Recent content by jethro

I had a scum problem that was collecting in the refuge portion of my sump. I decided to put the intake to my protein skimmer in there. All gone. I rigged up a u tube from 1" pvc that I set the powerhead on. The u tube opening is about 1/"-1" below water level. You have to have a decent...

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If you get into seahorses, be sure to buy captive bread AKA tank raised seahorses. They are expensive but if you buy wild caught, you will end up paying more in the long run because you will always have to supply live food unless you can train them to eat frozen wich is very difficult.

I bought some live rock that has a few tiny transparent to white looking trees about 1/2" high off the rock.

I have been checking out these alge problem threads and following everying that everyone suggests as much as possible. I recently made a change to my system and I am convinced that water movement is the single most important factor. I changed the inside housing of my DIY Overflow from 1" PVC...

What's the scoop on the African Sebae? I did a few searches to see if I could find out the origin of the fish but can find nothing. I bought one and was just wondering. To me, the Sebae looks like a cross between a clownfish and humbug damsel.

If you hang around this forum for a couple of years and watch the skimmer posts you may start to wonder about that.

I have replaced my Aqua -C remora with a Terminator by D&D Marine. The Terminator uses a Mag 7 or a couple of other equivelent pumps. It is a great skimmer. The PVC plumbed in and outs allow for tweaking of the water flow to make sure you are always able to push foam out of the collection...

I forgot to add at the begining of this post that I checked well after the lights went out. I checked at 3AM. I think the pod population is wiped.

You may be right but I can't figure out how I went from tons to none. The cleaner shrimp is huge compared to when I got him. The damsel and roya grama have grown too and I am guilty for underfeading. Probably a combination of the fish and underfeading.

purcula clown, humbug damsel (3-striped damsel), watchman goby, royal gramma, emerald crab, mix of aster and turbo snails, serpent star, two blu legged hermits. Tank is a 54 gallon corner tank. Sump is 35 gallon. Skimmer is a terminator by D&D Marine.

I bought some live rock because I have lost all trace of copopods and amnipods etc. When I had it in my sump, I saw lots of critters. It has been in my tank for a week. I took a look the other night with my flashlight and I saw nothing. I am suspecting that my cleaner shrimp is eating...

Turn your lights off for two months.

Yep, they are D&D marine. I decided to buy one. I did not have a great experience at first as I recieved a broken one from the place I dealt with. Also, the setup experience was not so great. Yet, it is up and running and doing a fine job after 24 hours of run time. I really like what I have...

Anyone? it is at http://www.danddmarine.com/