Recent content by GobieWanKenobie

Really drunk and a hangover.

I have a 2 X 175 MH with 2 95 Watt VHO setup right now. The MH color temp is 10,000K (Hamiltons), with actinic03 for VHO. I would like my tank a touch bluer, just personal preference. Do you think swapping the config would be a good idea? Meaning, 20,000K MH with 6,500K VHO. Would that be...

Copper will never leave the system once it is used. It is absorbed into the rock, sand, and possibly even the equipment. It will leach out over time and poison corals as it does. If you have a tank that has had copper used in it, keep it a FO or you will only have problems like "mysterious...

The reason they don't want the snakes there is because of the effect it would have on the ecosystem. The snake would have no natural predators and free reign over an ecosystem that he and other snakes would eventually destroy. The Hawaiian authorities do exhastive searches of airplanes when...

Due to a complete tank meltdown, I must move everything from one tank into my other tank. The healthy tank contains a Bangaii Card and the @#$&ed one contains a PJ Card. Can I house these together for a couple months or will all hell break loose?

Oops, sorry, I am kind of slow....

Listen to the Cheese and contact www.mr4000.com . he has a HUGE tank and I am sure he would love to help you out.

I am very interested in this thread, I aquired one when I got my second reef from someone that was "quitting the hobby" and I don't know how to use it. Please follow up.

I am a reef site junkie, lately I have hung out at reefcentral, just because I got an unbelievable deal there in the classifieds. I totally respect the advice I have gotten here, it just seems as though people have stopped giving their advice that I know I relied upon in the early days of my...

If you are left WANTING a skimmer and decent lighting, I would have to say FO lightly stocked. Make sure you set up a DSB because skimmer options seem limited from your posts. I would stock a trigger and a butterfly fish if that is the way you want to go.... Always wanted a threadfin, reef...

Hey Jackass, why don't you correct whatever is causing the fish ICH instead of posting on how your fish keep getting sick? Let's see, it was a damsel, a pink skunk, a few chromis', and now a sailfin tang that are having problems since you bought them. People are giving suggestions to what has...

I moved a reef tank, corals, fish, invertabrates, 50 lbs of live rock just by using a few easily attainable tools. I bagged the fish up separately in baggies and stored them in a cooler. Same with the coral, same with the invertabrates. I used a rubbermaid container for the live rock, filled...

I just bought a 72 gallon reef ready bowfront and stand a couple weeks ago for $250. I am going to set it up after my move in a month or so and consolidate my 2 46 gallon bowfronts into it. The gentleman I purchased it from gave me some really good advice when dealing with the sump. Put the...

I agree with Fishaholic, you should add all of the sand at once to let it begin the process to maturity. I saw the bubbles after about 3 months. The bubbles are the conversion of nitrate to nitrogen and oxygen - very good! I battled with Cyano as well. Just when I was about to throw in the...

Thanks Ging, may the force be with you