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bues0022

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  1. I don't know, the guys in the bottom picture sure do taste great though!
  2. I disagree. He’s got the female already. Two female clowns in a tank almost always ends up with a single female left and a dead fish. There are very few reports of female clowns turning male. The progression happens the other way: male to female. Even IF it would have been the female to jump and you’re left with the male, you’ll still have best success with trying to repair by putting in a smaller clown than the one you have. The already established fish will exert dominance, and dominance for clowns also equals female. So adding a smaller one will by nature be more submissive, and you’re mimicking nature’s natural progressions rather than trying to go against the grain.
  3. Nem might be majano, looks too beefy to be aptasia. They are both equally undesirable though. I forgit tk me mention the vid. Spaghetti worms are a bit thicker from my experience. Might be some tentacles from a micro bristle star? I’d keep that last one.
  4. If it were me: I’d get rid of the slug. If it eats the thing I just bought, I’d be upset. Rehome, or flush, but not for me. Same with the white thing. I don’t trust things I don’t know what they are. Finally, nem: is watch it carefully, but it’s brownish and not a standard hosting nem, so it’s likelihood of long term staying in myvtank would also be low. BUT, that’s just how I’d do things. Everyone’s different and has different ideas for their tank. The critters are neat, but I just try to minimize risk.
  5. Your statement is false. It’s not magic for every disease, but it can help. See article below showing garlic affecting the growth rate of fish in a controlled experiment. Search “google scholar” for terms associated with garlic benefits and you’ll have reading material for months. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150197/ Double blind randomized controlled study to look at garlic affecting athlerosclerosis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743509003181
  6. If it works as good as you have it advertised - I'll take a dozen of them!
  7. What kind of a clownfish is it? Ocellaris and Perculas are generally OK with adding a new mate (just make sure it's plenty smaller). Nasty clowns like tomato's, maroons, etc are notoriously difficult to pair, and can actually kill many potential suitors before liking their new mate. There's always a possibility though, no matter which species of clown you have, that she'll not like the guy you pick for her. If you really want that second clown in there, go for it. But, she doesn't NEED to have a mate in there if you're not liking the risk of aggression.
  8. I think something didn't go right with your post. Maybe a picture didn't show up? I'm not sure what "These" refers to in your first sentence.
  9. I don’t see the need to cut back that sponge - it’s not like you’ve been able to find stores to take your money for corals lately anyway, haha!
  10. For reasons EXACTLY as you just experienced, I try to have enough foresight to order parts like brake pads, air filters, oil/filter on Amazon at least a few weeks before I want to replace them. They are usually cheaper, and the bots at Amazon always find the right parts for my car - as long as I enter my car details correct. Hopefully you didn’t cut your dinner short! I was getting hungry with your description!
  11. Tank of the quarter? Reduce workload for those involved, no need to find 12 per year, only need 4 nominations per year? It doesn’t fix current problems, but if it kicks back up it might help?
  12. If ammonia (i.e. cat pee) has soaked into carpet/padding/flooring, how long would it take to out-gas? My anticipation is that the volume of ammonia needed present in a room which would affect water quality would not be present without some continually refreshed source of the contaminant. Old pee (my guess) would have a decaying concentration, thereby affecting the air/water less as time goes on as it continually evaporates. So, old pee just wouldn't have the ammonia content to keep hosing things up. IDK, maybe I'm off, but if it were me I'd be far less concerned about old issues, and more concerned about things actively happening.
  13. Like you said - Haddoni's are sticky icky!! Mine was green striped, and it's sting was NASTY. For an aggressive anemone like Haddoni, I would definitely recommend against trying to corral/push your fish into the anemone. You can get away with this with BTA's because they are pretty docile, but an unnatural pairing and a nasty nem with result in nem food. Quick story about the potency of a Haddoni sting: I got my green-striped Haddoni from a friend. As he was taking it out of the tank, it wrapped around his hand up to the wrist. It took me and his wife close to 5 minutes to get it off of him. After we finally got it off, he was feeling really lightheaded and dizzy. He ended up having to take a benedryl and lay down for a few hours before feeling better. We were close to bringing him in to the ER. The nematocysts of Haddoni's are powerful. Unnatural pairings can happen, but you're relying on a little luck with this anemone. If I were to have that Haddoni still today, I'd put in a nice pair of Clarkii. Maybe a bicintus, or a pearl-eye clarkii like I have shown below.
  14. Someone in that other thread mentioned byproducts from mold may produce ammonia?? The concept that keeps coming back to me from reading that other thread, is that people kept pointing towards old pet stains as a possible ammonia source. I'm not sure I buy into that thought. Unless the damage from old pet stains leads to rot/mold, once the wetness goes away, the ammonia should have had a chance to out-gas. A current litter box very near your water bin might be able to provide the recurring ammonia source. Is the result of your test the same if you do a different room on the same floor?
  15. If you want a quick pairing, and minimize risk of fish getting eaten, research natural pairings. There's a reason why many people have problems getting percs to host in BTA's - it's not a natural pairing. In fact, I have two percs, one loves my BTA and hardly ever leaves it. The other hasn't looked at it for a second. Un-natural pairings (clowns hosting in nems which are not found in their natural habitat/ranges) can and will happen, but it's never a sure thing, and the fish can end up being eaten - especially by nems with more aggressive stings such as a Haddoni. I've had true percs eaten by Haddoni's in the past. The Haddoni I had was an eating machine, usually the more expensive fish tasted better it seemed.
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