Recent content by rosemarie

Seattle If you're in Seattle area after mid-August, drop a line to the forum - would love to meet you. (Too much company before!)

wanted skimmer - Seattle area

where are you?

I'm on the eastside with a coupla nanos. Interested in trades. have xenias and zoas.

thanks I'll see if I can take some pics when we get back from Singapore - anyone know a good aquariums shop here?

lime 'moss' nope. Is tight, bushy, bright lime green mounding, about 1/4" high at middle, looks like it has tiny mouths dotted around, so am wondering if it's a soft coral of some sort.

THere's a mounding lime green 'plant' that looks like a clump fine moss or lichen. When I got the live rock, there were three specks. Within 4 months, there are three dime to quarter-sized pieces, flowing over onto the next rock. Several specks have emerged onto the back glass of the tank. Love...

Light: I run for 4 hours on 2 hours (noon) off, 3 hours on - for the past 3 months. 96watts (upgraded lighting, which I run at 2 bulbs - 48 wts- on for an hour or two, then 4 bulbs on over a few hours around noon, then back to 2 bulbs before end of day). I tried less light for a month (4 hours...

All my water parameters are the same as yours. Same pH, same calcium, etc. This is what's been so frustrating. However, it was an old post, and meanwhile, I have had two little fishes in for 3 months - they are thriving, along with some hermit crabs, some corals added after summer - everything's...

thanks That's what I'll do. I'll start the 2 bucket system this week and let you know how it goes in 4-6 weeks... thanks so much! The nano is absolutely sustaining algae and needs intervention and a kick-start back to reef maintenance.

I had a great functioning nanotank for a few months. Got the cured live rock and sand with the tank, but left it for 6 weeks "just in case. Then added some corals, after a few more weeks I added 3 fish (2 percs and a spotted goby), everything was fine. I had an arrow crab that kept everything...

Oh my word! My poor Nanocube12DX has green hair algae all over it for the past 5 months. The tank only takes about 2 days to grow 1-2" on EVERYTHING, including the gravel. pH is stable at 8.3-8.4. Levels are low on all indicators: ammonia, nitrate, nitrite. calcium about 420-440. So far, on...

Came back tonight (Wed) and the clowns and goby made it, along with the xenia and soft leather. Will see if there's anything else crawling around tomorrow when I go in to work and the lights are on. I did the second water change and the tank stopped smelling by the time I had to leave. Will see...

nuked! HELP ASAP appreciated. Well, that's that for this tank, I guess. Came in Monday morning to the horrible stench of rotting fish. The clowns and goby have survived. The tang was dead, along with the peppermint shrimp, the anemonies, and assorted bristleworms and crabs. I'm not sure my...

R again: other cleaner occupants: 4 snails, 2 hermit crabs. Have seen only one hermit in the past 2 weeks.