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  1. Sk8r

    What eats grape caulerpa that won't eat sps?

    I'm only a 52 gal, and as far as I know there's no tang that will be happy in that. And my emerald crab finds so many things she'd rather eat that I fear my job for her is way down on her agenda, but who knows, she may grow into an appetite before it takes the tank. Sigh. Perhaps I should look...
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    What eats grape caulerpa that won't eat sps?

    I have the usual cleaning crew, plus a tiny sprig (dime-sized) red macro---and a little valonia, and then grape caulerpa in the main tank---rode in on rocks. The latter is getting pushy. Is there anything besides an emerald crab that might possibly eat the stuff? Linkia? Urchin? :doubt:
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    Aptasia Treatment Kills Shrimp??

    The particular polyps peppermints may go after are yellow polyps, the fast-growing kind, by what I've been told. I have peppermints, a couple of big ones, and they'd much rather eat fishfood; I have palys, and xenia, and neither attracts any trouble from the shrimp.
  4. Sk8r

    detritus

    A fighting conch. They're such hard workers.
  5. Sk8r

    bristle or fire worms

    The bristleworms from the Pacific are harmless detrivores, although they can get scarily large. The small bristleworms from the Caribbean that made into the fish trade in the '90's in the southern states are harmful to corals: I think people are now trying to distinguish between the two and have...
  6. Sk8r

    coral ID help

    Watch out for magnesium, too. That can affect chemistry stability.
  7. Sk8r

    how often do I feed my tank

    I think your blenny might appreciate algae more than shrimp: you can get it dried: algae is their specialty. You have more algae eaters in that crew than you have carnivores, though I don't know about the crab. He might not turn down the shrimp.
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    Monti Cap & Emerald Crab

    I had a small scarlet hermit climb onto a monti cap, and do the same thing: he seemed to be trying to pick up detritus. Suddenly, after one particular mouthful, he collapsed. A moment or two later he got up, faltered to an edge, finally got off, and took a while wandering away. It's my notion he...
  9. Sk8r

    your best disaster-stoppers

    What's a precaution you've learned to take that you credit with having saved your tank from calamity? Mine? I run two thermometers, a little stick-on strip on the sump, a digital probe above, deliberately 2 different types. This catches false readings.
  10. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Thanks :) I'm grateful for the help. So is my tank.
  11. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Just an update: adding 2 tsp buffer a day has produced: Day 1: cal 490, mg 1500, alk 2.17 Day 2: cal ?, mg 1500, alk 2.86 Day 3: cal 450, mg 1470, alk 2.75 Added two more. Fish are happier, corals ecstatic, shrimp and other inverts are more active and I have snail eggs all over.
  12. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Thanks! Will do!
  13. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Oops, sorry: salinity 1.024. I can't find my ph meter since the move.
  14. Sk8r

    Do you name your fish?

    We have Hilda the Fighting Conch.
  15. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Thanks very much for the reply---I'm trying to do this at the rate the buffer recommends: 2 tsp to 50-60 gallons. I'm watching the corals and fish behavior for any signs of problems, and will proceed with a small dose of buffer daily, then, with no further water change.
  16. Sk8r

    chemistry question: what's likely to change?

    Question: When I do succeed in raising alkalinity to 2.97 in a tank with high mg and cal, will other readings start to change rapidly, and if they do, what should I grab first? ---a believer in belt and suspenders. Parameters: 52 gal, skimmer, sump, 250 MH, actinic Temp: 76.8 Alk: 2.19 Mg...
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