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    Retrofit reflector

    in General Discussion

    for a 12g nano and 150W HQI is probably overkilled already.

     

    What do you think of trying to get the retrofit going without the reflector and grows SPS if that's your plan to get this HQI going?

     

    How long has your tank been up and running? If heading toward SPS in such a small environment, it's a difficult task to maintain a constant water parameter for it but nothing is impossible.

    12G Nano Fish recommendations

    in Nano Tanks

    Hi everyone and Happy New Year.

     

    We bought my son a 12G JBJ Nano for Christmas and now have it set up. We would like to put two fish in the tank and maybe a shrimp or two.

     

    Are two fish possible? If so what kind, kids would like Nemos, but I think they might get too big.

     

    Can shrimp be added to a nano since they need such a long acclimation period I am afraid I would drain half the tank in the acclimation period.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Eric.

     

     

    Hello Eric,

     

    A friend of mine also has a 12G nanocube in his son room started about 4-5 years ago. His son picked out a pair of true percular Nemo, a royal gramma, a pair of yellow coral banded shrimp, a rbta that splits into 3 (he later took out one to give to his mom, his son's grandma) and all survive currently.

     

    Water change weekly and careful feeding enough for fish to consume.

     

    It's possible and depends on your level of care experience.

     

    Cheers,

    See the new banner sponsored by Dr Fosters & Smith?

    in General Discussion

    Agreed.

     

    I want to be clear, my thoughts were not aimed at raising the rabble, nor were they intended as a criticism of Doug or anybody on the executive committee. I've seen enough of these people to know that they're good people giving their time and knowledge to our shared passion. I, for one, sincerely appreciate that effort. Sometimes, however, we don't see the potholes in the road ahead as we move forward and sometimes we run headlong into one despite our best intentions to steer a smooth course. I think that this may be one of those times.

     

    I appreciate the opportunity to engage in a productive, civil, and forthright dialogue aimed at moving us forward together. It is, in my opinion, far more beneficial to move forward in this fashion than to engage in divide and conquer strategies.

     

    Thank you for taking the time to reconsider thoughtfully the whole DFS banner thing. I think that it benefits us all to know that we are raise potentially touchy issues and know that we have a board that will listen to our concerns.

     

     

    Doug and Dave Lin: We appreciate your volunteer work. Also, Thank you Tom.

    Beautiful redone of front page and reef news posting

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by vaironman

    5 years coming back to this hobby after 15 years off, still learning weekly on this fascinating subject such as a news on today WAMAS front page,

     

    What Is Killing the Coral? DNA Array Sheds Light on Coral Disease

     

    http://www.coral.org/node/4066

     

    Thanks WAMAS web design admin for a very nice homepage redone layout. Especially with these cool reef updated news.

    So I decided I am going go setup my own tank

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by vaironman

    The skimmer comes with the refugium package won't be able to support your full reef 210G system in the long run. Purchase components individually and go with the best skimmer that you can afford.

     

    You can skim out of a less expensive lighting system but always get the best oversize skimmer, in case, you guys decide to venture into sps later on.

    To Catch a fish...

    in General Discussion

    Completely clear 1/3 of the tank lenght without any live rock, etc..... Lure the bad fish over the clear side, put a divider in. Catch the bad guy. Learned this trick from a friend, work everytime and saved me lots of time with large tank and lots of LR.

     

     

    You can purchase a tank divider from LFS such as petsmart, etc... or cut a piece of acrylic to make a divider, then glue a rectangular base at the bottom, so when placing this divider in tank, it will stand by itself.

    Immortal Jellyfish

    in Conservation & Sustainability

    Smart jellyfish, & very fascinating. I wonder if the marine biologists and scientists studying the jellyfish are as smart? It will be interesting to see if they can learn all of the Jellyfishes secrets!

     

     

    Eventually, the biogenetic field is really new and moving fast. Some days, some one will be able to decode the secret gene(s) and processes just like anything. It can be done.

    Coldwater Aquaria Resources

    in General Discussion

    Thank you Daniel. Off to reading. Fascinating and I think I am going to start setting a cw tank soon. Now, start with reading. Much of oregonreef.com repeats most of what you said above and fun reading.

     

    "General thoughts on running a cold system

    Running a cold system is really akin to running a fish only system.....in that a lot of waste needs to be handled

    Floris Touch Tank

    in Education Forum

    Hey Lee, the plan right now is to educate them about washing with soap first and then doing a second wash with only water. I don't know that there's a good solution to the contamination part in a school. The plan is to have them reach into the pond versus have things taken out. I already do the taking out and bringing to them, this is the next step in ease of access.

    Thanks Dave.

    Coldwater Reef

    in General Discussion

    needs a bump for informational purposes, in case someone else decides to do a cw tank:

     

    around mid-december, i noticed diatoms beginning to cover the glass and rocks. lasted about a month, and now they're completely gone.

     

    i'm interpreting it as the completion of a mini cycle related to moving the tank from the apartment to our house in early october and the subsequent upgrade from 10g to 40g at the same time.

     

     

    so....mini cycle takes 3 months :wacko:

     

     

    Daniel,

     

    I now have a much better appreciation for a CW tank after seeing the strawberry anemone in person, and those beautiful starfishes at Downtown Aquarium. Much better than RBTA, etc... They looks like a scattering dendrophyllia in pink, one poly by one polyp.

     

    Is it possible that you start a thread where we can purchase easy to care for cw species beside the catalina goby?

     

    And other basic things for a newbie to be aware of that might differ from our regular warm water reef tanks. feeding strawberry anemone pattern, etc...

     

    Downtown Aquarium was feeding the large CW anemone with large size mysis shrimps.

     

    Thanks,

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