tHEcONCH
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Feed the beast!
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But it need not be - that is what is good about this forum and being able to ask questions - you can learn from other people's mistakes and avoid the expense and disappointment. Its just my view, but I don't think starting out with a little tank is the best option - it is the most likely setup to fail, the most likely to disappoint, and the most likely to send your money down the drain.
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I think you should get rid of the aiptasia before it spreads all though your tank
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Those brittle stars are a little different from the last lot - from memory they have no dark markings / banding on the body other than couple of dots above each leg, a bit like lekmalia (sp?) stars. In any case, a full brittle star is a happy brittle star, so chuck it a piece of pink shrimp and it will be fine.
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Coral sand
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Its an aiptasia - very classy!
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Plus I doubt it helps your Ph, has any buffering capacity, or anything else useful. Little marine tanks are hard - if you haven't done marine before, then you should probably stick to the 'normal' methods first until you begin to understand how everything works.
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They are eationg algae and detritus out of the substrate - they just 'dig' to get at the good bits that they can smell.
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I thought that was 'Women's prerogative?'
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Yep, I'm thinking RO might be a good thing - at least you know what is going into your tank. Even if Christchurch tapwater is OK for most things, I suspect RO might be better.
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I think he's just going to take a mouthful of water, slosh it around in the back of his mouth, and spit it back in.
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THEY EAT PEOPLE! (Well, in the movies, anyway...)
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Yea, I'm beginning to work out what I like and what I don't, and what works where. The flows in the tank are very limiting - it could really use a third pump low and right to randomise the currents a bit.
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Cool
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Yea - did any of it pull through?
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Oh well, down at the bottom it is
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Cheers wilson - you haven't got a little piece of blue/gray Xenia you'd swap for some SpongeBob, have you?
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Thanks, reef
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Yea, Wilson, stop diddling around with that glue bottle and show us your real tank.
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She found it in your hand?
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Here you go...
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Yep, you can see from the shadows that it has some sort of spoy in it - still nice looking.
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So, any tips on how to remove a clam? I was going to move them higher, but the one at the bottom has a good grip on the rock - or does this mean that it is happy enough?
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Any dense foam or polystyrene will do - closed cell EVA is the best, but it is expensive - what it does is allow the glass to expand, contract, and warp (if you only heat one side, like the inside, glass tries to curve) without causing 'stress risers' - points at which the glass gets adhered to the stand causing an internal stress, which can become a crack - its the same principle as mounting glass in rubber, rather than directly into the aluminium frame.
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Just don't put Kuli Loaches etc into a tank with Silica sand - it is very sharp and can irritate their gills etc.