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  1. mercedes

    updated Tank pix

    beautiful tank snappy! so jealous! :)
  2. mercedes

    SW Newbie, Hey Guys

    This one is on sale at Marine Depot right now and even comes with a small pump to feed it. http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~category~ViaAqua_Poly_Reactor_(Multi_Media_Reactor)_Phosphate_Reactors~vendor~ViaAqua~idProduct~VA3311~idCategory~FIFRISPR~tab~0.html
  3. mercedes

    lps corals

    hi and welcome chefco! blastos should do fine under your setup. not sure how favias will fair, but we've got our blastos + acans under t5's and they are happy little guys.
  4. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    ok holding off on the snails until we establish the tank and get a better idea of our clean up crew needs. btw guess what brad brought home the other day? not sure why the photo isn't showing up. here you go...
  5. mercedes

    Best way to do a 90% water change?

    90% water change is a bad idea. i would do it in 25% increments over the course of the week so the coral + fish don't go into shock.
  6. mercedes

    Mushrooms dying

    the reef master test kit by API isn't a bad deal. i believe we picked it up for 30 bux and it's lasted us a while. it's not the best, but it'll at least give you an idea what all your params are at. also, mushrooms are quite toxic. they can easily burn other coral they come in contact with...
  7. mercedes

    Mushrooms dying

    what are your water parameters, temp, etc...? we just setup our 50 gallon and are waiting at least a month to cycle the tank before we actually stock it. how long did you wait to put the livestock in? did you run the skimmer + lights or just cold cook the tank?
  8. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    how long before we can add inverts + copepods? i was planning on ordering critters at around the 4 week mark. thinking about 150 dwarf ceriths + 50 nerites from reefcleaners.org or reeftopia.com. is that too many for a tank w/out any coral or livestock?
  9. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    got our rocks setup!
  10. mercedes

    Merc + Brad's new 50g

    yay can't wait to stock the tank! :)
  11. mercedes

    Pyram CRABS?

    that's awesome!
  12. mercedes

    the best dry rock out there?

    just got a promo email from marco rocks + thought i'd share for those looking to order rocks $4 off your order coupon code = $4off
  13. mercedes

    fish mix

    our male + female mandarins would do the humpa humpa dance towards the surface of the water and we'd hear a big splash every now and then. he jumped ship at some point. we found his mummy a week later. our female was broken-hearted and refused to eat after his departure. catalina goby + bar...
  14. mercedes

    my new 55gal tank

    great tank shots luisse!
  15. mercedes

    Want to borrow glass hole saw

    oh hell! let's drill it already! i can't wait to get the tank setup any longer. :D heh!
  16. mercedes

    what do you do for your bread and butter?

    i tinker with and break stuff for a living...aka ste/qa engineer. :)
  17. mercedes

    fish mix

    our bsj used to decorate this burrow w/ anything w/ a shell --- empty or occupied. the crabs + snails would crawl away and he'd round them up again the next day. it was hilarious. i miss him! :( i'm trying to convince brad to build me one of these so we can get another blue spot for the new...
  18. mercedes

    fish mix

    36 x 18 x 18 i think? it's an aqueon 50 gallon breeder. also, we bought 3 bags of sand to be added to our 1 bag of sand in the 15 gallon + 40 lbs of marco rock to be added to our 15 lbs of LR. should be plenty of sand for creatures to burrow in.
  19. mercedes

    fish mix

    has anyone been able to keep a blue spot jawfish with a starry blenny? our two fish duked it out for the first week, but the bsj jumped out the 2nd week we had him so i didn't get a chance to see if they resolved their differences. :( this was in our little 15 gallon. hoping the 50 gallon...
  20. mercedes

    fish mix

    i read that too, but saw one in a reef tank @ barrier so i was hoping i could acclimate one like they did. maybe not such a good idea then.
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