Recent content by Swifty

Not the emeralds, I've got 4 of the biggest, ugly beasts there are and a ton of Xenia and they won't touch it. ( I wish they would )

My research I've been doing today says to use rubble, 1"-3" cured. Any more input would be appreciated. Any trouble with detritus collecting in the sump? Thanks all for responding.

Anybody heard of replacing bio balls with live rock in the sump?? Anybody running a system like that? Sounds like a good idea.

Yeah, I'd say go for it, but nothing to big. A small Crocea already embetted on a small rock should be OK. Keep it directly under your lights. Do the research before you buy it, also, you might have to feed it. Your water has to be good.

Has anyone had any luck getting WHITE Pulsing Xenia from online shops. I want a couple frags of the white varity but can't find any from the LFS. I heard they don't ship very well and am nervous about ording online.

Good advice all around, You may be getting false nitrate readings because Cyno feeds on nitate, also what's your water temp.---cyno loves heat! I bet everyone in this forum has had cyno problems, It's the #1 reason most people give up the hobby but it can be beat, just don't let it get out of...

I have 4 blue cromis that are great. Biffer' has 5 and was told once you should get an odd number of them. Get them young and they'll grow together. Mine are old now and big and they still school and I swear they "teach" the other fish to swim with them.

Use "Joe's Juice" it works instantly and it's cheap (easy to use)! I used to think aiptasia was something great to have and they do have some benifits in that they are a fantastic filter feeder and will remove 'trates & 'trites, and they're not really ugly, kinda cute. I solved my aiptasia...

It might take a little longer than a week to "break-in" a new skimmer, more like 2-3 weeks. It will be up to you to decide on how much skimmate you want to deal with. My first skimmer I was crazy and was dumping it every day which was like doing mini water changes. The new skimmer takes about a...