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hello, i have been a prison guard, retail store manager, and worked for intel and related computer field for many years as well. i have kept fresh water tanks on and off for many years, and for the last couple years i have been keeping native critters for extended visits, mice, northern...

well even though it seems like a good idea to re do completely with fresh ro water, i will probably just introduce it with normal water changes. i now have my tank to the point where it seems like its stable, everything is looking better, even a couple of the coral shoots opened on one of the...

nice, that was the description i was looking for thank you. still not sure of the flow it will produce, but i can discover that when i get one working. thanks again.

thanks for your reply, er not trying to be stupid here, i just do not understand quite how these units work. do you put them into the container of water you intend to purify and let them run, or do you use them to fill a container with water that is already purified. if so then how does this...

hello so i went and read up on aiptasias and it said they are considered a nuisance in aquariums, because they sting stuff. but i think its cool because it eats shrimp, and it is alive and doing stuff whereas my corals are still sulking. are they so bad? and i have been looking at this rodi...

so here is the pic i tried to post before, the emerald crab right after molting, with the molt still in front of it.

o wow, now that you mention it, it was a molt that makes sense now. when we first saw two crabs the larger darker green one was right behind the lighter green smaller one. we thought they were boy and girl. lol, no one was hollow. when the dark green crab moved the light green core fell on its...

yea for the first time in a while these two opened up. i am curious what are they, a. is like a brown stalk from which hair like things come out, now they look kinda white but before i think they were rust red. and it ate a brine shrimp, too cool. b. is a brown leathery thing, it was closed up...

hey crab lady, thanks again for all your help, i really appreciate it. i made you a graphic, hope you like it. thanks again. wired

well the emerald crab i just got appears to have been killed by the emerald crab i already had but did not know i had. that must be why you warned me about multiple emerald crabs.

got an emerald crab earlier, put it in, and boom there are two. wow did not even know i had another he has been hiding very well.

fascinating

lol an elephant sat on yer crabs then they jabbed it with a metal spike too? dang! i thought about needing fast shipping, and the possibility that something else will demise them..but i live in a real small town, they think so small, they use small words...o sorry, there is only two places to...

got my first emerald crab yesterday from a local pet store, and think i over paid based on what i see them for online. but i have never bought a fish online, anyone, experiences with buying fish and such online, can anyone recommend a good site? got my first emerald crab yesterday from a...

er about to be dead? lol if i could tell that..i do not have a pic handy, the two i am concerned about are as such, they are both like little umm brown shoots or stems, short about an inch long or less, when they were happy the tops opened up in kind of flat little brown flowers i guess. they...

oo i did not realize the stuff their frozen in is bad, i will pre melt as described then net them out before feeding to fish. thanks for the suggestion. and i am moving the heaters, nice. since the crustations are doing fine, i got an emerald crab today hope he does well. i was thinking i have...

two questions, can i put the heaters down in the box with the soc filter skimmer and sump, that would be nice then would not have to look at them. if moved will they be as effective? also i heard of growing seaweed or similar in that box, is that a good thing to do? last night i gave the fish...

i see, well i like your thinking while i got my tank in unknown land maybe i throw some carbon in for a while, i can put some in the last tube coming from the drain just as it falls into the sock filter. or is it necessary for the water to rush over it as such. perhaps i can just put some down...

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ok black stuff in sand good, right on i will not attack it anymore. lacking pet store employee? lol everyone in this town is lacking, the police, the judges, the people who cut yer hair, pump yer gas....this place is bizarre. i moved here from civilization..portland oregon..so it does not come...

to measure the salinity i am using a new red sea hydrometer plastic deal, the tank came with one but discovered it was not reading correctly. i found this out when i compared its readings at petco with theirs, it was off. i then bought a new one, and again we double tested and it was the same...

hello all, this forum was recommended by an acquaintance..i have done freshwater tanks for years, too easy, but recently things have become more challenging. a good friend of mines roommate decided he did not want his tank anymore and gave it to me. its 55 gal acrylic with a sock filter, a...