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Can I cultivate Algae from sea monkey food?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

My sea monkeys died and I don’t want to get any more for a while, I want to cultivate the algae in the food (for no reason, just curiosity) I have the whole packet of algae in the water under a florescent bulb with a bubbler in there… I have the tiny tank tool and a peice of stocking in there to begin the culture, will it grow???
Thanks, I don’t know if the algae will grow because I used a little bit of miracle grow in the water I used to add to the tank (after the monkeys died, they died from low temps) Right now I think the algae cultures haw enough air, because they are in a 20 ounce bottle with a 5 gallon aquarium air pump, I am concerned about light, though, The water is really dark, but I have it right under the light…. I don’t know why I am growing it, I can’t put any animals in it to eat the algae, since they are growing in a small amount of miracle grow.

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Stocking a 30 Gallon FOWLR tank?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

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Stocking a 30 gallon FOWLR tank?
I plan on starting up a 30 gallon FOWLR tank sometime this Fall. I was thinking about something along the lines of this:

A pair of Percula clowns
A Coral Beauty dwarf angelfish
A 3-4″ Fairy wrasse or Flasher wrasse
A goby or blenny of some kind (like a Canary Fang Blenny, Bicolor Blenny, or Shrimp Goby)
And either an Orchid or Sunrise Dottyback, or a Starcki Damsel

The clowns are non-negotiable, but the dottybacks aren’t. I know they can be real hellions, so a Starcki Damsel would easily replace them. For the others, any substitutes would be open to change.
I also know that the angel is pushing it in size, but all of what I have studied, including numerous reference books by authors I trust, tell me that a Coral Beauty will be fine for a 30 gallon.

The Starcki Damsel would replace the dottybacks easily and isn’t as aggressive as other damsels, so it would make a great substitute.

Also, would just a suitable power filter be enough with live rock, or would I need a protein skimmer as well?

Please, I am not an idiot and I am talking about setting up this tank, not that I have it going now. If you have a problem with the fish I have mentioned, any suggestions would be great.
I would like to know what others think of these stocking choices. I am only talking about six fish or less. I know that there are 15 gallon tanks with three fish with no problems. If this tank is overstocked, please suggest how to fix it.

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Stocking a 30 gallon FOWLR tank?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I plan on starting up a 30 gallon FOWLR tank sometime this Fall. I was thinking about something along the lines of this:

A pair of Percula clowns
A Coral Beauty dwarf angelfish
A 3-4″ Fairy wrasse or Flasher wrasse
A goby or blenny of some kind (like a Canary Fang Blenny, Bicolor Blenny, or Shrimp Goby)
And either an Orchid or Sunrise Dottyback, or a Starcki Damsel

The clowns are non-negotiable, but the dottybacks aren’t. I know they can be real hellions, so a Starcki Damsel would easily replace them. For the others, any substitutes would be open to change.

Also, would just a Marineland Emperor or Penguin filter be enough with live rock, or would I need a protein skimmer as well?

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Is this okay stocking for a 50 gallon?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

2 ocellaris clownfish
2 saddle clownfish
1 blue yellow belly tang
1 condes fairy wrasse
1 tricolor fairy wrasse
1 bluestripe neon goby
1 firefish goby
4 bartlet anthias
1 nano reef trimma goby
1 black cap basslet
2 cleaner shrimp

possibly one Mandarin goby

all i would like to know is if these fish are compatible in a reef tank of 50 gallons.
they wont attack each other right?

and can i add more?
and should i get 75 gallon instead?
and last but not least, any suggestions for corals and anemones?

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Stocking a 30 gallon saltwater tank?

Posted on January 6, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

Is this a good match?
I wanna add:
1. oceallaris clownfish
2. yellow clown goby
3. blue damsefish
4. 3 blue leg hermit crabs
with live rock. also do you need a skimmer?Will my fiosh eat flakes or should I give them brine shrimp?
I was thinking of using a penguin marineland filter and I guess I will get a skimmer and a pair of clownfish(I’m using a different computer so it doesn’t have the saltwater supply list)

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