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Mine doesn't either and he is large.
I cut a large shrimp in three.
A medium shrimp in two works well for him.

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I mean even cut int pieces she can finish thw whole thing, She maybe eats 4 pieces and she is done.

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I would like to introduce the newest member of my family ........ Fred the eel

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20eel/094.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20eel/092.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20eel/093.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20eel/096.jpg

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SWEET!!! Thats a beautiful eel right there

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Thanks for sharing the eel pictures, Sarge. I could see why you were worried about it.

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I gotta change some water today. I'm so excited. hehe

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The coralline algae in my tank has been going nuts. The two sides and the back are almost totally covered. It's starting to move in on the front bottom and sides. This is going to take three or four hours to clean. I blame the snails. They keep the tank walls clean enough from the soft algae to allow the coralline to grow. The balances are so tricky in this closed system.

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update!

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/30...425x425Q85.jpg

3 Colonies of zoas right now, just generic ones right now, but some nice color out of two of them, I gonna get rid on on though, not real colorful, a Blasto Merleti, Devils hand, and a water melon mushroom, very cool coloring.

2 Percula clowns, 3 Blue/green Chromis, Coral beauty, Yellow headed sleeper goby and a Coral Banded Shrimp.

This is fun!


That Eel is freaking sweet by the way!

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I spent from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm (with a break for a cigar) yesterday doing cleaning and maintenance on my reef tank. I think the coralline algae is going through a seasonal bloom. Took some pictures:
http://130.94.224.229/share/tank1.jpg
http://130.94.224.229/share/tank2.jpg
http://130.94.224.229/share/tank3.jpg

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The rocks in the tank, are they the live rocks? Also I was thinking about setting something up like that for Fred. I worry about him knocking them down. Is there a way to attatch them together so they are really stable?

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you can glue them together.

And with the pics above, i seriously need to get a new camera! sheesh. puts my pics to shame.

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Those are live rock but in a fish only system they are probably best kept in a separate refugium. If they have light they grow stuff on them and are hard to clean. In the reef tank everything competes until a balance is struck.This balance shifts around a bit.
My rocks are just piled up but they can be glued together with a putty epoxy or gelled super glue.

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These pics are amazing! Thanks to everyone who shared them.


Chris…….


:tu

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Cant find my firefish :( put him in the tank saw him saturday morning when i fed the tank, and now, no sign! is this normal behavior?

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yes. they will be shy for a week or two. Allow up to 3 days before they eat in your tank.

Just think if you moved from a 3' by 3' room into the taj mahal would you want to waste time eating or would you be exploring all the fun awesome stuff?

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I was missing my new dottyback for two weeks. When it finally came out it looked starved. Now it's starting to fight back against the damsels and they better learn some respect as the dottyback will get bigger and badder than them. Damsels can hold their own, though. Wiki says firefish are leapers. I lost a couple of fish out of my nano tank because they leaped out.

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ive got the fully enclosed Nano, Dont think he can get out, there are no holes. and if he did, where did he go? i cant find him on the ground.

It must have been the aliens

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Updated picture of my eel, L eel a . http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC_0202-1.jpg

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Nice pic.

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thank you, I just noticed all the nice coraline algae on the rocks too. Guess Im on the right road.

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My Percula Clowns finally spawned. I was told it was only a matter of time. None of the offspring will survive, probably, but it's still pretty cool.
http://130.94.224.229/share/clownegg.jpg

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AWESOME!!~!!! those are beautiful! Im saving my pennies untill I can afford a snocasso clownfish.

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Talk about your bristle worms:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...oral-reef.html

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NASTY sucker!

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isnt that a bobbit worm?

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Yep :pu:pu

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Domn you sons of *****es!!!! I've got the itch again!!!!! (and I only read to page 11) I worked at a pet store in college and had a 55gal reef setup. (sorry no pictures,as it was when digital cams were too expensive for a college kid). And then when we were in our townhouse we had a 12 gal nanocube. It was more work that I had time for, being such a small tank. If we weren't looking to move in the next 1.5-2yrs, I'd prolly be setting up one again, or would have done it before. Dammit! How do I scratch this itch now, you arseholes. :D

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This tread is directly responsible for the fact that I have a reef tank. haha.

and im getting another tank this weekend....

JUST DO IT!

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Hey guys, my tank blew up again last week, that was the third major leak.
I gave up on it and bought an extra high 30 gallon cause my light fit it. I'm going to buy a bigger, higher one later when I have a chance. I'll post pics when I get a chance.
Anyways...
Today I had my first coral division deal happen.
This coral used to be kidney shaped. It never occurred to me that it was planning on dividing.
Today I went to feed my fish and noticed the one side was inside out and I could see it has divided into two distinct pieces. It's pretty cool cause my stuff is growing well if it's not dying.
I've had a couple snails die lately that must have gotten trapped between rocks, so my water has been screwed up and I've been changing a lot. It's a pain.
So here's the pic, sorry it sucks. :)
http://home.comcast.net/~shilala/dividedcoral.jpg

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Looks good. You might want to try an Emerald Crab in there if the bubble algae gets to prolific.

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I know that it's not a reef tank (yet), but it's a start for me. I just set up this 75 gal tank for fred, my 2+ ft giraffe moray eel. Below are some of the first pics from Fred in his new home.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...l/100_0317.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...l/100_0328.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...l/100_0322.jpg

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He looks beautiful........ erm..... hansom? Anyways it is a Tessalata Eel. Very cool my friend!

More info can be found here.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...133&pcatid=133

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Wow!

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A water quality question:

I set the above mentioned tank up on 2 May 09. On 12 May I did my water test and they were all within limits. I just tested the water again last night, and the water quality was better. The nitrates went down. Is that common?

Here are the stats:

76 degrees
1.020
ammonia 0 ppm
PH 7.8
Nitrate 5.0 ppm
nitrogen 0 ppm


I read that salt water tanks like to be a high PH level, like 8.0 - 8.2. If Freds is happy it's at, do I really need to change it?

Sarge

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You should. It isnt that hard to raise PH just do it gradually over a day or two. Nitrate tests are often misleading. Are you using a dip stick or the liquid kits? If the liquid kits make sure you shake the second bottle very good. 30+ seconds should do it.

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I use the liquid test kit. I follow the directions on the test kit as far as shaking and waiting the times indicated. Are the dipstrips better?

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nope the dip sticks suck. They will giove you a ball park idea of where your tests are

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I have a question. I've looked around a lot but I have yet to find an affermitive answer.

My Royal Tang has HORRIBLE HLLE. To the point where I've often looked at the most humane way to put her to sleep, even though she seems very happy and has a normal or even above normal appatite. I bought her when she was about the size of a quarter and she is now about half the size of a dollar bill. When I brought her home she was perfectly fine.

So does anybody know how to fix her to look pretty again?

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I just did a quick look and they say it's caused by stray voltage. Here's how to check.
You can clear it up with a new diet.
Here's how one guy did it.
I'd check for stray voltage then go get her some new food. Some frozen stuff and some dried brown algae.
I feed my fish tank about 7 different things. I use brown algae, pellets, a tri-flake mix, brine shrimp flakes, frozen brine shrimp, formula one frozen marine food and hikari frozen marine food.
My tang mostly just picks food from cracks and stuff. She eats mostly the pellets I think.

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I really dislike this thread... I'm getting the feeling that I want to set one of these up, of course I got the feeling back in the Jungle's version of this thread as well... Maybe I can make it a while longer. I'm in a dorm in the military, so I couldn't afford anything very big, and I know that a 12-24g tank would possibly be more trouble than its worth. But I definitely have the itch right now...



Thanks a lot guys...

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One of those 10 gallon nano-reefs would be in my office if I had an office.
You can put so much cool stuff in such a small space, it's relatively cheap, and super cool.
I have been growing my environment for 15 years now and it's just starting to get cool.
Nowadays you can get everything and you can get it anywhere.
I love my fish, but I enjoy all the critters in my live rock even more.

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Oh yeah, by the way...
I have a line on a lobster tank. If I can get that, I will have the coolest touch pool anyone has ever created. I'm still trying to wiggle it out of the guy that has it. :)

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Just upgraded my lights yesterday form 250 watt compact flourescents to 350watts of T-5 and the difference is amazing!!!

Before

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC_0269-1.jpg

After

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC_0273-1.jpg

And Today i finally got around to tearing down that algae infested aquapod. Here it is with fresh rocks and new sand. Still a little cloudy but im looking forward to starting over.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC_0309-1.jpg

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Set this up In december, and heres what she looks like now! Lots of life, Cool little stuff popping up all over the place. Texas trash needs to be cultivated, its starting to take over any ideas here?

Full tank shot. Have to develop some close ups.


http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/91...500x500Q85.jpg

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Some of my corals are dying while others are thriving.
I'm clueless.
I think it's time for new lightbulbs.

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I agree scott. Bulbs will make a HUGE difference. if anything you really like has gone the way of the gorilla let me know Im getting ready for some fragging.

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I gotta see when I last replaced my bulbs. It wasn't long ago.
If you get to fragging, let me know. I'm willing to kill anything. :r

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scott whats dying. my buddy and family owns dolphin pet village in campbell ca. he has many prop tanks and been reefing since childhood. by buddy i mean known for years have his cell phone and going to play hockey with him in the fall. He really knows what hes doing.

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Green stuff, blue stuff and green blobby stuff.
The red stuff is doing great and the green wiggly stuff is doing okay too.
I doubt he can work with that, but it's the best I can do. :)

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can you snap a picture of the different corals?
You may need to target feed some of them specificaly.
Do you know if they are LPS or SPS?