mari.harutunian

Have a great video but am unsure how to post it here. Only saw this male anemone spawning. Have two other established anemones that have been in he tank the same amount of time as the first and then four more that have been in for a couple weeks. Anyone know much about their spawning habits?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What do you mean single point of failure? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I cant figure out what type of glass it is but im not very handy and there’s a perfectly useable drain hole so why not just adapt that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That hole through the bottom is done before you buy the tank. It is a drain for water changes— not that i ever actually use it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi i have a fluval m90 and would love to add a sump to this all in one tank. Maybe even remove the back paneling to be like the photo below. Is it worth it to take off the back panel or just add a sump with it there? It usually looks like this: It has a built in drain in the last panel that would be adapted to be an overflow. Not sure where return would be. Also would it be noisy? This is my first tank and I’ve never had a sump or worked with pvc so i appreciate your input! Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could setup a dedicated QT but i have no idea how to do that, it would cost a lot of money, and i would still be supporting the sick fish industry anyway. ERC is wonderful, a Little far, but doesn’t usually carry nano fish or the fish I want. Reef escape is very far. I’m willing to pay but i am not comfortable city driving or driving far on my own. So now i just don’t buy fish. Prefer coral anyway. Also proper consumer education is important but realistically i dont think everyone will be informed when they buy fish. I have a neighbor who hemorrhages money on fish every few months because they keep dying. Does it matter if i tell him he should read up on why they’re dying? Not really. So if the LFS did a little more maybe these fish would survive and he’d have a much smaller fish graveyard. I did pop into today’s pet yesterday and ask them why they don’t have a QT system at all. They said every square foot in there has to make money and it’s just not profitable. But i think this hobby has a habit of expecting more from the casual hobbyist. A casual hobbyist won’t do the necessary research or set up a QT. Some people don’t take their dogs to the vet. That’s awful. But should the dogs then die of something they had when bought? If they do, it’s your fault. But the dog is still dead. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I mean yes, but LFSs bank on you not knowing these things. I’ve seen them sell shrimp with isopod parasites visible on them. I always have questions when i go to my LFSs and none of them are ever good with QT. When it comes to dogs yes you want to ask questions but you also don’t expect any dogs for sale to ever be sick in the first place. You expect the store to have healthy happy puppies that you don’t need a vet degree to make sure they’re healthy. My friend who is getting a vet degree told me about internal parasites at [mod. - store name deleted, please don't post hearsay about specific LFS] and i never would’ve known to ask that question otherwise. The learning curve in this hobby is kind of steep and a person could kill a few fish before knowing better. I can vote with my dollar here by not buying anything at all. Fish, coral, equipment, everything but that makes everything a lot harder and they still make a lot of money off of everything else they sell. Somehow LFSs & consumers have to find a way to make proper treatment profitable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some of the fault is definitely on the consumer but with such limited options in MD between house of tropics, capital aquarium, fintastic, and today’s pet the fish health is pretty disappointing from the get go. If people here had a dedicated LFS and then shopped elsewhere for cheap sick fish that’s a different story. Tropical lagoon is also somewhere here but I have been maybe twice and don’t know about their fish heath. It’s true buying these sick fish encourages the business of selling sick fish so what should people do? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I dont think there are any LFSs near me that quarantine at all. They always have ich. My pair of clownfish, very first fish i ever got, i didnt know better and just bought a healthy looking pair. Got lucky and they still live. Bought a sixline from that fish place in Pennsylvania and got lucky there though i dont know their QT process if any. Had a bicolor blenny from HOT that died of something internal and a watchman that died because of my aggressive sixline. After loss from disease and aggression I’m just not getting any more fish as it is not worth it in my small 36 gallon. Maybe if ERC is at a meet and they have nano fish that can hold their own. I too do not like fish roulette and probably will not get any fish until i upgrade and get a QT system or a fish that went through a dedicated QT is for sale. I dont really think price truly matters and if the LFSs started charging more for dedicated QT & treatment i dont think the community would bat an eye. It may not feel like you’re saving money when you buy the fish but when 1/4th of the fish bought in this hobby die, I’m sure it will be saving in the long run. Also maybe more consideration will be put into choosing livestock. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I won a MACNA ticket and the LRS reef frenzy frozen food in this last meeting and I’d like to say thank you! I’ve already tried the LRS for the first time and my fish love it! Unfortunately i will not be able to use the MACNA ticket. I didnt really think about the date and flights and stuff when i put the raffle ticket in so that will probably be up for sale here or maybe at the CMAS meeting Saturday. One day I’ll go though! Hopefully they come back to DC sometime soon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Wow!!! Love those debdros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hard or lps? If lps be a torch or hammer if hard then maybe a pagoda cup? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks to be bryopsis Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a new appreciation for so many reef aquarium fish, gorgonians, shrimp, and sponges... damsels especially. I’d love to have a huge deep tank with all damselfish and inverts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have seen so much and videotaped so little. Garden eels, lionfish, grouper, morays, pearly jawfish, arrow crabs, huge crabs, hermits, conch, anemone shrimp, coral bandeds! My GoPro keeps freezing and I’m unsure if it has been taking continuous video. Did a wreck dive today & a dive right by the drop off. Got stung by fire coral and jellyfish not too bad. Will night dive tonight & get advanced certification. Will share pics and videos when i get home! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finished my fourth dive today! Will probably do a night dive for a an advanced certification tonight off the dock. I went to reef sites Delilah twice, yuca, and one other i dont remeber the name. Very beautiful. Video is not the same at all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is an offered course and i may get my advanced certification. For now I’d like to just get comfortable & enjoy everything with some video on the side. If i got it down maybe I’ll take that one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve already left now. Did my test dive. Would’ve been fun If my bc vest didn’t have a massive hole in it so i had to hold on to the instructor so i didnt sink. I dont think the short stick will be too awful. Maybe i can barrow from some of the other divers in my class. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Unfortunately i only have a short handle that doesn’t extend but floats and then an extendable that doesn’t float. Couldn’t find one that did both in time... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Darn i leave very soon so i wont habe the time but if i did i would’ve gotten some of them. I have loose gel filter lenses of different colors that are cheap so I’ll probably just cut them to size and put them in the clear case and cross my fingers. Thanks though! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will be going to Cozumel for my spring break on a school scuba diving field trip. I hope to get a lot of great photos and videos with a GoPro hero 4 & waterproof case. I will be getting certified there with the diving company that teaches at UMBC and diving most days of the week. Hopefully I’ll also do my advanced certification too which requires a night dive. I would also like to visit some of the Mayan ruins on the island and have a fishing charter booked for Thursday full day. If anyone has some general travel tips, GoPro tips, or knows how to legally fish from the surf lmk! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I forgot about fish only lol...I’m in it for the coral. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk