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  1. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    here's what our tank used to look like: then everything died during the move then got started again, then our LED ballast went out, then had some issues w/ our ro/di setup which killed everything again and had to start all over... ok so here's an update on our tank: slowly, but surely...
  2. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    just thought i'd share progress with you all... http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1298399087&f=GOqrbLzuXgWvdpo00rrbLA&d=35&m=b&r=240p&i=m&options ...and yes, that's our brain chowing down our fathead anthia!
  3. mercedes

    What to do With a Wrasse

    try adding a mirror to divert his aggression. worked with our bully yellow tang.
  4. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    thanks for the support everybody! we got our tank up and running. cycled for a couple weeks. picked up a few critters + starter lps @ bra's annual sale... BUT came home to a dark tank last night. looks like our one pacific sun led light ballasts burnt out! gotta' look at the bright...
  5. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    we just moved and everything in our holding tanks are dead! now i know why everybody sells off their stuff if they're moving. so sad! :(
  6. mercedes

    2 good articles on the census of marine life

    more pictures here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101004-census-of-marine-life-mr-blobby-new-species-photos-science-pictures/?now=2010-10-04-00:01#/census-marine-life-best-pictures-49_27025_600x450.jpg
  7. mercedes

    2 good articles on the census of marine life

    pretty cool new finds! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101004-new-species-census-of-marine-life-science-darth-vader-pictures/?now=2010-10-04-00:01#/census-marine-life-final-new-species-02_27012_600x450.jpg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11443210
  8. mercedes

    ? Hawaiian black livesand

    hiya conduit7! if you decide to go w/ darker sand, we've got a 20 lb bag of nature's ocean black beach sand available for FREE. it's more salt + pepper than black. we have the carribsea tahitian moon black sand in our tank + end up having to scoop out layers off the top b/c debris from the...
  9. mercedes

    ID Please

    hiya ac7av, red-ish tube things are def vertid snails. the little white things might be nerite snails if they resemble little sesame seeds. can you give us a better idea of the size of the white things?
  10. mercedes

    ID please

    we've got a ton of them in our tank, which help keep our black sand clean + black. we're quite pleased w/ them + will take them over bristleworms any day! :)
  11. mercedes

    ID please

    picture is a little unclear, but probably a spaghetti worm... great detrivores!
  12. mercedes

    Dremel Recommendation for Fragging

    hi crack31, we purchased our no-name dremmel from harbor frieght for like $10-15. http://www.harborfreight.com/12v-rotary-tool-set-with-30-accessories-94076.html but to be honest, we rarely use it! we were looking at stainless steel coral cutters online for like $40-50, then realized they're...
  13. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    thanks again jeff! will post pix as soon as they get in...
  14. mercedes

    When are bristle worms "too big"?

    that's an awesome pic!
  15. mercedes

    Some New Babies...

    great pix! thanks for sharing w/ us! :)
  16. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    brad picked out a pair of the black python 160w modules from the barrier pacific sun led group buy. when dolphinlvr brought his light down to barrier to show us all the different features of the light + how powerful it was we were sold! he posted a blog w/ a little bit more info here...
  17. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    we've started taking a photo inventory every month to keep track of livestock gains/losses + growth. check out the growth on our purple haze: april inventory: http://mb50g.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-inventory.html march inventory: http://mb50g.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-inventory.html
  18. mercedes

    Pacific Sun LED group buy

    thanks so much for bringing your light fixture down for us to check out! brad (braddo) + i really appreciated it!
  19. mercedes

    Is my hermit laying eggs or something? (Pics and vid)

    prob little babies. shrimp do something similar. that's awesome!
  20. mercedes

    Trying to add corals

    Hiya Christian, Nitrate needs to be >10 and salinity sweet spot is around 1.026. PH is a little high. Ideal PH is 8.2-8.3. What kind of frags are you adding? Also, what type of lights are you running? What is your light cycle like?
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