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Hmm..maybe 1 hr acclimatization is too short if the salinity gap is large. I recently purchased a pair of boxing shrimp..the salinity was 25 ppt. So I brought it up to 35 ppt over 5 hrs. Now the couple is happy..

Fire shrimp are more shy compared to other Lysmata species I observed. However they are stated to be more aggressive towards their own species compared to the others. Don't go more than a pair of fire shrimp or you will notice the rest being bullied all the time. Even separate pairs might exhibit some aggression towards each other.

If can raise so many I just stay in Aus apply for PR then do home based farming already.. Hmm..now trying to raise them individually..seems to be going quite well compared to raising in a group. Your clowns also... $15-$20 X ??? = $ ???

Might be poor salinity acclimatization or there's something wrong with your hydrometer. Most oftenly we overlook the most basic parameter. If your mushrooms shrink they are losing water to the outside medium. Once upon a time I had a hydrometer. It showed 1.023. Whatever corals, crustaceans, or inverts I add they would die within hours. Fish don't have problems. I bought a new hydrometer. It showed 1.030. Bring a sample of your water to an established LFS and ask them to check your salinity for you..preferably with a refractometer.

kH of 6 won't kill fish. My 2 cents~

Wah...so extreme. Should just use cigarrette butts burn his armpits and use knife to cut his scalp also.

Frequent small meals work better than once in awhile large meals. Think of it this way..in nature corals eat everyday.

So far the small specimens (assuming you talking about the edible species) I bought did'nt disturb any fish, including small gobies. But they can be real annoying at times with their long antennas touching corals accidentally causing them to close up. Mine had the bad habit of rubbing its back on a rock of yellow star polyps till all of them shrunk and alot died due to stress. After removing it the star polyps returned..

Nope...originate from Australia. Those that are available overseas are all imported. No one breeds hermits for commercial purposes. Not worth the time and $ and the shells..

Nothing wrong with putting dead fish in freezer..as long as your family members don't mind. I think my snake has been frozen for..hmm..think close to 2 years already.. Can't bear to dispose of it..sentimental value.. and the freezer in my lab has frozen cleaner shrimps, and lots of land hermits..All lying around..I put my ice cream in there too.

Oldest larvae so far. Got about 800+ other larvae..think I stop at these few batches..very tiring to maintain..

There is always a way...the sneaky way alot of us are familiar with.. *hint*

Letting the water run for 24 h prior to use is to let the water settle and any chemical reactions to even out before you introduce the water into your tank. This is especially important if you are changing a significant amount of water. If it is only 10-20% of your total water volume it should'nt be a problem to introduce it directly into your tank. If you are doing so don't pour it directly over corals as any undissolved salts might damage your coral. Best to pour such water into a high flow area in your sump such that it mixes with the rest of your established water. A refractometer is what you should be getting for accurate salinity readings. Hydrometers are relatively inaccurate and specific gravity readings will fluctuate according to temperature as well. Anemones digest very slowly. They also need time to recover from capturing the prey. Each time they catch something they lose their "stickiness". It will take a few days for them to regain such "stickiness". That's why it is best not to feed them too often it not the anemone won't be "sticky" anymore. Many anemones exhibit shortened tentacles if they are fed too often.

Greyhound? They are bred for running in the first place.

What the.......

Close as in this thread only..not the whole of kopitiam lah..omg.. It takes just one thread to close the whole of kopitiam section..

I think it's working... Maybe it's psychological? Hmm..maybe. Ate my lunch at 2pm. Brushed after that according to instructions. Now its past 9pm and I have sustained on just 1 snickers bar. And my tummy does'nt grumble like it used to around 7 or 8pm. Amazing...

You can rename it puffer seacuke.

hehe..that $5K dog will be the only dog I get if I can afford it. It's called Alaskan Klee Kai..looks more wolf than dog. Haha...if huskies and malamutes are banned, I think chinchillas would be next. Jaslyn...it's known that AVA is stubborn. Typical behavior of people with authority who think they know everything and whatever they do is right. Don't worry your friend is not alone..alot of people don't have a good opinion of them either, be it some reefers, cat lovers, dog lovers, or other animal lovers so as to speak. Trying to talk to them is like trying to write on glass using chalk. Free speach? Democracy? Willingness to listen to others? I doubt so...maybe to talk them round you got to have a PhD first (since paper qualifications are so ridiculously important). That might be what we will experience for many many years. Metallica - sad but true

Ask for it to be packed underwater. If you must lift it out of water, only do so when its fully retracted in its skeleton. The long-tentacled plate normally will do well, unless it is injured to begin with. Such specimens tend to have tissue receding from their skeleton below and the tissue will continue receding upwards. To prevent such incidents don't put your plate coral on any rough surfaces to begin with. Best to place it on the sand and make sure nothing will fall on it. Avoid specimens with small or partially inflated tentacles, these are usually not well.

A good website for photos would be www.liveaquaria.com Then again there is always the library, or even coral books in bookstores like Kinokuniya, MPH, etc.

If the turtle weed turns white then most likely its dead. Very hard to keep in the long run as you need to know their specific nutrient requirements. Just like freshwater aquatic plants, different plants have different nutrient requirements. As for the fish, those are commonly called glass perch and are brackish species.

Agreed.. 10 hours of work a day makes people stressful. Think I got to be honest here. The bright red signature in bold is disturbing me more so than all of Justiana's postings combined. There is no need to make people think that you have violent tendecies. It's not community wise in the long run. Just my thoughts~

The worms won't be killed unless you soak the rock in pure freshhwater for hrs or even probably days. By then, probably everything else in the rock will be dead including the beneficial bacteria that helps break down ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. But if you have already soaked the rock, might as well soak it all the way for a few more days. By then you'll get safe rock with no other hitchhikers like crabs or mantis shrimps. Recommend you scrub the rocks often during the soak and replace with freshwater daily. After a few days of treatment sun the rocks till they dry before putting them in your tank. Don't worry about stuff like coralline algae, etc. These will grow back soon enough if you seed your tank with coralline algae, either on small pieces of rock (ensure no hitchhiker) or after being scrapped off.

The salinity in a reef tank might be too high for it. Cockles are found naturally in mangrove areas where the water is brackish if I'm not wrong.