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by mikeKICKz
Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:17 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46yzahnwOkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbcCCerEJE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1nrGrq5XL0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsQ9V0vUIRo these were from yesterday. i did a water change today and get rid of the super so called live rock i had. there was just too mu...
by mikeKICKz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:26 pm
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

can i put herm crabs or any crabs in my tank
by mikeKICKz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:12 pm
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: San Diego area Puffer!
Replies: 6
Views: 1003

Re: San Diego area Puffer!

what fish store do you go to? my main ones are pet kingdom, aquatic wherehouse, foutains aquirium, and goldfish world. i'm also new to the sw community.
by mikeKICKz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:49 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

i tested water today and everything at 0. ph is at 8.0
sg is at 1.024. picked up 2 more cured lr and fiji and royal gramma.


the fiji is calm and the gramma punked my damsel. everything is cool now. i'll post pics tomorrow
by mikeKICKz
Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:51 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

wow. i was feeding the damsel and i noticed the white hair looking things on the LR got a hold of flake food and sucked it into the rock. sorry if i so amused by such a thing. also on the same rock i saw small feather duster and a tiny little snail. not like the one i took a picture of, this one loo...
by mikeKICKz
Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:06 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

video is still uploading. there's a snail like creature on one of the rocks, also a white hair like things, green mirco algae, little star fish slimming around, and a white calm like thing. are any of these bad. i saw a bristleworm or maybe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CY1mCg4KFk
by mikeKICKz
Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:06 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

ok i added salt and my sg is at 1.024 here's a bunch of pics and a video. help me id stuff of the rocks. thanks http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/mik_e_kim/IMG_3900.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/mik_e_kim/IMG_3901.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/mik_e_kim/IMG_3902.jpg http:...
by mikeKICKz
Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:21 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

Just keep an eye on the ammonia & nitrate & eventually the y will be 0. Then you do a BIG water change & you're ready for fish. Leave all the life in there. That's what makes 'live" rock! Did you look at RC? "y" will be at 0? i'm starting to read RC but you know how is it...
by mikeKICKz
Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:53 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

so ummm... i thought that stuff was to help the cycle. i saw a snail looking thing also, should i remove it?

i think i'm going to get a use bak-pak skimmer from ebay.
by mikeKICKz
Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:26 pm
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

would you guys recommend the aquaC remora over the others i considered?
by mikeKICKz
Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:01 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

i did a water test today and here are the results. sg: 1.021 ph: 8.2 ammonia: 0.25 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 i'm planning to get a protein skimmer soon. i was a actually looking at either the seaclose 150 or the prizm. any good experiences with these skimmers? i'm going to pick up more LR next weekend. ...
by mikeKICKz
Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:25 pm
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: cycling for fiji puffer and friends

i went and got more LR and i also pick up a damsel. yeah i know, but my son was throwing a fit at the lfs because he wanted a fish so i just picked it up since it can be used to cycle. is my perimeters going to go crazy? is the the damsel going to be harmed in this process? also i want my LR to get ...
by mikeKICKz
Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:46 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: i'm going try again with either a valentini or fiji

alright i added more salt. damn i hope i pull this off. i was looking at the cured rocks and i saw more critters, a fat juicy looking caterpillar thing. my not so cured rock is staring to turn greenish color. is this something that happens with too much of any light. what do i need to do? is the jeb...
by mikeKICKz
Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:14 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: i'm going try again with either a valentini or fiji

okay i did a water test and here it is. i used my api "freshwater" kit, would this be accurate since it's not saltwater? ammonia: 0.5 ph:8.2 nitrite:0 nitrate:0 Sg:1.014 i was looking at the rocks and i notice little shrimp/worm like critters but they loks dead "not moving". am i...
by mikeKICKz
Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:20 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: cycling for fiji puffer and friends
Replies: 52
Views: 4771

Re: i'm going try again with either a valentini or fiji

damn idk, you're quick. yeah i'm going to put some blinds there. it won't hard my cured live rock though, will it?