WaterDog

Ok, I'll have to check brine shrimp direct. Thanks

Dang. New question: How does one culture rots and brine shrimp?

Blah, rots. Where does one get rots? And what are nhbbs? Thanks for answering the questions, I just don't want to kill these little guys.

Hm, I think I'm going to have to break out the 5 gallon and get a heater, filter, and airstone.

I think the ph is good. As for the alk, it's naturally low in my tank for some reason but I've heard that high alkalinity is good.

I'm moving the fish in the quarantine tank out of there soon, would that be suitable? It's somewhat hyposalinity at 1.015-1.018. Is that too low for peppermints?

Yeah there are two shrimp. In that case I may just give them a chance to molt and lay eggs while I get the 5 gal set up. And thanks I'll check that out.

Thanks, now I'm glad I have that extra 5 gallon sitting around. I don't know if I'll be able to have it set up by the time the eggs hatch though. How long do the eggs take to hatch?

I saw one of the peppermint shrimp hanging out with this big tannish mass under its (her I guess) tail. Could these be eggs? And how/would I be able to raise them? Pictures of the possible mother:

So I've been looking around for the polypropelene and have yet to find it. Would galvanized hardware cloth work? Or would that rust? EDIT: We actually found 1/4" polypropelene, but it's black. Would that cut down too much on the light?

Ohhh so you would put the whole frame in. Is there a frame that fits a bowfront?

Thanks for the input, just a few more questions. Could the plexiglass have airholes drilled in it for the gas exchange? And how would one get the netting to fit over the tank so it could be removed?

I realized that with a Six-Line Wrasse and a Midas Blenny soon to be in the tank, we should look into getting a cover or hood. I was thinking a plexiglass cover and then cutting out the outlines of where things like the refugium, overflow etc. would be. Is there a better alternative like eggcrate? Or would that interfere with the light?

Pretty well, though sometimes it gets worrying to think about the sump overflowing or the pump burning out.

Thanks, and two daylight bulbs (700+ frequency I think) and two actinic bulbs (420/460 I think) and then LED moonlights attached into the fixture. And it has a built in timer which makes it all the better.

I'm kind of hoping it does it'd be nice to have something to cover up that pvc scrap.

Can't say the same thing about the living room where the tank is in.

Thanks, the four pieces of pompeii rock are covered in them.

So I figured I should probably make a tank thread so here it is: It's a 46 gallon glass bowfront from marineland that we started in October 2009. It has a wet/dry filter that uses an internal overflow box since the tank isn't drillable and a mag 5 return pump. It has a DIY hang-on refugium, 2 koralias, and a T-5 light fixture. Its inhabitants are two ocellaris clowns and two neon gobies, and a few corals. Some Pictures: The tank right after cycling As of today A Devil's Hand Leather Coral A red mushroom and one of the more photogenic clowns One of the gobies Some Zoas: A piece of montipora