JamesL
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Happy b-day you youngster!
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Great looking tank. I took the opportunity and edited your original post and embedded the YouTube video into it.
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Just a FYI... next time you are selling both livestock and non-live stuff, split them into two posts and put the live stuff here, and the non-live in the hardware. I will leave this here for now as I don't think I can only split the responses and not the first post. Thanks
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Thanks! I was surprised how well it came out.
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Happy b-day!
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Red Sea Salt and Coralife Salt Group Buy from RCA
JamesL replied to mcallahan's topic in Group Orders
Really? I get to 1.025 with 1/2 cup of Reef Crystals. -
Red Sea Salt and Coralife Salt Group Buy from RCA
JamesL replied to mcallahan's topic in Group Orders
Here is a link to the article Dave references for the above values. If I read this right, the main difference between reef crsytals and read sea is the alk. So is higher or lower alk better? -
Come on people, time to vote!
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Red Sea Salt and Coralife Salt Group Buy from RCA
JamesL replied to mcallahan's topic in Group Orders
+1 to this question ... as I am currently using reef crystals. -
Heh.. don't feel bad... this is a great thread, as it shows everyone what they can collect from the coast.
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Congrats on the forthcoming baby and tank! Sounds like you are off to a great start by taking things slow.
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What kind of live food are you feeding it? If it is goldfish, then I would really start working on getting it to eat frozen food. Goldfish (and other freshwater fish) are bad in the long run as they are not a natural food for them to eat, thus they tend to eventually get fat.
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Moving this to the reef discussion section.... In my 24g I had a bubble tip for a couple of years that grew, split, and kept on growing. Ended up taking both of them back to a LFS due to them stinging too many corals. And this was under CF lights. Now in my current 75g tank, I am not having a lot of luck with anemones. My once large bubble tip has shrank, and then split into two smaller anemones. They are under MH, but still do not have a lot of color.
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Yikes.. it looks like it could float away doing that
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I think there are a few people on here that are currently keeping dwarf lions. But from my past experience: Don't touch the top spines, as they are poisonous Did you see it eating in the store? Some will only start out eating live food at first. But can be trained to eventually eat frozen food. They will probably try to eat anything that will fit into their mouths... and sometimes things even larger.
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Take a look at this link, it helps explain a lot of stuff, along with the great info wayneb posted.
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Oops, I see the post where you had already identified them. Sorry
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Welcome!
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Looks a lot like orange ball anemones to me. They are somewhat of a nuisance, but not too bad. I have them in my tank. Sometimes they interfere with coral/zoa growth, but most of the time they stay closed during the day and come out at night.
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That last picture almost looks like a bunch of baby mantis shrimp.
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I think this is really true for Metal Halides (thus the shimmer). CF lamps give more spread to their light output.
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Thanks! I am trying to reach total rock coverage with zoas
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Mine came out dark because I change the settings on my camera to take the picture really fast. This was so the fish did not come out blurry, but the side effect was not letting a lot of light into the camera, thus it coming out dark. I used a photo editing program to adjust the contrast and brightness to help lighten up the picture afterwards.
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You are probably right about the flat things being nudibranchs. I remember shaking lots of them out of seaweed last year in Port A. They do swim in the water by "flapping" their sides. As far as the anemones .. well, it is a risk. You need to read the posts by our sponsor coordinator Mark, and his adventures with a carpet anemone and all the victims it claimed. Now, rock anemones do not have as strong a sting as carpets, but I think they are pretty powerful.
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Unsure on what the clear fish might be. The flat fish might be some type of frogfish.... which if it is, would be very aggressive and eat anything that would fit in it's mouth.
