Recent content by MikeinToronto

True, usually. WC vs CB, doesn't matter. Both will accept (or reject) an anemone, even a natural host. You can find bright CB clowns as well although I notice bright WC clowns are easier to find. CB doesn't always mean a healthier or better animal. It is just more "environmentally friendly"...

Sounds like a sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa) at that price. Google that one and see. Perhaps Condylactis but probably not at that price (unless they are trying to scam you). A RBTA will have pink to orange to red tentacles, not just the tips. It's foot will be any shade with a reddish hue...

To your original question, Ritteri (Magnificent), giant carpet, and Merten's carpet are natural hosts to that species. Unfortunately, all three are considered "difficult", and difficult when referring to anemones means DIFFICULT. All host anemones may be accepted by an ocellaris clown so if you...

It looks like they should last a while, but I cringe every time I see you twisting the pipes like that. It looks like the glass will break every time.

Years back someone studied a tank with a bed of silca sand vs carbonate sand and despite a slight difference in fauna, there was no adverse effect from the silica. I'm sure it's posted somewhere here, RAG, or RC. Here are my tricks/secrets. I'm not going to post the rules I break because I...

Personally I wouldn't buy a used tank. 3' tanks are not expensive new so if you're doing this as your first SW tank, don't add the extra worry of a leaky tank that may have once had copper (toxic to inverts) in it or some other medication. You can buy retro kits that fit into custom-made...

If a ban were to go into place, you would be forced to neuter your pet and you would no longer be allowed to obtain any additional pitbulls. Your current animals would be safe. However, pitbulls that end up in shelters will be either destroyed or sent to a neighbouring state where there is no...

If you're really good with web design (and she is not) you can optimise your new site(s) so that when people Google-search for you or rose anemones or whatever, your new site(s) will be the first to appear and it can even render your old site (and her) obsolete. As for the legal route, it's too...

Cycling happens on the rocks/substrate, not the water. Rocks need to populate with bacteria not the water so that lady is wrong.

I don't even see the people I remember from RAG or when this board first started.

If you're concerned about throwing away water needlessly, you probably want a 75 gpd unit. Just to break it down, a 100 gpd unit produces about 4 gallons per hour while a 75 gpd unit produces 3 so there isn't much difference but the rejection rate for the 75 gpd is about 7% higher than the 100...

The DOW 75 gpd membrane produces a better ratio of good water to waste, ie: the 75 gpd membrane is more efficient. The amount of water you use dictates the size of your membrane. With 75 vs 100 there may not be that much difference but to use a more extreme example, you wouldn't want to use a...

Build it. Check your Yellowpages for a local glass shop and have them cut some glass baffles. It's cheaper than acrylic and silicone actually adheres to them. I had 4 cut for me for $20.

It's been a few years (10, I think) since I last used an API. You set it for 1 cup per minute or something, right? All I can remember is setting it lower than the recommended rate and testing the water afterwards. Yup, no waste water. I've read it misses things but I don't understand this nor...

The API unit actually runs faster than a RO unit and I agree it is a great choice. I used it for a few years before I bought an RO unit. If you aren't afraid of chemicals you can also recharge the resin yourself. Talking of convenience, recharging resin is NOT convenient. But it is a way of...