• Welcome back Guest!

    MARSH is a private reefing group. Comments and suggestions are encouraged, but please keep them positive and constructive. Negative threads, posts, or attacks will be removed from view and reviewed by the staff. Continually disruptive, argumentative, or flagrant rule breakers may be suspended or banned.

Search results

  1. S

    Macroalgae

    Looking for some interesting macroalgae. At least gracillaria, but a calcified algae would be cool. Not looking for chaeto, but would probably get some for my holding tank if that's all i can find. Anyone know if any lfs have some? Im a south sider in league city, but will find my self...
  2. S

    new pincushion - lazy!

    was at a League City LFS this weekend to grab a new heater for my QT, and they had some red pincushions that caught my eye. I lost a tuxedo a while back, and had been on the lookout for a halloween, but this nice red pincushion seemed like a good addition. So far, it's moved a bit up the...
  3. S

    coralline mineral fate?

    what happens with the minerals that scatter when I scrape coralline algae off my glass? I expect they are not soluble in any real amount in an aquarium environment, and just become particulate in the sand or get filtered out by a sock, depending on your setup. But perhaps the magnesium...
  4. S

    Aliens took my chromis

    I had my tank wrapped during the freeze. I am treating with fluconazole, and I do have some lingering cyano on the back wall I can't quite shake. I have one unnamed zoa that came as a hitchhiker over a year ago that would surge and fade for reasons unknown to me, and it seems like this past...
  5. S

    tank marker

    I have a few notes on a sticky on the canopy of my DT - and I've used a white board marker to circle on the glass the locations of aptasia I needed to go after - but that wipes clean if I look at it cross. I'm thinking of marking some info on my QT tanks - today I use a notepad or a piece of...
  6. S

    swaps / free stuff

    I'm trying to clean up my mess and recognizing I have some things I'm never going to use again. I could take pics, post most of them in free stuff, or a few in used gear sales, and then put them on the porch. Or I could toss a lot of it. I'm wondering if there is a loosely organized gear swap...
  7. S

    hair algae vs cyano

    my tank is a lightly stocked 110 with a refugium and sump, and a lot of rock stacked up. Filtration is an ATS, a protein skimmer, and occasionally a sock. Last spring, after a few months without an addition, some bubble algae popped up. Just a little - and I'd have to reach way in, and I had...
  8. S

    Time to prune this weed

    My tank is really fowlr. My lighting for a 30" deep 110 is just 2 beamswork strips i bought in a rush, intended to be temporary. I got some rubble at an lfs, and i ended up with a few soft coral hitchhikers. The one pictured was just a few polyps for a while, and seemed to be fading away...
  9. S

    Captive bred availability?

    Im wondering who has seen captive bred fish at any lfs? I picked up some ora clowns at fjw a year ago, but i figure most clowns are tank raised. I don't recall seeing much else locally, even though the breeders seem to have plenty of options. I get that they cost more, so lfs are probably...
  10. S

    Cobalt battery back-up air pumps - Plug AND battery?

    There are 3 versions - a small blue one, a larger blue one with dual outputs, and a red one that looks to be the same as the small blue one, but includes a spare USB battery. I'm aware they've had some quality control issues. What I am wondering about right now is if the red one (or any of...
  11. S

    American Aquarium Products

    I wanted some sponge filters for my QT, and couldn't get them through my normal places, so I decided to try ordering from AAP. Since I was low on Calcium test reagent, I added that in as well. I got my package quickly - I also ordered something from another place, and they beat it by 2 days...
  12. S

    Stocking 110

    My tank has been up since October, but my stocking was interrupted. It's about time to get on with it. It's 48lx18wx30tall 110. Today, my fish are 3 chromis, 2 naked cinnamon clowns, 2 pajama cardinals, and a fire goby. All pretty small, and i got them all between October and late...
  13. S

    who's got there heater unplugged?

    I set this particular 110g tank up last summer, and didn't even bother to install heaters until November. This spring, I unplugged them to put a new connector on the temperature probe, and they remain unplugged. Can't fail if they aren't running. My house is usually around 77, cools off a...
  14. S

    on the look-out for some fish...

    ok, I'm not going anywhere I don't have to right now, but I am anxious to add a fish to my poorly stocked tank. I prefer the LFS over mail order. There are 2 wrasses next on my ideal livestock list - an orange backed fairy wrasse and either a McCosker's or a Carpenter flasher. Any input on...
  15. S

    live brine? League City?

    Just bought a small sailfin tang when I was up near IAH and dropped into That Aquarium Place. I did see it eat at the shop - looked like frozen brine and mysis. It is in QT, but I haven't seen it eat more than a bite in 2 days. I've tried frozen brine, frozen mysis, frozen spirulina brine...
  16. S

    Vibrant - LFS?

    thinking of getting a bottle of vibrant, as a few small clusters of bubble algae just exploded into a full blown infestation. I don't recall seeing it at any lfs, anybody know of one? I can order it, but I do like supporting the local shops where I can. Well, vibrant and maybe a nice orange...
Top