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  1. bbehring

    Fish Food ?

    Might as well add in some DT's oyster eggs!
  2. bbehring

    Fish Food ?

    Reef Barf This recipe came from a reef club friend of mine that I modified somewhat to my own liking. I termed the mix "Reef Barf" :eek: which actually came from my wife and kids when we mixed the stuff up. It litterly smells like reef barf! :oops: A bit of caution, I bought a seperate small...
  3. bbehring

    Orange Diamond Goby

    My onyx clowns (the female) are aggressive and do chase my diamond from time to time back to his hiding cave. For the most part he's out and about. I've heard if you have 2 diamonds they stay out more frequently and sift? Was thinking of testing that theory soon and adding another.
  4. bbehring

    Fish Food ?

    I have a great concoction mix that I mix up and my fish and corals love! Makes a large batch that I freeze in small 1/2 cube trays. PM me if interested and I'll send it to you, complete with photos.
  5. bbehring

    Aiptasia Control

    joe's joice! Works great. Most LFS carry the stuff
  6. bbehring

    Suspending lights from ceiling?

    my single 250w mh / T5 hood unit came with a cable suspension kit. Most hood mfrs sell these kits or provide with the unit. Mine had 4 cables, 2 at each end. The cables connect into the hood with a screw attachment with a nib on the end of the cable so it doesn;t come through the screw...
  7. bbehring

    I really, really need macro algae!

    damsel13, green cheato
  8. bbehring

    Crushed Coral

    If you change it all out at once, you might experience another cycle (although probably small if you have a good percentage of live rock, say 1.5 to 2 lbs/gal.). Lot of factors to consider as krish75 and fly_guy mentioned. When you do replace, I used a 2" piece of PVC with a small funnel...
  9. bbehring

    sudden anemone shriveling

    Sounds like all was existing and doing well while at your friends house? Have you added anything new since you set the tank up? Are you target feeding your anemones? Might try and feed some thawed mysis or silversides one to two times per week.
  10. bbehring

    type of live rock?

    do a mix of 25lbs figi premium, 25 lbs marshall island and 15 to 20 lbs of tonga branch or maybe a tonga plate to bridge across from one pile to the other. I have about 80 to 90 lbs of the mix above and am very happy with both the amount, look and health of my tank.
  11. bbehring

    My 55 gal

    bulicny, nice tank! I too have about 90 lbs of live rock in my 55. I like the more rock look! Anyway, noticed some cyno on you sand in a couple of places. Might want to reduce your nutrient uptake or skim and water change a little more. Also adding a small powerhead to increase flow in...
  12. bbehring

    Clean up crew

    I love both my hermits and snails. I have several red and blue legged hermits along with 1 large blue legged named bobo. All do fine and keep the sank sides/glass/rock very clean. I haven't had much trouble with the switching shell problem. At most LFS you can pick up 10 hermits for around...
  13. bbehring

    I really, really need macro algae!

    I have a sandwich size baggie I'll ship for $10 if anyone is interested. I need to prune it back ASAP. PM me and I'll give you my paypal. Can have it out in the mail next day.
  14. bbehring

    I have a problem...with new cyano

    simple water change and you should be good to go. Would recommend that next trip to eliminate the autofeeder from the equation and go with manual method. I use a plastic weekly pill box that has 7 small sections and put a very small amount of food in each box ( I use a homemade frozen...
  15. bbehring

    temp problems...

    I have my evap fans (4-5" bad boys) hooked up to a controller. They cycle on when the temp reaches 81 and off when it reaches 80. In the past few weeks with the temps in the so cal desert reaching 105f, my tank has made it up to 82f with my mh cycle. This is while keeping my ac set to 78-80...
  16. bbehring

    Orange Diamond Goby

    Orange diamonds are major sand sifters. Mine doesn't feed on any mysis, prepared food or pellets, just sifts sand. I must say that my tank has always had clean water, great parameters, great corals and coral growth, but most of the time had some cyno on the sand bed. With this guy in the...
  17. bbehring

    Orange Diamond Goby

    My diamond hid for 2 to 3 days. Found a great rock and then began to venture out. First very little, and now he's out all the time.
  18. bbehring

    mixing salt

    tinmanny, I have a buddy with a 190gal and he his wc almost completely automated. Has a 40 gal plastic resivor above his sump. The amount of water that is in the second chamber of the sump is 20 gal. He always has 20 gals of rodi via float valve in his plastic resivor. When it's time to...
  19. bbehring

    Chiller Question?

    maxx, thanks for the insight. Before the hot temps of summer began, my tank would make it up to 84 deg. I'm not actually sure where it would end up with out the fans right now with my air set 78 and the temps outside running at or above 105f? I'm guessing 86f with these conditions and my 250w...
  20. bbehring

    How are Quiet one pumps?

    Mag pumps here. Not a huge heat gain, but some. I'm not extremely happy with the noise though. Mags seem to hum at a higher frequency. I run a rio 2500 and this pump runs much quieter than my mag.
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