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  1. mercedes

    fish mix

    maybe 3 inches? rough guess-timate :)
  2. mercedes

    fish mix

    i read that too, but so far so good w/ the lobster. he hides in his little cave for the most part. i drop him a little frozen bay shrimp every now and then to ensure he doesn't snack on chuck or kazoo. :) also, thanks for the input! i was unsure about the bar goby + didn't want anything...
  3. mercedes

    fish mix

    hello, we are getting ready to setup our 50 gallon reef tank and were scoping out some new inhabitants we'd like to add in the not so distant future. we'd like to get fish that would get along w/ our current crew: yellow clown goby (chuck) starry blenny (kazoo) purple reef lobster fire shrimp...
  4. mercedes

    Fish Guard With Tennis Racket Strings

    that's some awesome handy-work! thank you for sharing! i'm trying to talk my bf into building one for our new tank so we can pick up another blue spot jawfish this summer. apparently, our first one was suicidal. :(
  5. mercedes

    Where to get Base Rock?

    great thread! we were wondering about this too and tagged along. we went w/ the marco fiji rocks. fyi: as of right now there is only 1 40 lbs box of fiji rock left.
  6. mercedes

    Few LPS

    nice scoly! i'm jealous...
  7. mercedes

    I.D. this crab

    Squish the shell. If guts don't come out that means you only got the crab's molted shell. It might be a Xanthidae Crab. Check out http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html for more leads. We caught one just like yours and banished him to our 'fuge.
  8. mercedes

    Help me id these red bugs.

    thanks for the input herefishfishy! they didn't appear to be flea shaped, but hard to tell because they were so small. :( they were visibly swimming around in a little swarm near the surface so i'm still banking on them being bugs and not bacteria/fungus. just wish we could find out what...
  9. mercedes

    Help me id these red bugs.

    bump! anybody?
  10. mercedes

    reef fish + coral food/feeding suggestions

    those are awesome pix returnofsid! that's the reason why i want to try cyclopeeze. we screwed up and picked up the wrong one. grr! i dont really see any difference in polyp extension when we drop-in the h2o cyclops cubes in the tank. :( we try not to use coral frenzy anymore b/c we were...
  11. mercedes

    reef sculptures (cancun, mexico)

    video link: http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/film/film.htm agreed! very eerie!
  12. mercedes

    reef sculptures (cancun, mexico)

    http://glassbox-design.com/2009/underwater-sculptures-help-rebuild-reefs/ can't wait until this opens! i wonder what kind of coral they plan on installing?
  13. mercedes

    reef fish + coral food/feeding suggestions

    hi all! looking for some advise on fish + coral food/feeding. what food have you found that has helped your sps/lps coral grow like crazy? what food would you recommend for fish + crustaceans? i know the fish + crustaceans are supposed to scavenge, but whenever we feed the coral, the fish...
  14. mercedes

    black coral forest found

    interesting article. thought i'd share. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/16/black-coral-monsters.html the coral isn't very black. i was expecting them to be more like these:
  15. mercedes

    Forums

    do you have a big tank or a nano? if you have a nano try nano-reef.com. lots of people from so.cal up on there.
  16. mercedes

    What is this Nudi?

    check out chuck's addiction: http://www.chucksaddiction.com/Hitchsnails.html he's got nudi's listed towards the bottom of the page. cheers!
  17. mercedes

    Does anyone know what has been known to eat Xenia?

    we had problems w/ stalks of brand spankin' new pom pom frags disappearing a while back. sat up in front of the tank one night and came across this: rf members helped identify the worm as an uncommon polychaete w/ a appetite for xenia. maybe try staying up late + watching your tank one...
  18. mercedes

    merc + brad's 15 gallon nano

    thanks for the props jag! the clams are both maximas. one from the shark reef in silverdale + the other, prettier one, is from QT in the international district. andy of QT is supposed to be getting a ton of clams in this week @ really great prices! if we had more room i'd get a bigger one...
  19. mercedes

    merc + brad's 15 gallon nano

    thanks! brad (braddo) actually bought the hob skimmer from you...i think? it's a 3 chamber hob octopus w/ mods. either that or you helped him w/ the mods. in any case, do let us know if you have any further mod suggestions for it, as we need to get it to skim more of the grime off the top of...
  20. mercedes

    merc + brad's 15 gallon nano

    pink chalice: tubs:
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