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  1. Marinne13

    Flow ?

    So I have a 180G with mostly all LPS...zoas, chalice, acans, welso's, Hammers and one birdsnest frag everything has good polyp extension but not sure if I have enough flow. I am running 2 MP10's on the back wall (both on RC that ramp to 70%), a Tunze 6045 aimed from left to right at 700GPH...
  2. Marinne13

    sick clownfish

    I have had this common clown now for 2 months, eating fine and acting normal the whole time and now all of a sudden she won't eat and is swimming carelessly it seems no signs of parasites, no spots, fins are in perfect shape, no cloudy eye, not breathing hard I have no idea what is wrong with...
  3. Marinne13

    Maze brain/platygyra

    I have had this frag now for a week and today noticed some of the flesh coming off...is it bleaching or did it get injured? it seems like the right side of it is slowly deteriorating...I had it in the lower half of my tank and my AI Sol is still under coral acclimation, the light is 10inches...
  4. Marinne13

    Blue zoo

    so I did start a 65G FOWLR tank in my basement and it took 2 weeks to cycle so I ordered some fish from blue zoo aquatics 1 very small lawnmower blenny, 1 purple fire fish and a tiny cardinal these were suppose to come in yesterday but of course, FedEx forgot to put them on the plane...
  5. Marinne13

    Cal, Alk and Mag question

    Just tested my newly setup tank, only about 3 days old with dry rock...no livestock at all but this will be an LPS dominate tank here are my numbers: Calcium 490ppm, ALK 5.9 and Mag 960ppm my Alk and Mag seem really low so I am assuming the reef crystals I am using have low mag numbers and...
  6. Marinne13

    Need to trap a pygmy Angel

    So my Angel is doing fine coral wise but is a MAJOR Butthead to all the other fish...constantly chasing and biting everyone and it's pissing me off anyone know any good ways to trap, I tried putting food into a Rubbermaid but he won't go anywhere near it all the other fish swam in it to get...
  7. Marinne13

    Tap Water experiment

    So I am doing a 10G Nano tank but instead of using my RODI, I am going to see what happens when I do it with tap water I don't even know if I will put livestock in there but right now I have some live sand and dry rock with a piece of shrimp, its been running for 2 days Equipment: My 24'...
  8. Marinne13

    possible issue with Picasso clowns?

    I have had this pair (so I thought) for 3 months, I had them in a 30g and at the beginning of last month set up my 75G where they are now. The bigger clown has been non stop chasing the smaller one around ever since I got them...I know they need to establish who is the dominant female but 3...
  9. Marinne13

    Reef Octopus, Tunze, CPR, Coralife

    I have a reef octopus BH1000 HOB skimmer...Great shape and works good $125 shipped Tunze Nano ATO...used for 2 weeks 90 shipped AquaFuge 2 HOB refugium with CPR light (bulb needs replaced)...13 inches/2.5 gallon capacity $120 shipped 36' Coralife 4 bulb T5HO light with Lunar LED's...115 plus...
  10. Marinne13

    duncans looking dull

    I have had my big colony of Duncan's in a 30G with a Reefbreeders LED fixture for about 3 months and it was looking amazing, great color and polyp extension well I recently moved into a 75G last weekend and pulled out my 6 bulb aquaticlife T5 fixture, it does have ATI bulbs: 3 blue plus, 2...
  11. Marinne13

    Marinne's Reef

    a lot of new changes for me, couldn't stand not having more room for livestock in the 30G so I broke out my 75G tank so I can run my big skimmer and sump...pics to come soonReef Octopus NWB150 skimmer, Tunze ATO, 6 bulb t5 fixture with ATI bulbs, dual BRS reactor, 500GPH return pump, 4 stage...
  12. Marinne13

    Dino's or something else?

    First tank is a 30G with 2 Picasso clowns, cardinal and a very small blenny...I have 8 hermits, 9 astrea snails, 15 nassirus snails, emerald crab and skunk cleaner shrimp I have a brown stringy algae, very thin and is showing up on my rock not sand bed(the long striny brown algae, there is...
  13. Marinne13

    dosing Kalk

    question is, should I dose Kalk on my 30G system with only LPS coral?? I noticed that my calcium will drop about 20ppm in a little over a week and I don't want to be raising the calcium that much in one day and in turn dropping my KH right now my calcium is 420ppm and DKH is 8.0 I have...
  14. Marinne13

    New tank syndrome?

    So I have had my 30G up for almost 3 weeks now, only inhabitants are 2 Picasso clowns and the CUC I do have a hammer, frogspawn, zoas, mushrooms, GSP and a Goni...all seem to be doing good except for the Gonapora which are know are extremely hard to keep, I do feed phytoplankton twice a week...
  15. Marinne13

    what is this

    looks like a polyp colony on my snail??? are these hydroids, no tubes but a calcium like base they look dark brown
  16. Marinne13

    Zoas not opening

    I purchased two polyp rocks off of Divers Den last week, they arrived Thursday and I dripped them for 1 hour...checked temp and salinity before I added them I turned the lights off for several hours and have had them dimmed for 4 since Thursday...my GSP and combo rock open everyday and look...
  17. Marinne13

    phosphates

    so I have been testing my water for phosphates and kept getting a reading of 0 on everything, from my tap water, tank water, rodi and mixed salt I KNOW for a fact that the tap water is not that clean here, considering the TDS is around 700 so I went and bought a new test kit and now...
  18. Marinne13

    Female clown acting strange

    So I just got a pair of black and white clowns that were paired up. Parameters are as follows: AM: 0, Nitrite: 0, Nitrate: 0, Phosphate: 0, Salinity: 1.025, Temp: 79 I have a carbon reactor, protein skimmer and 2 Tunze powerheads running at 700GPH each they eat like pigs but recently she has...
  19. Marinne13

    found something I can't identify

    so it's to the left of the picture in that hole...has an oval shape with what looks like feathers around it. I have noticed it comes out sometimes and when I try and take a look it pulls back in the rock...WTH is this thing
  20. Marinne13

    best LED setup for a 65G tall?

    I am debating going with the reefbreeders phton24 or the Kessil a350W because I am starting to not like my T5 fixture I like the idea of the photon 24 as you can customize the lighting on it like the radions the a350w looks amazing but not liking the idea of only being able to dim and not...
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