Hi my name is Dave long time fan first time poster ... I just wanted to say I read the entire thread from the first post to this last one and it was really enjoyable to read it start to finish. I used to read every few pages but it is 100% more enjoyable reading it all together.
That being said this thread has further pushed me to go in the direction that you take @Paul B with your tank practices that I was trending towards already without even really knowing it. Sad to say I won't be adding an underground filter to my current tank but who knows I may think of it when and if I can get a bigger tank. I have never QT'ed a fish I just drip acclimate them. I had been blowing around the detritus in my tank for a while and have noticed a huge change in the tank since I started doing that. I will start focusing even more on some of your practices and hope to one day get the same amazing results as you have. My first goal is to get my clowns spawning and after reading this thread it makes a lot of sense that they haven't spawned based on the crap food I've been feeding them (they're about 9 years old now).
I have also been focusing on better live food (just ask Paul I've pm'ed him way too much about brine shrimp and white worms) and I have stopped using pellets as of a few days ago. I used to use them out of convenience but after reading this whole thread I will be using them for emergencies only. I picked up some LRS food yesterday and have just been feeding the tank that and white worms (which the whole tank corals and all go beserk over)
I'm about 99.4528% sure it's a McCosker's flasher wrasse. I had 2-3 in my old 55 and loved those guys...
Is cat food better or worse than bread, yogurt and yeast? I never saw anything about cat food in all the research I read and I have plenty of cat food!!!
That being said this thread has further pushed me to go in the direction that you take @Paul B with your tank practices that I was trending towards already without even really knowing it. Sad to say I won't be adding an underground filter to my current tank but who knows I may think of it when and if I can get a bigger tank. I have never QT'ed a fish I just drip acclimate them. I had been blowing around the detritus in my tank for a while and have noticed a huge change in the tank since I started doing that. I will start focusing even more on some of your practices and hope to one day get the same amazing results as you have. My first goal is to get my clowns spawning and after reading this thread it makes a lot of sense that they haven't spawned based on the crap food I've been feeding them (they're about 9 years old now).
I have also been focusing on better live food (just ask Paul I've pm'ed him way too much about brine shrimp and white worms) and I have stopped using pellets as of a few days ago. I used to use them out of convenience but after reading this whole thread I will be using them for emergencies only. I picked up some LRS food yesterday and have just been feeding the tank that and white worms (which the whole tank corals and all go beserk over)
I'm about 99.4528% sure it's a McCosker's flasher wrasse. I had 2-3 in my old 55 and loved those guys...
Cat food makes them grow very fast and I have so many worms I was thinking of eating them myself.
Is cat food better or worse than bread, yogurt and yeast? I never saw anything about cat food in all the research I read and I have plenty of cat food!!!