Recent content by davenia7

I don't really QT fish unless there's other fish in the tank. The QT process is very stressful for a fish and can make a disease they are already fighting take hold. I would have a hospital tank going so that if a disease does present, they can be moved over for treatment, since you don't want...

General rule is 2-3 weeks. Are there fish already in your main tank?

It's up to you. A lot of people do it.

Tunze 9002. Love mine.

Looks more like a clove polyp that the aiptasia I had. But can't tell for sure.

Brad, Would it be possible to post pictures of what you are talking about? With custom systems it is very hard to go by a description. If you were talking a bio-cube, we'd all know what you were talking about. Harder in a custom.

A little overkill but with those options and the want for a clam... 70 prolly wouldn't be enough. Watch out though... a 150 will likely bleach some softies. So, I would recommend starting everything on the floor of the tank and then moving it up.

It will take at least 2 weeks to fully cycle. If you don't start seeing something soon. Get a shrimp from the grocery store fish counter... Just one. And toss it in to rot.

You don't NEED a PS, though I'm liking mine now. However, 2 fully grown clowns get a bit crowded in a 10 gal. Also, a BTA (or any anemone for that matter) isn't generally recommended for either a new tank or a small tank. A new tank isn't stable enough, and a small tank has issues with, if...

I dose trace element if I skip my weekly WC (LAZINESS) and I dose Tech-M weekly. For some reason it's almost ALWAYS a bit lower than I like it.

and we soooooo thread jacked. i had a pair of clowns and a ywg in a 10g. from babies but they got 20L digs recently and are swimming like michael phelps.

i did one better. my new 20L setup is on a highboy dresser with only a few inches of ledge on each side and 4 feet off the ground. of course i have to get my stepladder to work in the tank, but the cat cant get fish and im replacing my clown goby and neon goby soon.

I have a tally going at the moment in my aquarium log.

not one that she can't remove. She's got skills. Her fish death count is 7, though one she just startled till it jumped out.

I ignore my cichlids and they thrive, breed even... I ignore my saltwater, the hair algae and bryopsis overthrow the coral.