Pier Pressure

If you are going to use one of those net breeder deals that hang on the side of a tank I recommend putting two or three nets on it. Otherwise the bigger fish suck the babies right through the netting and eat them. I experienced that when I had fry and it was a horrible thing to watch. Congrats on the babies!

Tie them on with fishing line or bridal veil. They will stick after a while.

FYI we did not have much luck getting rid of these with the lemon juice. They disappeared but then were back like three days later. I would use Joe's Juice or something like it.

I have hermit crabs in my saltwater aquarium and do not think I will get them ever again. We started out with the J&L clean up crew and throughout the couple of years we have owned the tank they are slowly picking one another off. I find it really gross that they kill and eat each other and do not find they do a great job of cleaning the sand bed. Just FYI this was my experience. There are still a few crawling around in there but once they are gone I shall try something else!

Hi, Neil. Those are some beautiful fish. I am spending most of my time on canreef nowadays as I only have the little saltwater aquarium now, but thought I would post regarding your fishies. Love that red empress male!

Lemon juice - either the real thing or fake lemon. I have not tried this but an expert on canreef uses this method. Put two drops of lemon juice in their litlte mouth and that should kill them. Then suck out the remains with a turkey baster. If there is just a little tiny piece of tissue left, it will grow a new anemone in no time!

We always sucked ours out into a breeder net over a bucket using a length of hose. If you are going to use those netted breeder traps make sure that you double-bag the net. The adults can suck some of the babies (or parts of them) straight through a single net and you probably do not want the kids seeing that. Made me upset so I am sure it would probably traumatize children as well.

Nice looking oscars. But I thought they were freshwater fish. Why are they appearing in the marine section?

I have heard that Bubble Kings rule but you may need to pull off a bank heist to afford one. I have a Remora that is reliable.

Congratulations on your babies, Lisa. We had a pair of red jewels breed over and over again in a 150 gallon until the lfs in Calgary started telling us "no more, please, no more". I have since gotten out of the freshwater game, but I can advise we served our babies NLS grow formula and they seemed to like it. Crush it up if they are still small. I actually found that fry will eat ANYTHING as long as it is small enough to fit into their mouths!

I can vouch for finaddict's method. I bought her 28 gallon saltwater aquarium a couple of years ago and when we got there she already had everything packed and ready to move. I did not experience any spikes or die off at all, though there was not a lot of live rock.

I have hundreds of small bristle worms throughout my live rock and have never had a problem with them. They may not be that nice to look at but they will not harm anything in your tank. Been up and running for over a year now with no problem.

Yes those are very valid points. Better off trying to find him a home before he gets hurt. The way your title reads I was going to say "name your fish Fred" or some such thing. All joking aside he/she will be happier with its own kind.

Never tried them out.

He might be okay if you are not noticing aggression. However, if your electric yellows start to breed he will be living on borrowed time. I had a batch of F1 electric yellows that got along with anything I put in with them. Lets keep in mind that electric yellows are the mellowest mbuna out there. If I was you I would just keep an eye out, and if you notice any kind of breeding activity it will be a good idea to move him.

That is great news. I only have one little saltwater aquarium and I find that there is more saltwater advice to be had on CANREEF than here. Chances are you are already a member (I think I read something about this on Canreef this morning - maybe not) but if not you need to join. Great salty advice on there. Reef Central is a good one, too. WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE. Enjoy your stay!

Was your 150 gallon one of those tall Perfecto tanks? If so you may not be out of the woods. I had one replaced under warranty (the silicone let go at the bottom of the tank) and less than 11 months later the replacement tank blew out the exact same way. I think the water pressure is too much in the tall tanks so I hope that you replaced it with something longer. Also I have heard that placing a tank on styrofoam will void your warranty so you may want to be careful with that. Ours was on a level tile floor in our basement and the stand came with the tank, just FYI.

I have had hermits and snails in a tank that has been up and running over a year with no issues. Once in a while I find a dead hermit without a shell but I think they either lost a fight or died naturally. On the other hand - lorenzO - watch that emerald crab. We had one for a while and once he grew up he became a major tank bully. I watched him eat two small hermits before I took him out and shipped him off to the LFS. Maybe he was just a bad apple but keep your eye on him!

Beautiful tank - and welcome to AA. Do you have a use for more gravel? I have about 150 pounds of that exact same stuff! You will find all kinds of cool stuff here on the forum.

We do not feed our open brain anything, either. However it is over a year old and growing so it must just be pulling what it needs out of the water. I do add reef roids when I remember but do not find that they make much difference either way.

I would not say that clown gobies are a good beginner fish. We recently got one from a lfs and long story short they are usually caught using cyanide and can be very hard to keep alive. Just my experience. This little guy is still alive and appears to eat but he is pathetic - looking. Skinny, hard breathing, etc.

Congratulations. The first time I saw a baby fish in my tank I thought we had some kind of an insect outbreak going on. Then when I looked closer at the creature - it was this perfectly formed little baby fish. You just cannot beat the amazement and thrill of the first babies.

We had a parrot fish stuck in a plastic log one time. The only way we were able to get it out of there was to destroy the lot with a set of plyers. Once we got the log apart we discovered that he could not have possibly gotten out on his own - he was stuck! Maybe the pleco is not coming out because he is unable to. Stupid fake decorations should be outlawed as they can be really hard on your fish population.

That is a nice tank. Do my eyes deceive me or do you have seahorses in there with clowns? Don't the clowns out-compete the seahorses for all of the food? I would love to get a sea horse or two but am afraid with my clownfish they would not get enough to eat.

Some people on canreef have frogfish. They are usually kept in a tank with corals and no other fish because the other fish would be lunch. I guess they can eat fish up to 2/3 their size. I am sure they are not this newly discovered species - but frogfish are available if the forums on canreef are true.