Recent content by crfish2001

I have a 125g,I have a cpr overflow to carry it to a sump that holds about 60g of water.So far I have not had a problem.Plus in the sump I keep my heater and extra pieces of live rock

I just started to test my alk levels and came up with 4.5 meq/l,from what I've read tha above the norm,is this too high? tested w/fasttest kit

Anybody use kent marine phytoplex or coral accel with any results or marine snow from two little fishes or is it a waste of money?

I have been keeping reef tanks of and on for almost 15 yrs. IMO not doing wc will eventually lead to problems.When I first started I did not do wc chages either and learned the hard way that they can only help you.Now I do wc on a regular basis,and investing in a good ro/di unit is worthit, it...

What I meant by "jumped the gun" was that I should have bought a alk test before trying to keep sps corals,I currently have 4x160w vho lighting over a 125g tank(2 actinic and 2 white.)maybe youre right about not getting enough light at the base,it was kind stuck in a piece of rock.Thanks.Oh...

What I usually do is take 2 small pieces of rubble and place the cutting between the rocks and hold it together with a rubberband for about a week. then you can remove the rubberband.Be sure to cut a big enough peice it will shrink a whole lot and also make alot of slime.Good luck

i figured my nitrates might be the causes of it, im in the process of raising the calcium as far as the alk im waiting for an alk test kit to come in the mail should be here in a couple of days. i kind of jump the gun On gettin the sps,i never worried about it much since i did not have any stony...

i have a colt coral about a little over a foot tall i had to make cuttings of the top branches because of the same problem, they did fine after i moved them to the bottom of the tank. i believe the lights are too bright so close to the surface for colts. they do fine in lower light levels.

i recently purchased a m.digitata, it was growing very fast and doing fine then the bottom started turning white, i made some frags to save it in case it dies.can somebody help me this is my first sps. sg.:1.023 nitrite:0 nitrate:10ppm temp:78f clcium:350

i purchased a montipora digitata about 2 months ago, its been growing very fast but just a few days ago it started turning white at the bottom and seems to slowly goin up the stalk, the rest of the coral is stiil growing fast,made some small frags to save it in case the rest dies.can somebody...

just wanted to say i like your setup too i see you are sort of a beginner like me.think you are starting of fine.learning alot from this board.

i was looking for other reefers in south ark or north la.

shoul i let nature take its course or shoul i move the fish to a smaller tank have a 30 gallon that i keep running for sick fish but luckily i have not had to use it

I have 2 cardinals in my 150 gal reef one which im not sure is a male or not has not eaten in two days but its jaws are very full and the bottom jay almost squared off.could this be that he is holding eggs.also I have some xenia that were spreading like wild fire without any help from me but now...

i have a question for you more experienced reefers,what is the least amount of lighting say per wattage for sps corals? and also wanted to add that Im new to this board but have learned a lot just from reading it