Recent content by Plato1

I walked in from work today and saw my tank looking very white. I was messing around with the return pump last night and must have broken my heater as I discovered it broken in my sump. All of my corals seem to have expelled their zooxanthellae as they are white. Most of the corals are...

I have a tF 110C which is a venturi skimmer (kind of old), but it is missing the venturi valve or whatever is supposed to go in the non-water intake hole. I want to go to home depot and get a valve to fit the hole so I can use the venturi aspect better than it was "rigged". I got the skimmer...

I just bought some kent superbuffer because none of the stores had the seachem reef builder that I normally use. I'm kind of pissed because the seachem will give you approximations on how much a dose will raise your alk, whereas kent only says add 1 tsp / 20-30 gallons /day until alk is where...

Yes, I know tangs like meatier food as I also feed brine. I'm not sure the mirror would work, but it beats doing nothing. My tank is a 110 and the tang is only 3.5" at best. Thanks for the replies, I'm still pissed though.

My stupid piece of #$%^ purple tang had been a model citizen for over a year in my tank until one day he/she decided to nip at frogspawn corals, and has now moved to nipping on my gigantic colt. This behavior keeps them all from opening up. Now my once gorgeous reef looks like #$@%. This...

I have a little algae problem. Almost everyday the glass gets evenly distributed with algae. I have to clean the glass almost twice daily to see the tank clearly. The rest of the tank is relatively free of algae, and it is quite frustrating to have to keep cleaning the glass so often. I have...

Thanks for the replies! Looks like I'll go with one of each since my impression is that the additional PAR of a 50/50 vs Actinic blue is negligable in my setup.

So, I'd be better off going with 2 50/50 and one aquasun than 2 aquasun and 1 super blue PAR wise?

I did a search on this board and RC about the VHO types. I was running 2 aquasuns with 1 super blue (URI). One of my bulbs recently burned out, so I need to reorder soon-as in today. All the threads talked about were 2 and 4 bulb combos. All I have is softies and LPS. What I was wondering...

Looks like one of the bulbs is burned out. I tried to turn it so the other two would come on, but to no avail. I was hoping to be lucky enough to bypass the physics of electricity, but it turns out I'm a mere mortal and must wait for the return of my roommate before I can take the canopy off...

Well, today I woke up and my tank lights weren't on. My timer showed power, so I manually turned the switch off and back on. When I did, the lights flashed on for about half a second, but didn't remain lit. Next, I unplugged the Icecap from the timer and into another socket. Again the same...

I've read about people using superglue to glue sheets of GSP's on the back glass. My question is can you just use regular superglue? If so, will it work if gluing over coralline? I want to glue them to my standpipe which is covered in coralline. Do you just apply the glue to the back of the...

I've noticed the last day or two that some of my frogspawn's haven't been opening fully. At first I was wondering about water conditions until I saw my purple tang nip about four different heads. What's the deal? My clownfish lives in another frogspawn and has taken over patrol of frogspawn...

Thanks for all the help. The probe isn't dried out, I just remember from when I did research that our pH probe had to be filled with a buffer type solution. I was just figuring since I needed to buy the calibration fluids I could just get the gel, but since it's not close to drying out and the...

I just got an American Marine pinpoint pH monitor from someone tearing down their tank. I have a few problems I was hoping you guys/gals could help with. 1st of all, I don't have any way to calibrate the meter because I don't know where to get the fluids, not to mention how I'd go about doing...