johnsmith

I was going to say that:

The eggs most likely came in on your plants.

and that:

Also, a snail population is proportionate to its food supply- if the tank is overrun with snails, you're probably overfeeding the fish.

but now I'll just second those thoughts.

When you feed the corals do you put the gumbo right into the frogspawn?

I give mine mysis shrimp every few days. I use a dropper (though tweezers would be better) to place the shrimp directly on the tentacles. You might want to give that a try.

I was told that 1.022 was fine for fish, but corals need it closer to 1.025. That might be something else to look in to.

84* might be a bit high.

Those are a few things you can research that might lead to some answers.

Try googling aiptasia to determine if that's what you have and how to get rid of it. You'll find a lot of links.

Here's one: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/...ia/aiptasia.htm

Aiptasias are bad b/c they can sting other corals and they reproduces quickly, apparently. I had one in my tank for months and I only saw two more after I killed it. Now they're gone so hopefully that's that.

I recently bought Joes Juice to get rid of some and it works well. From what I've read peppermint shrimp aren't a very good idea b/c some like to eat corals. I just use JJ before a water change and I haven't had any problems.

That's fantastic. You saltwater people are getting to me.

I'm glad they got to me.

My latest acquisition (not the snail :

The fts:

The xenia's a little too prominent right now, I'll have to move it somewhere. The next time I set this up I'm going to give sand a try. The barebottom look is just too ugly. Quite a bit of coraline algae is growing on the bottom but that won't cut it. I'm also getting some growth on the back wall but it's mostly little white snails.

I would watch what you wish for. I have xenia that has completely taken over a tank and nothing into cept a few hundred brown zoos and about 75 or so soon to be xenia frags :shock:

Shhh - you'll drive the price down -roll-

Another example of how resilient corals are: I bought this green star polyp and it looked good for a couple of weeks then it went down hill and looked like this for weeks:

I moved it around and my hermit crab ate some of those white things and now it looks like this (still not very green and not a great picture, but it's getting greener):

The stump, background, and plants look awesome!

No FTS yet, but here are a couple more from the tank:

This was the side of a piece of live rock I bought from someone:

It grew into this after several weeks:

Bonus :thumbs:

While I admit that the google search I just did did seem to come up with quite a few "bristle worms are bad" sites, I'm still going to stick with what I learned the last time I looked into them. The reason I looked into them in the first place is that I pulled a few from my tank:

I posted the picture and asked about them on nano-reef.com and the few people who responded said they were fine. At that point I had already read enough posts and articles to think that myself. I put them back in and haven't noticed any problems...yet.

Apparently "bristle worm" is used to describe thousands of species, most of which are harmless. There are "fireworms" which are bad but I haven't been able to find good comparison pictures. If you have them I think the odds are in your favour that they'll be okay, but it won't hurt to try to get them out.

I didn't read all of this but at the end (5. Frequently posted questions) it says:

Q: I've just noticed this ugly centipede-like worm crawling out of my sand/gravel/from under a rock -- is it dangerous?!

A: Most likely not. As I mentioned above (several times) the vast majority of polychaetes are harmless, and many are beneficial to your tank. Unless the worm is more than ~6 inches in length OR approaching the diameter of a pencil, you shouldn't worry too much about having "bristleworms" in your tank. Remember that it is impossible to AVOID introducing some polychaete worms into a tank with live rock, and they're nearly always harmless. If the presence of the worms worries you, by all means keep an eye on them to see if they cause any real problems, but it is best to leave them alone until you see some evidence that they are causing trouble

I also read that thread on canreef about a fish that swam into a hole in the live rock and came out with a face full of bristles. That had me worried but I think that's pretty rare.

If, on the other hand, you run into something like this then you definitely have cause for concern.

The reading I've done has said they're a beneficial addition to your tank so I doubt they'd be able to go on a killing spree. I think they're more likely to clean up the mess after said killing spree.

I had 3 ottos for quite a long time and there were often stretches where I wouldn't see them for weeks. This was mostly when I had them in a lightly planted 90g so there was quite a bit of room for them to get lost. Still, they seemed to really blend in to their surroundings. Then again, I never searched for them thoroughly but I did look everywhere and often couldn't find them. Hopefully you'll get lucky and see them again in a few days.

Very nice. Great pics too. Hows about a full tank shot?

Thanks guys. The full tank shot isn't so dazzling though. It's like a movie trailer - you've already seen all the best parts. I find full tank shots I've taken end up looking like a dull pile of boring rocks. I'll give it another try once I've scraped off some algae.

These are some of my favourite characters in my BC 29.

Doing what I pay him for:

May become my favourite coral:

My current favourite, I can't wait to have a xenia forest:

The most colourful thing in my tank, even his shell looks awesome:

Looking for something easy to breed but also to put into some other tanks around the house as well. Convicts would be a good choice.

Convicts would be a good choice as long as the other tanks around your house are semi-aggressive. I wouldn't put them in community tanks.

I found that having a piece of insulation board (the pink stuff) underneith the tank and against the back pannel helped big time on my 90g. I was only keeping my tank ~78* but my heaters were hardly ever on.

I had a tang. fish (brevis I think) that had this problem. It would get locked once in a while but it always went back to normal. Hopefully yours will do the same.

FYI - there's a geo (some sort of Gymnogeophagus) at Gold's that you have to get for this tank . This guy looks like he has a chunk taken out of the top of his head.

What?! I'm also from Oshawa. I can't believe how many people I've met in Calgary that are from there.

That tank looks great - on the inside and on the outside!

I had to try.

If it's really bugging you I'll take it off your hands. I could use one last chunk

Just name your price.

If you want I'll trade you for a 10g :shifty:

Wow, that's a lot of questions.

I'd say that discus aren't good starter cichlids. My understanding is that you don't have to go to the extremes that some people go to to keep them healthy, but you do need pristine water conditions.

A lot of SA/CA cichlids don't do well with plants because they tear them up or dig them out.

IME planted tanks are a lot messier than non planted tanks unless you either do it very well or you just have a few simple plants such as crypts.

I would suggest starting a firemouth tank. They look good, have interesting behaviour, are inexpensive, may live with your livebearers if they're swordtails (probably not with guppies), they shouldn't be too aggressive, but they will display aggression.

Healthy plants and proper conditions are the best form of algae control.

Don't mess with pH levels, any fish you buy will adapt to your tap water.

Follow the cichlid-forum link and look up firemouths - I'm sure you won't be disappointed. :thumbs:

You'll find a lot of info here: planetcatfish.

Now that's a centerpiece fish!

Wow, I guess I can see why one wouldn't want to keep one in a nano. You should throw some lego in there and see what he builds.

Do I need to go on....or do you see by now that NOT EMPTYING it would be a BAD IDEA.......

'nuff said

James

I see a lot of numbers. I didn't take the time to read them all but there were so many I'll just take your word for it.

It has been moved, and it was empty. After feeling a pail full of half the gravel I know it was definitely the right choice.