Recent content by Oscarmk

Hello,I haven't posted here in a long long time... I currently have a glass Planet Aquarium 75g, and I am getting a little tired of the size and base rock that unfortunately never got covered in coralline, and I am actually looking to down size, and also start with new rock. Now that I think I...

Has been on 2 frags for at least 4 months, I keep pulling it manually but keeps coming back, does not seem to be spreading, but it does seem to grow back in about 3 weeks. It is feathery but not bunched up and does not seem to have a mat root system. System has low algae overall, nothing...

Hey all,After my purple firefish died about 4 months ago, due to what seemed like either a tumor or a internal infection, I have been thinking about what to add to my 75g tank. I was thinking of doing a firefish again, but I have a Flasher Wrasse and recently learned they don't get along, and...

I am considering dosing my aquarium to support coral growth and also to get more corals. I have GHL Profilux 4, and thinking of getting a GHL Doser 2.1 slave with either 3 or 4 pumps - depending on what I have to dose. Unfortunately automatic water changes are out of the question, since I don't...

Between the unexpected death of my purple firefish which I had for almost 2 years, due to what I think was an intestinal blockage, internal parasites or a tumor and having to sell my Flame Angel as he wasn't reef safe, I think my tank is now a little empty. I don't think there is an active...

I have had my purple firefish for a little over a  year now, never had issues with him until this Monday, on Sunday he was behaving normal and eating normally. On Monday he started hiding when he came out to try and eat, only to spit it out I immediately noticed a big stomach bulge and a tiny...

I've had my 75g for 18 ?months, I used all base rock, phosphates at .02 with measured with ultra low hanna checker, 0 nitrates, mag 1320, KH 8.4 Ca 390, 1.0245 SG. Initially I didn't have any of this white snotty stuff on my live rock, but lately its been very annoying, it is not an eye sore...

I am suspecting gill flukes on my tank, there are no externalsigns or behavior changes other than the ocassional flashing, been going on for 6 months or more, so it might be a very mild infestation, or I have also read ich can manifest on the gills only all the time, sounds unlikely given...

http://i63.tinypic.com/ht5xdu.jpgI have a standard 75g, for reference in the picture, and I am selling the 3 rocks in the red square, I have not weighted it, but I was thinking 3 per pound would be fine or make me an offer. Tank has been setup for 15 months now. Rock was bought dry from...

Was thinking about pre-ordering mine, I have only heard good things about GHL, the user base is much smaller than Apex, but the controller seems like better quality to me, which is why I'm thinking about buying it, their powerbar 5.1 also tracks power consumption like the new APEX. The...

Hello, I got this frag about 2.5 weeks ago, and it has always had a couple of patches total of 4 of what seems like a black mat, all of them smaller than half a square inch, the biggest one I took a picture with the lights off for clarity (so the heads are fully retracted), it seems some sort...

I have a barracuda 100gdp ro/di system, I think I have had it for about 20 months now, I have changed the prefilters a couple of times and also 4 months ago upgraded the system to have the chloramine blaster upgrade kit. However I have never changed the RO membrane nor the DI resin, the system...

I am not really trying to start a frag tank, as I just don't want to be maintaining 2 tanks. However I do want to keep my DT free of pests and my fish free of diseases such as ich (yes I know chances of this are really really low but just in case). Anyway here is what I have though so far for my...

I am very new to reef keeping, despite having been in saltwater for 3 years now, anyway about 2-3 months ago I bought my first frags, I got some candy canes, zoanthids and mushrooms, all except the mushroom I currently have them about mid height on a standard dimensions 75 gallon with a single...

I've had these blow pop zoanthids for 4 weeks now, and I can't figure out why out of the 10 polyps I have, only 3 stay open thru the day, I have noticed that when the lights begin to ramp up from moonlight to full intensity all of them start to open and stay open for a couple of hours, by the...