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  1. M.Maddox

    Dipping small clams for pinching

    Should I attempt another dip, or set up a hospital tank for metronidazole treatment instead?
  2. M.Maddox

    Dipping small clams for pinching

    With further reading I'm going to put them in in quarantine and treat them, beacuase I don't know that they'd stand a freshwater dip longer than 5 minutes or so. I gave them 1 5min fw dip and they look very good today, but they are still pinching in certain areas, so I am going to treat them...
  3. M.Maddox

    Pinched Mantle

    From where are you purchasing your Metronidazole? Is it sold under a brand name of some sort?
  4. M.Maddox

    Pinched Mantle

    I hope everything turns out like mad reef says it will - good luck nikki!
  5. M.Maddox

    Dipping small clams for pinching

    Is it advisable to dip small (~2") maxima clams for pinching? Thanks!
  6. M.Maddox

    Pinched Mantle

    What about dipping small clams (2" or under) for pinching?
  7. M.Maddox

    Will these lights work?

    Sodium bulbs won't work, but if the fixture has a mogul socket you can put in whatever halide bulb you want. HOWEVER - 1000 watts is incredibly overkill, and totally unecessary unless you have an 8' deep tank!
  8. M.Maddox

    Can you have too much light?

    I've kept shallow water SPS under a 150 SE @ 20" no problems, with great growth. My point is, 250w is just unecessary unless you want the most demanding species on the bottom of your aquarium. :confused: I agree that we'll never match the quality of NSL, but we can definitely exceed it's...
  9. M.Maddox

    Can you have too much light?

    If you haven't made your purchase yet, I would use 150 DE units instead, or 175 SE's. 250 is just excessive for a tank only 2 feet deep. Why increase the bulb distance, when you can get lower wattage, consume less resources, and spend less on electricity?
  10. M.Maddox

    pH\salt mix problems

    No problem, and join the club! ><
  11. M.Maddox

    pH\salt mix problems

    I use tapwater (been using tapwater for 11 years now) and it comes out of the faucet @ a pH of 8.1, 120ppm calc, and about 9 dkh alk. I'm using a pinpoint meter for pH testing. I buffer the water to 8.4 with a slow kalk drip (to avoid any precipitations) before adding the salt. I've had...
  12. M.Maddox

    pH\salt mix problems

    I aerate\heat my mix water for several hours, and bring it up to a pH of 8.4 using a kalk drip. However, whenever I add Instant Ocean to the water (for an SG of ~1.025), the pH drops to 8, and DOES NOT stay above that, no matter how much kalk I drip. I can drip a mixture containing 1\2 tsp into...
  13. M.Maddox

    Small clams not attaching

    Yep mine unattached\jumped off again last night, and the cycle repeats...
  14. M.Maddox

    Small clams not attaching

    Well I moved them all up to a rock about 5" from the bulbs, and mantle extension is great now, one has attached, and none have 'jumped' for 24 hours now...maybe they've finally adapted their zooax to the wavelenghts present in my aquarium... Edit: If they don't stay I will take your advice and...
  15. M.Maddox

    Small clams not attaching

    I'm having trouble getting my small maxima clams to pick a place they like and attach. I have three of them (2 have been in my system about 1.5 months and one has been in 3 weeks) and none of them want to stay put! They'll attach for a day, and then just launch themselves off the rocks. They...
  16. M.Maddox

    Excellent Reading on Clams

    Still can't find any working links of his maxima article :\
  17. M.Maddox

    Excellent Reading on Clams

    Sticky time! Aww, Daniel's maxima article is 404 :\
  18. M.Maddox

    Spondylus spp. info, anyone?

    Cool thanks for the info :)
  19. M.Maddox

    Spondylus spp. info, anyone?

    Does anyone have any info on succesfully (1 year +) keeping Spondylus spp. oysters alive? Anyone at least know what they eat? :) Thanks for any info!
  20. M.Maddox

    Nano Pics

    That xenia in the pic is panning for light - you don't have enough illumination on that tank.
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