Recent content by kparton

I posted this down in the sale section, but just wanted to make sure some fols saw it. I'm selling my livestock from my 50 breeder http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52615

Haven't posted in a while, always lurking, but I have a topic I need to ask a question about. I did a search and didn't find the same situation. Today I was doing my usual tank maintenance and I saw puffs of what looked like smoke coming out from my rock. It quickly dissipates into the water...

These are good ideas, but depending ont he size of the tank, I would make sure and not have all the pressure soming down in 4 spots (i.e. four legs or casters). That is, unless, the subfloor is concrete. If the weight is not spread out and not supported by joists underneath, the floor could...

As far as size of the aquarium, I don't have any advice. However, I have a 6 line and he is a model citizen of the tank. Not aggressive and constantly on the move. I like the fact that he swims the whole tank and darts in and out of the rocks instead of just hovering in open water. I highly...

The stray lighting doesn't bother me at all, but I personally like my tank more as a garden type experiment than for show purposes. In fact, rarely do visitors to my home ever even see my tank, it's really just for me and the boyfriend. As far as salt creep, it never is outside the tank, just...

I went from canopy to pendants and it's been great. It is so much easier to maintain the tank and the temp does not go up nearly as fast. There are two drawbacks. 1) Evaporation is much higher so you need to make more topoff water and 2) I lost one fish to jumping out. I still think it's...

I saw one of these on display at the Baltimore Aquarium a couple of years ago when they had their special seahorse exhibit. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I went back again to take soem friends just to see that.

Yes, I would set up a skimmer. However, at 3 months, my tank was totally overtaken by algae. You can do a search on my username and find pictures in a topic I started. Now, all of the hair algae is gone and although I still have some Bryopsis that won't go away, it is receding and the...

OK, this was all a stupid mistake on my part. I cleaned every part of the skimmer, but for some reason, I have never cleaned the pump. I've cleaned all the other powerheads in my tank, but not that one. When I cleaned it, the flow increased into the skimmer and I have been back to regular...

Thanks a lot for the comments. I actually think I'm going to try the garden hose approach and see if that can get it cleaner. I've cleaned it, but only the top that I can reach really gets clean. Right now there are lots of bubbles in the skimmer, but none are making it up to the cup. I...

I have seent his happen to me before when I do a major water change or when I have cleaned the skimmer, but this time it seemed for no reason. Nothing changed and one day it wasn't collecting. Maybe I'll try cleaning it and see if it will get back to normal after a few days.

OK, I've got the AquaC Remora skimmer on my 50G tank and have been very satisfied with it. However, this week, it sems to have stopped skimming altogether and is not making many bubbles at all. I clean out the collection cup often and I've tried to clean out the entire thing a few times...

I've had better luck getting healthy livestock from mail order than I have from local stores. I don't know why, maybe it'a the fact that when you buy online, the fish only has to be acclimated once after shipping (into your tank) rather than twice (into the fish store's tank and then into...

I absolutely hated my Prizm, was one of the major reasons I gave up on my tank the first time. I have an AquaC Remora now and it works really well.

Yep, I'm using pendants over the tank. As far as maintenance, it's much easier than the hood or canopy options. Anyone have any recommendations for other fish to keep? I have 90lbs live rock and the tank's been up for 7 months now.