Recent content by jeromefong

I did a water change and noticed that the water I sucked out was yellowish in color. It isn't that noticable in the tank, but in the white bucket, it was very obvious that the water wasn't clear. Is this normal? Does this indicate anything important? All the other test indicators seems to be...

Thanks for your response, I guess this is part of my confusion. If studies have shown that corals tend to grow more rapidly under 6500k, shouldn't I get the 10,000k and 6500k combination bulbs? I've read that corals need the 420 nm spectrum of light. what benefits does the 460 nm have...

I been looking for replacement bulbs for my beginning reef tank and I am totally confused by the selection of bulbs I can get. I currently have a 55 gal tank with a JBJ 48" Fomosa DX, with four compact fluorescent bulbs. I thought I should get two 10,000k daylight bulbs and two 420 nm...

I'm trying to set up a reef tank with corals and aneomones. I still tyying to get the tank to settle down since I haven't been very good a keeping all the parameters steady. I'm planning to put some fish, but probably peaceful ones. I currently have a clown, a blue tang, and 2 cleaner...

I was interested in getting some animals stir up my sand and process the detritus on the bottom of my tank. I saw this advertisement from the LiveAquaria site and was wondering if it would work for me. The standard pack has one Fancy Serpent Sea Star, one Sand Sifting Sea Star and two Tiger...

My daughter saw an octopus at the local fish store and decided that was the cool creature for our tank (I nixed the shark idea so this was next). I was wondering how hard is an octopus to keep in a 55 gal tank? I was going to have a reef tank with corals, anemones and some other small...

I have a 55 gal tank with a JBJ Formosa Deluxe light fixture. It has 4 compact fluorescent bulbs in it (2ea. 10k and 2ea. 1700k blue). I think it is time to replace them, are there any suggestion on what I should replace them with. Are there a different between manufactures? I also saw an...

My cleaner shrimp has molted. I assume this is good and means they are growning. What am I suppose to do with the molted shell? Should I leave it in the tank, or do I need to take it out. :?: thanks,

I have a surger returning the water from my sump. The surger is suppose to return the water at 400 gph. Does this mean the siphon tubes are too big? thanks,

I have an overflow with two 2 inch siphon tubes. I stick a small air tube inside the siphon tube to suck the air out and start the siphon. However, I am never able to suck all the air out. I also have bubbles around the overflow that seems to get sucked up into the tubes too. Eventually...

I have two types of bulbs in my compact fluorescent fixture. There is a daylight bulb and an actinic bulb. When should the actinic bulb on? I have been using the actinic bulb at the same time I have been using the daylight bulb. The actinic bulb stays on an extra hour before and after the...

I can't seem to find any pictures of algae that match what is growing in my tank. It is growing on the live rock that I purchased about 3 weeks ago. Is this something I want to keep around because it is popping up and starting to cover several of the rocks. thanks,

This is a new 55 gal tank with 65 pounds of Figi live rock. I'm starting to see these things (I think they are anenomes) popping up on various rocks. Is this Aiptasia that I should be trying to get rid of? What is the best way to get rid of it? thanks,

Actually, I got a response from JBJ Lighting's customer support. The fan is connect to the same power source as the daylight bulbs. The blue actinic bulbs on the second power source are considered low heat and do not warrent a fan so they do not have a fan connected to it. Based on their...

I have a JBJ 48" Formosa DX light that I want to coordinate the fans with the lights. Currently, there is a switch for the fan, and for each set of lights. I'm putting the light on a timer and the lights works fine. The problem is the 2 fans. There is a plug for each set of lights (I have 4...