Recent content by marcah

my favorite guy in the tank..

dont worry about the color anyway.. once the tank settles in you can have a nice shade of purple on the back.. little kalkwasser in the tank to keep the calcium up and it fills in nicely.. ;)

keep feeding the shrimp also.. He will pick at the pods as he wants..

nems are tough to adapt even in a established aquarium.. What are alkalinity and calcium even though calcium is not a factor for nems a proper balance of alkalinity and calcium are.. that is why people say wait a year or so before placing them into a tank to make sure tank is established and...

well funny how a small new project changes.. couple new pics of tank and project.. time is just not my friend anymore.. but it is fun.. These are just after I put the lights up.. things have grown some since as well as I scraped all the coraline off now too..

it really depends on the optics being used on the LED's.. I run 120 watts over my 150 and have no issues with anything, and I have nems and primarilly SPS and LPS.. I see plenty of growth actually better then when I had t-5's over the tank..

I have two skunk cleaners in my tank one will come all the way accross the tank 4 to 5 feet if it has tioo just to get on my arm, the other I very seldom see, he has a spot next to the BTA in the tank and doesnt move from it except at night to grab a piece of food or two, then right back to...

howdy and welcome to the site..:D

here is a couple more and a couple from the 45 gallon.. and from the 45 I hope to be around a little more often but getting this little farm going was more then I was anticipating..go figure..

Sorry I havent been around much but been extremely busy.. thought I would update a few pics while I had a second..

hard to tell from the pic but almost looks like bubble algae hanging out in there... emerald crabs eat it or you can try to get it with tweezers just be careful not to pop it..

I have moved my 45 a few times with only removing a few gallons just in case.. I really didnt want to get soaked if it happened to spill a little.. I only removed a couple gallons then put it right back in a few minutes later.. A good time to move it if you can wait is when you do your...

I ran into a same problem with my zoas in the main tank.. The paly's and all the SPS were doing great but zoas slowly withered away.. I moved them into the seahorse tank and boom within a few weeks all were thriving and growing nicely.. if I had to guess I would say nutrients also... I tried...

here is a combination for 4 bulb using ATI bulbs.. for 10 to 12k look.. 2 blue plus 1 aquablue and 1 purple plus. for 12 to 16k look.. 2 blue plus 1 coral plus 1 purple plus.. 16to 20k look... 3 blue plus 1 purple plus... all will grow corals will just depend on what you want for a...

I also would use mysis once brought back I like to feed my BTA and LTA shrimp I get from a local grocery store.. Just a piece or two every once and awhile.. here is a quick pic of the LTA I feed.. about 17 inches across...