Can ostracodes be a pest?

Ashlar — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:50:22 GMT

A couple of days ago, I set up a webcam / microscope to watch a postage-stamp sized section of my refugium- I consider it like one of those 'wildlife' cameras that hunters use to see if there is game to be found in a cer

XENIA & LPS NOT DOING WELL & IODINE, STRONTIUM, TRACE ADDITIVES

DavidS — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:40:13 GMT

Hi Mr. Shimek,

About a year ago I had a problem with some of my soft corals. Since I was led to believe that they benefit from additions of iodine. My research indicated, however, that most aquarists do not supplement iodine because there is a su

Dying Macro Algae

bulent — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:52:25 GMT

Hi Ron,

A German guy started a new dosing scheme, which he calls Triton. I personally do not subscribe to his views.

I wou

Shimek: New sump/refugium??

CarlosBenitez — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:02:49 GMT

Hi Dr. ShimekI'm in need your advice once again. As we spoke in my last post I had some questions regarding internal and recirculating external skimmers. I'm still in the process of outlining how the sump/refugium will go for my new 180gal. So far. I

Sources for proper DSB sand?

kjhawley — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:40:10 GMT

I'm starting a new aquarium, and have had a lot of trouble finding a source for sand for my DSB. Basically, almost every sand out there has particle sizes that are just too large.

The closest I can find is "Nature's

Suspected Cirolanids...

Amphiprion — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:16:30 GMT

Okay, so the title says it all. Are these guys what they appear to be?

[IMG]http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z107/Amphiprion_photos/IMG_0094.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z107/Amphiprion_photos/IMG_0095.jpg[/IMG]

Urchin Poo?

bheron — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:43:08 GMT

Ok, crazy question, but I just came into posession of a really cool long-spined urchin. I've been watching it and it seems like it produces alot of waste -- small, pebble sized droppings. Just wondering if this is adding to my tank's bioload and will ne

Final Post

Ron Shimek — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:12:14 GMT

Hi Folks,

To quote a small portion of Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and The Carpenter -"

..

21-xii-12

Ron Shimek — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:05:45 GMT

Hi Folks,

This beautiful image is from the Astronomy Picture of the Day site, and with all of my babble about the babble about the end of the world and associated dust bunnies, I thought it was an appropriate image for my post.

How to kill your SPS colonies with poorly designed products: TLF VeggieMag

borjam — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:36:14 GMT
Hello,

I apologise in advance, because I see that Marine Depot sells this product, even though I purchased it from a British dealer. Anyway, the warning is in order. This product, as it's sold, has a very serious design issue for any invertebrate

Adding Corals on the Endangered Species List and UFOs - was 20-xii-12

Ron Shimek — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:13:45 GMT
Hi Folks,

As some of you probably know, NOAA is proposing to list a rather significant number of corals as Endangered under the criteria

16-xii-12

Ron Shimek — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:25:58 GMT
Hi Folks,

As the day of doom (= my departure from this forum :w00t: ) grows closer, I have started to address cleaning up my blog a bit. I anticipate that I will be ready to go by the 26th of December, w

large tridacna move

Ole Kekkonen — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:17:50 GMT
hi ron,if you havent seen this take a look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKMzLcSDisit is funny when the reporter comment "we are just like that clam,all we have to do is sit in the sun and gain

Photosynthetic gprgonians and SPS corals

bulent — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:47:46 GMT
Hi Ron,

In my 66 gallon tank, I keep two photosynthetic gorgonians (purple and yellow) along with LPS and SPS corals, and five clams. Do these gorgonians pose any risk to my corals in terms of ? Shall I remove them from my tank and move them on?<

seagrass

Ole Kekkonen — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:54:32 GMT
hi ron finally i got some seagrasses in my tank:D
maybe not the best choice really for aquarium this thing get long and it dosent help cutting either as those blades grow from the roots..
maybe also halophila first and then the m

Basket Star

TidePool Geek — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:43:18 GMT
Hi Ron,
Earlier this week a long line fisherman brought us a Shortspine Thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus) and a Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis). I don't have a lot of specifics about the capture but based on past experience wi

12-xii--12

Ron Shimek — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:26:01 GMT

Hi Folks,
Bac

waste away

Ole Kekkonen — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:44:53 GMT
from DR.Tim http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/natural-aquarium-cleaner

hi Ron,:D

Need 2 things ID'd please. Tiny black crabs

Mcreefer — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:06:22 GMT
I had posted about both of these before and didn't have good photo/video. So I ordered a 60x lens for my iPhone that's cheap but got better pics vids this time.Little black crabs[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLmyO2l75w&sns=em[/video]And [vid

30-xi-12

Ron Shimek — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:53:43 GMT
Hi Folks,

Well, thirty days hath ... November, so soon will perish one more November in that long list of Novembers stretching backward the day when some politician in old Rome decided that what was needed were 1) formal months, and 2) that one o

kokoo carbon

Ole Kekkonen — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:02:09 GMT
hi ron,i have been dealing with cloudy water in my tank for a while and some how I came up with testing the coconut based carbon in a fresh batch of water and ehehh well picture tell:blink:http://www.flickr.com/groups/42602747@N00/

We didn't have the green thing back in our day

TeslaReef — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:08:41 GMT
I thought you might like this joke (rant) if you han't seen it before.

I actually don't remmeber going through any of this (under 40 here) but I do like to know history so bad mistakes are not repeated again. These are some things we have sorely

no life?

Ole Kekkonen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:46:40 GMT
hi ron,http://news.discovery.com/earth/no-life-found-in-lake-vostok-yet-121019.html

29-xi-12

Ron Shimek — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:31:11 GMT
Hi Folks,

The month winds down... with Thanksgiving having been relatively early this year, this last November week has been one long anticlimax. Oh well, December (the one time "tenth month" :pinch: ) begins in a couple of days, and we can

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Can ostracodes be a pest?

XENIA & LPS NOT DOING WELL & IODINE, STRONTIUM, TRACE ADDITIVES

Dying Macro Algae

Shimek: New sump/refugium??

Sources for proper DSB sand?

Suspected Cirolanids...

Urchin Poo?

Final Post

21-xii-12

How to kill your SPS colonies with poorly designed products: TLF VeggieMag

Adding Corals on the Endangered Species List and UFOs - was 20-xii-12

16-xii-12

large tridacna move

Photosynthetic gprgonians and SPS corals

seagrass

Basket Star

12-xii--12

waste away

Need 2 things ID'd please. Tiny black crabs

30-xi-12

kokoo carbon

We didn't have the green thing back in our day

no life?

29-xi-12