that is a great description!:biggrin:............................. ......of the tank I mean:wink:

Carmen, I'm just givin' ya the gears! :lol:
SPS, although frustrating at times, are very rewarding corals as they grow so fast when conditions are right. "The trick is keeping them happy".

Definitions of S.P.S:

1. (short ver.) - Short Polyp Stony

2. (long ver.) - Read below.


:mrgreen:

Grrr......so I've been distracted from the tank these days. I just can't spend as much time as I would like on things. And this morning I came down to a cloudy tank..... new canary wrasse has been MIA and so I believe that may be contributing to my issues today. Skimmer was semi-full last night but I just didn't get to emptying it and it over-foamed all into the sump (touchy skimmer...I think I need to empty it more regularily...) Tank is super cloudy. Will try to do that but...once again...life just has things kinda tough these days to spend quality time on the tank maintenance...Just ripped out my skimmer (which is no easy task) and gave it a thorough cleaning incase that is contributing to the overfoaming issues) And now I have to find some time today to do a water change.
For now...I need to go get a prescription for a strep-throat that has been killing me for 9 DAYS! Stupid walk-in clinic JUST got around to calling me today!!!!! And ofcourse the Dr. wouldn't give it to me when I went in 4 days ago because it "may be just viral"!!! AHHHHHH.......my throat is killing me and I hate walk-in clinics! Sorry for the vent....!!!!!!!:sad::neutral:

Ahhh strep is nasty!! :( Hope you feel better soon! Sorry to hear of the walk-in clinic. I find they can be so hit and miss. Last time I had strep it was really just the wait that was the killer, but once I got in, the doctor (she had a wicked Scottish accent) was all "Och! Aye that be a wee spot'o grungy in therrrrrre" (I had the nastiest looking throat). Anyhow, good luck.

FWIW, my canary wrasse goes MIA very often. What happens though is that if startled, or sleeping, or even just needing a nap in the daytime, they'll swim right into the sandbed and bury themselves instantly. I've only once gotten to witness it happen, he literally just swam into the sand. There was a small "poof" of sand for about a second but once it cleared there was literally NO indication whatsoever that there was a wrasse hidden in the sand at that spot. There are many times I come down to feed the tank and he's gone to bed, he'll be the only one I can't spot, but then the next day he's out swimming again as if nothing abnormal ever happened.

So, ... hopefully this is the case here too.

They are potential jumpers though. I lost my first canary wrasse to jumping. I had an eggcrate cover for the tank but it apparently was no impediment to his trajectory. :(

Sorry you're not feeling well step really sucks :sad: Hope your canary shows up.

Ok lets see if I can get this straight.
1 the pellets take away PO4
2 take away nitrates
3 do they drop the ALk in the tank.
4 does this replace the phosban that I use.
5 do you have to soak over night to waterlog them.
6. is it cheaper to run the biopellets vs the Phosban since the phosban actually last about 5-6 days depending on how much po4 in your tank

Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No, but it's probably better to do so (I never bothered though)
Yes

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ok then I guess that im going to be buying some way to go TOny making me spend more money. YOU, Kevin,Carmen from RC hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm dodgy lol
how much are they for the big pack

Ya Strep sucks!!! And after 9 days...it's a doozy!:sad:

Unfortunately I have gone through 3 canary wrasses now...:redface:. Always to jumping but this one is not on the floor...It did have a wound so perhaps it dug into the sand and never came out? Funnt mine have always jumped through the mesh too! I think they must jump STRAIGHT UP!!:neutral:


Thanks Laurie.

I too succumbed to the pressure to jump on the bandwagon! :redface: You might as well Mike...everybody's doin it!:twised: I think they cost about $115 for the big bag. Or you can buy them in the kit with the reactor $230ish???not sure on that one though...