Recent content by jimmyj

The link didn't work for some reason, trying again' http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/sho ... hp?t=78806

I have now caught two of these. They eat/kill snails very aggressively, like one good sized turbo per day. (this is a cross post with RC. I'm asking for help where ever I can get it) Please help, what can I do about these? Predator fish? Please see link, I am not able to post pics here, so...

Here's another option if you're up for some basic acrylic work. http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/routing.html

Big second on the suggestion to check out the Silenx fans. I have 3 of the 90 CFM ones on my hood, I can barely hear them, the noise/CFM ratio is amazing. I got mine here http://www.acousticpc.com/silenx_store.html About $22 each. SO worth it IMO. Other fans I've used are like having a...

If you do want to make the auto shut off valve thing, it's easy to do with just a ping pong ball and some assorted fittings that can be found at HD. Get a ping pong ball (I used a cool yellow smily face one) and go to HD. Off hand I don't recall the size or name of the fittings needed, but...

The newer oceanic tech series (is that the right line) seem a lot nicer than the standard oceanic tanks that I've seen that were made since oceanic and AGA became the same company. They either are, or are available as an option, made with starfire, nice clean black seams, and a different...

I'm making a simple version of this for my PM bullet today and tommorow (just a single nozzle spraying into the top of the riser tube, manually actuated by turning a ball valve). Again, how much does it matter if it's fresh or SW flushing the skimmer? I was going to try it by just plumping...

Another tactic to protect anemones from powerhead puree is to make a mini overflow box over the PH like a wanna-be tunze box (that doesn't really work like a tunze box). Takes up extra space, but will work in some applications. Same set up can be made so that the PH pulls water from different...

That looks like a great DIY project, couple of questinons (I'm guessing you might have answers since you've already looked into this idea)??? Does it need to be / matter if it's freshwater or saltwater feeding the spray nozzles? How often should it be run? ie, multipule times a day, daily...

You can also just take the 1.022 water in a barrel or other container with circulation and a heater - and just leave it like that until evaporation gets the SG to 1.025-1.026.

Sg at 1.025-1.026 is perfect. Ca 400ppm + is good. alk should be 8-12dkh. just reality check those hydrometers.

here's a related link. In general it seems that hydrometers start out pretty close, but over time get way out of wack due to salt deposits and whatnot. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... did=893763

Hmm, I would strongly suggest you get that SG checked with a refractometer. Hydrometers, especially the swing arm style are notorius for getting way out of calibration over time. (I forget which way the trend goes, but they almost always read either way high or way low after they've been...

Third that. Need a much biggertank, much stronger light. Not an animal for a small tank or a newer reefkeeper. Also, Ritteris wander, powerheads in the tank are asking for pureed anemone.

Couple of questions, What's your salinity and how are you measuring it? What are you doing to supplement Ca? If your getting a Ca reading of 450+ and not supplementing it somehow something is way funky with those numbers. Ca tends to run low not high. High may mean elevated SG, otherwise...