Recent content by jiml77

I just bought 5 bottles of it since I seem to use so much of other stuff to kill my majanos. I tried it 3 days ago. I used less than half a bottle to kill several hundred of them. It is amazing! I usually have to chase them into crevices as soon as I get close. With Joes they stay open until...

I just got rid of mine by cutting some bristles off a paint brush. They were about 1-1/4" long. I wrapped arranged them around a piece of 3/8" hose so they hung over the end about 3/4" and attached them with a cable tie. I started a siphon and brushed all the stuff off and it was sucked into...

I had an LTA that was in the rocks for 2 weeks. I finally moved the rocks and pulled him out. He had shrunk up to near nothing. I put it in a small jar out front and it started growing again. It was about 1-1/2" across. Took several months to get 8" across again, now a year later it is 18"...

I went to MACO to sign up for a class, it takes me through the login process, but will not log me in. Any one else having this problem?

Mine split 3 ways just before Cristmas. It stayed in the rocks for several days and then they slowly started coming out. It took a week or two before it/they started acting normal again. I ended up with 2 small ones and one large one. The large one is getting close to it's pre-split size already.

I have one that went from 2" across to about 18" in 8-10 months. It took over the whole right side of my 100 gallon. It is under about 500 watts of VHO and PC's. I finally stopped feeding it and it has gotten a little smaller over the last year. I feed it aboutonce a month with a couple of...

I bought one a few months ago. I could not get good foam unless the waterlevel is up to the bottom of the outlet valve. I keep it about at the middle, that makes it quieter also. Good luck

I installed a couple of red truck/trailer running lights attached to a 12 volt wall/wart type transformer. Works pretty good and keeps 110 volts away from my water. They are the little plastic ones that run along the tops of trailers. Jim

I am looking for online dealers who offer specials on coral packs. Have looked at Jeff's but not a great selection. Any suggestions for good dealers that offer decent size corals? Jim

I currently have a pretty standard wet/dry filter/sump. It is about 20 gallons with the wet/dry on the left with no bioballs and a place for the skimmer on the right. I need to do something to allow for the amount of water from the overflow thru the fuge and need room for my skimmer. I fiured...

I am considering swapping out my sump for a refugium. Are there any sites that explain them and offer some ideas and plans for building them?

Any other opinions on circulation pump versus pressure. I am using it to pump through sump below tank and back up to outlets about 4 feet of head pressure. Jim

I just got a US wmd40rlt for my 100 gallon reef. It is way too noisey and has too much flow for my single corner overflow. I am going to switch to a 30RLT. Is there much difference in noise between the Japanese and US models. I have been using a Quiet One but had it overheat and cook my tank. A...

I have had mine for over a year now. Never have cleaned it. I add a 1/2 pound of kalk every 60 days or so. Tanks always stays at 8.4. I just add kalk when it does not look milky enough when the mix pump is on. Mine is totally hands off.

Another option is to get the Turbo kit. This is a pump furnished by Red Sea for the Classic and upgrades it to the Turbo model. It replaces the venturi in the skimmer and generates the bubbles in the pump. It is very quiet and works well. I had problems in the beginning and they sent a new...