Recent content by MitchMc

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/7/aafeature

I am so glad that your omnipresent powers have diagnosed the probem without even seeing a picture, I am impressesed. You are providing a good example to the new Reefer on how to check out things fully and make a decision based on adequate information without jumping to conclusions. We are all...

In my opinion Get a UV unit 25 wats min 8)

23/7/365 I use DTs and like to let my filter feeders feed

Great post surfzone 8) I often wondered would I rather be free and swimming all over only be dinner for a grouper at 3 months or would i rather be fat, swimming in circles and "bored" at two years of age :twisted: as hobbes said about living in the majestic natural state of affairs

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I still love the green stuff in the early days a healthy green carpet was the sign of a good healthy tank You had to beg other salt water fishkeepers just for a sample of it :oops:

Go read the garf stuff it has to cure for some time to deal with the ph effects :lol: cheers Mitch

I have an idea, collect some (well lots) of your slime alge and go down to yours favorite LFS at feeding time. Talk to the manager explain you situation and then see if he/she will let you feed the slime to a couple of the tanks . See who (fish types) eats it then buy them :!: then you will...

Thanks Rob can you email me (or pm) a fax number I came across an interesting article in "coral Magazine" it is a lisc version of the German publication "Koralle Germany" some stuff that may be of interest ( some slime cranobac live of the No3 in gas format :roll: I didn't know that :oops: )...

double post :oops: :oops: :oops:

I read this thread from the out set, even to the point where I noticed some inconsistencies with what was being relayed i.e. the first picture posted shows a tank with sand, later Is it bare or is the picture old or what, :?: further if it is bare how on earth does he have all that detritus...

Where are the nutrients comming from then? The water ? not if its filtered they must be comming from somewhere :!: :?: :?: :?:

no :wink:

and for all of us whos vocabulary is not as overly developed as lens' the following definition might be helpfull Cavitation: The formation of vapor bubbles in a liquid often due to induced low pressures. Cavitation is commonly associated with damage to mechanical components from the rapid...

while bob seems to be somewhat "persistant" (if I was in the sump I might use other language :twisted: ) he is correct insofar as the nutrient build up problem will return, if you have so much excess organic crap in your tank that you post Would a filter sock of some sort benefit here with...