Having fish feed aggressively can be a sign of great health and vigor. However, when this food is literally snatched from the lips of another fish it can cause significant physical damage. This is the case here. Despite keeping some distance and dinning on the scraps and missed pieces from larger fish, this Lyretail Anthias [...]
As the glassbox revamp is in process I decided to increase the power of the return pump and eliminate a couple small powerheads. To solve this I went with the ATB Flowstar 1800. This pump is based on the Laguna 1500 Max Flo motor block, but features en enlarged volute for improved flow rates and [...]
Last weekend the bizarre happened in my home. I am not sure the odds, but surely greater than one in a million. I am a bit embarrassed to even share this…!
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After two weeks of cupramine treatment followed by formalin dips the Lyretail Anthias were ready to go into the glassbox. Being so small they are [...]
Everything is still settling in to the glassbox and updates will be postponed for a while until corals color back up. In the mean time here’s a peak at the current liverock layout with some of my own ramblings on aquascaping.
The liverock used here is 25 pounds of Premium’s Cured Bali Alor and it is quite [...]
Per some persistent phone calls, e-mails and comments from you guys here’s how the glassbox looked as of Friday evening… empty. All rock, water and sand was discarded. Plumbing and sump has been dismantled and cleaned. Pretty boring overall, but a nice clean starphire rimless tank never looks bad.
Thanks to a lot of labor and some [...]
I apologize about the delay on this post. Below is a continuance from #1 and #2.
By now all the butterflyfish had been freshwater dipped and were in quarantine under going copper treatment. The C. declivis, C. xanthocephalus and C. collare seemed fine, but the Hybrid at this point looked bad. Prior to the velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum) [...]
