in...

thanks for the advice everyone! I know that a refractometer is best but right now I can't afford one. I'll swish it and dry it out later today....and then I'll leave it out like y'all said. Thanks again!

Does algae growth on the hydrometer effect the salinity reading? And how much? I have just a hang on the side type. I have tried to remove the hydrometer and wash the algae off, but now there is a teensy starfish that we found and I don't want it to die. I can't figure out a way to get...

No Way! I'm rushing out to buy one now! Biff should get two with all the fish in her tank she could set up a field and have them playing a soccer game in no time. Goal for the leopard wrasse!!! ha haha

if this trick works to get them to eat, are they/he/she eating enough, or do you not have other fish in the tank with them that would steal the food? How would you feed one that is in a tank with other fish? I've been dying for a mandarin, but I won't get one for a while anyways since our...

what do you feed your star?

I'm just wondering how fast some of the fish I have should grow. I have an anthia, clownfish, goby, 6line, 2 green chromis. The Nemo has grown a lot since we got him in April...I'd guess he has almost doubled. The 6line has gotten plumper, too. And both chromis were teeny when we bought...

does it have anything to eat in the QT tank? I would make sure to have some live rock in there to help it have a fighting chance. I have wondered whether my starfish is going to make it sometimes, too. I've been told by a LFS guy that when she doesn't move for a few days she is probably...

ahha! That's why I've been confused, too. Biff, you told me it was cabbage leather on another thread and some how I got trumpet leather in my head. Oops....it is def. not a trumpet leather or coral! Sorry about the confusion. I picked up the rock and shwooshed it in the flow today to get...