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  1. Rod Buehler

    Not in FAQ's (I hope)

    the no.1 way is anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria, will colonize deep within live rock, and better in a deep sand bed. but that sand bed must be set up properly Crushed coral is definately not the proper way. The wheels on the penguin are creating aerobic bacteria which will compete...
  2. Rod Buehler

    What are these lil' buggers?

    If you are seeing a large population of the hydroids in the medusa stage, it tellls me that the flow in your tank is very low. They usually get washed away quickly and end up in powerheads etc. Hydroids will thrive in water that is less than perfect, but can also live in very good water...
  3. Rod Buehler

    QT for Acro Eating Flatworms

    I have also seen red bugs on acros with crabs. IMO I dont think that the red bugs pose near the threat that we all thought/think. I think that the red bugs have been around a loooonng time. Sometimes they will cause problems if the system isnt quite up to PAR, and/or if the coral is struggling...
  4. Rod Buehler

    What are these lil' buggers?

    They are the medusa stage of hydroids.
  5. Rod Buehler

    mixing shrimp

    You can keep any of teh lystmata species together IME. Peppermints, cleaners , and blood/fire.
  6. Rod Buehler

    QT for Acro Eating Flatworms

    The Fluke tabs are a product of AP (Aquarium products) I mis typed in my last post. It should be 1 tab for 10 gal for 90 minutes. No harm will be done to the coral. It will kill the flat worms but not the eggs. I never noticed any eggs on any living tissue, SO I just did the dip for 90 minutes ...
  7. Rod Buehler

    QT for Acro Eating Flatworms

    Coming in late here, and I have just skimmed the thread for now. I know that Fluke tabs will kill the AEFWs.(1 tab per 10 gallon for 15 minutes. I have only done this in a hospital tank. I havent treated the whole reef this way. I know the many wrasses will eat the AEFWs, (halichloris...
  8. Rod Buehler

    Not so harmless acro crabs

    All of the acro crabs are benificial, Especially the smooth porcelin crabs. They keep unwanted parasites at bay, Especially the acro eating flat worms. The little blue eyed guys will munch on the coral itself, but if the coral is large enough, the crab will move on to another spot in the coral...
  9. Rod Buehler

    Coral ID help

    Its a hydnopora
  10. Rod Buehler

    ID on this acro please

    hehe,, just for a little more confusion, it could also be seriatopora, but its very hard to tell from thos pics a little latin.. Acro=tip, and pora= polyp, so when there is a polyp/coralite at the very tip of a coral, its usually an acro. (Note the tips of the acro in boomers pic) Monti=many ...
  11. Rod Buehler

    Coral ID

    looks like a porities to me, but its hard to tell from a pic, and your second post/second pic is an acro, not a poccilopora.. a millie if I had to guess
  12. Rod Buehler

    my new Stichodactyla gigantea

    If its not mush, its not dead. What kind of lighting do you have? and more importantley, how is the water flow?
  13. Rod Buehler

    Ocellaris Spawn

    Nice!. Are you going to raise them?
  14. Rod Buehler

    The unhappy anemone...

    What help would someone elses water be? Bacteria? I dont think that there is much benificial bacteria in the water column (somenone elses water). The benificial bacteria need a surface/substrate (rock/sand) to colonize on. Large water changes usually will pose no threat unless changing salts...
  15. Rod Buehler

    my new Stichodactyla gigantea

    Yes, I agree. The purple verrecue (spelling?) is a good sign that it is a gigantea. I have 2 giganteas. One of them is very purple that I have had for a little over a year, and my brown gigantea, I have had for 13+ years. Here is the old male gigantea. And the purple And if you wantto...
  16. Rod Buehler

    my new Stichodactyla gigantea

    Just curious,, what make you saythat its an Stichodactyas helianthus (atlantic carpet) and not an S gigantea?
  17. Rod Buehler

    my new Stichodactyla gigantea

    Nice anemone! S gigantea are my favorites :)
  18. Rod Buehler

    Mixing Anemones with LPS

    I have a gigantae that has been atached to the sme rock for 11+ years. another gigantae that hasnt move since I placed it ito the tank over a year ago, A RBTA that has stayed put for 3+ years and a hadoni that has been in the same corner for 2+M years. IME once they settle in, and if they are...
  19. Rod Buehler

    Who are you? Here is me ;)

    I jumped off the Bears wagon back in 86. Baseball makes me want to take a nap so I wont be jumping on the Sox wagon either :)
  20. Rod Buehler

    I Just Won Two Tickets To See....

    Skynard.. The band not a man. Ronnie vanzant was the man, but he died in a plane crash. Frampton comes alive. Graeatalbum. If i am not mistaken, it is still the best selling live album of all time and it was released nearly 30 years ago
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