Recent content by Slingfox

I believe the best option for pest free chaeto is a seller that specializes in selling macroalgae and specifically advertises that they sell pest free chaeto.

I have a drain line on my skimmer cup so I can empty it once a week or every few days without cleaning out the cup. I clean out the cup once a month or so—it smells bad but isn’t too terrible. I feed mostly rinsed frozen food with a small amount of TDO pellets. I run both carbon and ozone but...

For that size tank the File Fish is a better bet since it can do well in smaller tanks. A 90g is probably the smallest I would go for a CBB. Even with my 5 ft tank I put in a clam a week to make sure my CBB gets enough to eat. He eats from the water column like my other fish but it can be...

When I first got aptasia, it was only on one rock at a specific location. I kept killing it but it would eventually reappear off and one for 3-4 months. Eventually the aptasia spread all over the rockwork. I tried peppermint shrimp and my Hawkfish ate them. I bought Bergia and my wrasse had a...

Welcome! Nice tank!

“one mistake can kill all your fishes at once” is hyperbolic. When fish die in medicated quarantine it is unlikely primarily due to the copper level and rather some other issues such as ammonia, stress, handling of fish that are sick and vulnerable, etc. Plenty of people quarantine fish in...

I used to do TTM. I find medicated quarantine to be much easier. Copper is not difficult to deal with at all. I still have the setup to do TTM (two separate but identical QT tanks + jugs of disinfectant) but prefer the copper route which I find very laid back / chill to run. Particularly in...

I have never had any issues with pitho crabs attacking fish or anything else. I wish I could find them more easily since they are great at eating algae. I am not sure why by pithos seem more sensitive and don’t survive as long in my tank vs. emerald or hermit crabs who are very resilient.

That store is fantastic. Very fun place to bring the kids given the large collection of animals!

He gave them to a friend who resold them. Promise kept and problem solved. You can sleep easy now! On a serious note, I have a bunch of junk laying around. I should really give it away at some point! If it shows up on marketplace I would not be pleased!

I was listening to one of the reefing podcasts recently. They had two persons on who do ICP consulting for Fauna Marin. Both of them said that the majority of cases they help on involve tanks where the salinity is off. Most people in the hobby use cheap-o refractometers. Those are basically...

I have had the VeeGee for close to two years now. I have recalibrated it twice and each time needed to make zero adjustment. Here is the salinity from the last ATI ICP-MS I did a few months ago.

In terms of value per dollar it’s hard to beat ReeFi Unos (would need to turn the light down since that unit outputs very high par). ReefBreeders are also good value per dollar. The NiCrew you have grow coral just fine so any change would be looking to get nicer lights which costs $

I use the VeeGee Refractometer as well. It is very accurate and basically has zero drift over time when I recalibrate. Accuracy of the salinity measurement has been confirmed by ICPs from ATI, ReefLab, and Fauna. I will also soon do a head-2-head of ATI ICP-MS and Modern Reef ICP-MS after my...

I bought one of these yesterday and it couldn’t get temperature below 59 degrees Fahrenheit. Returned it today! The frig posted looks larger so hopefully more reliable.