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  1. TWallace

    What did you get for Valentines day?

    Men get stuff for valentine's day?
  2. TWallace

    Anyone with unleveled tank?

    My 55g is about 1/4 to 1/2" off and it's fine. Mine's acrylic, I don't know if glass or acrylic is more susceptible to problems if it isn't level.
  3. TWallace

    eewww !!

    I've seen mine ripping up pipe organ polyps and eating stylophora. In both cases, no visible damage was done to the coral. I left the crab in there. However, emerald crabs don't seem to live beyond about 6 months in my tank for some reason. I'm not sure why. I don't have any predator that could...
  4. TWallace

    Hundreds of Clams at QT Aquarium

    Forgot to mention, QT Aquarium is at 5th and Jackson in Seattle in case you didn't know. I'd never even heard of the store, but Dang says it's been around a long time.
  5. TWallace

    Hundreds of Clams at QT Aquarium

    Dang tipped me off about this yesterday. QT Aquarium in downtown Seattle has literally hundreds of clams that they got Friday night. The owner showed me his invoice showing 200 each of crocea, maxima and squamosa clams. The place reeked of clam when I got there because, as you may expect, many...
  6. TWallace

    Look at my sweet babes...

    $20 each is pricey for those? I thought almost all clowns were at least that much (maybe not the sickly ones Petco sells). I think I paid $25 each for my percula clowns, and that was through LiveAquaria.
  7. TWallace

    Best item for a tank

    I'll take one as well. Maybe us Seattle area people can do a group buy?
  8. TWallace

    Have shopping list, need money!

    I have to share my experience with this same setup. I love the JBJ ATO, but the aqualifter pump is very unreliable for me. I use kalkwasser for top off though and that may be a big reason why it isn't working so well. I constantly have to tend to the top off system to get it pumping every other...
  9. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    I feed a wide variety of food including formula flake and pellet, frozen cyclopeeze, freeze dried cyclopeeze, chopped mussel, chopped prawn and several kinds of Ocean Nutrition brand frozen food.
  10. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    After a week or so in QT together, the flame angel started pecking at the exhale siphon of the derasa, so I had to separate them and now I'm selling the flame angel. I tried putting the derasa back in the display but there the coral beauty started bothering it. So, now the derasa is back in the...
  11. TWallace

    How risky is it to use a hang on overflow on a non drilled tank?

    I'm currently using a Mag 7, though I'm switching to an Eheim 1260 when it arrives this week.
  12. TWallace

    How risky is it to use a hang on overflow on a non drilled tank?

    Yes, I originally used an aqualifter to start the siphon. It failed on me after about a year. Then Mike (herefishyfishy) informed me that I could rig it up to my return pump and that way I wouldn't need a pump solely for starting the siphon.
  13. TWallace

    How risky is it to use a hang on overflow on a non drilled tank?

    Something wrong with your caps lock? :) I use a CPR overflow and haven't had flood, but I have it setup to have my return pump run dry before the display overflows. I've switched the siphon starting hose to my skimmer pump instead of the return. I've tested it after a water change yesterday and...
  14. TWallace

    How risky is it to use a hang on overflow on a non drilled tank?

    Ahh I see, makes sense now. I have mine setup like that, but with the hose in my return pump intake. Mine doesn't always restart the siphon on a power outage. I may try the skimmer pump instead, as I think it has more power. I'm getting a new Eheim return pump next week, though.
  15. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    Yeah, there is a coral beauty in the display. It's already become comfortable with the trap I put in the tank and I could easily catch it and put it in the refugium. That way both angels would be out of the display and I could put the clam back in and see if something is still bothering it. I...
  16. TWallace

    How risky is it to use a hang on overflow on a non drilled tank?

    Maybe I'm not understanding something here. Are you talking about the venturi on your skimmer? Don't you want that to only pull in air? If it's used to start the siphon, won't it be pulling in mostly water once the siphon starts?
  17. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    Yes, I've been feeding him. Think I should cut back and see if he starts bothering the clam? It should be noted that this isn't a standard, barren QT. It's got live rock and as a result, a small population of mysis and amphipods. The flame angel is likely getting a good amount of food just from...
  18. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    True, but something had to start bothering the clam and I don't know what that was right now. Seems obvious to me it's not the flame angel. I guess I'll leave the clam in the QT for a couple weeks to let it fully recover, then try adding it back to the display. I'm not sure there's any reason to...
  19. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    The only evidence I have is that Dang says he caught his fire shrimp bothering one of his small clams at night by flipping it over and picking at it. While none of my clams were being flipped over, it was clear that something was bothering them, and since fire shrimp are much more active at...
  20. TWallace

    Clamtastrophe

    I ordered a new bulb for the QT from Foster Smith, don't think local stores have this particular kind of bulb. In the meantime, I setup my old refugium's light over the QT and placed a sheet of acrylic between it and the tank to prevent the fish jumping, or the clam shooting water at the light...
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