Recent content by Reefer2b

When I had mine installed I remember reading something that talked about the slim possibility of the salt forming a dam....it was in the users manual. In theory, the water at the bottom of the tank dissolves the salt at the bottom of the tank and the overall salt level drops. But I recall...

What kind of lighting are you going to run? Even if it's halides, I'd think two 4" fans would be decent. Partially blocking the back (i.e. the top) would certainly cut down on reflected light getting bounced up above the tank on the wall behind it and might keep you out of trouble, but...

Poma, Here's a link to what I've been using. http://www.hawkfish.org/infoctr/homebuffer.htm tom

They're not toxic. Just slimy. spratoo.....after you snip it you need to mount it or at least hold it down. I used to just pin it down with another rock. otherwise, when it opens up again, it'll just blow around and fade away unless it gets wedged on something and can attach. now, if I'm...

really depends on what the corals are, imho. I've found some things definitely don't like to be right next to mushrooms. I had to move around my colt coral until it was about 12 inches away from the shrooms before it was happy. It was clearly the shrooms that hacked it off.... I think they also...

Plywood tanks are fine. Built one myself...still running fine. I read the same stuff you obviously have about using a pool, marine, or food safe epoxy. I digested all the info and then said to heck with it and just used a black two part epoxy I found at home depot. Primary purpose of my tank was...

Snail eggs. I added a bunch of trochus, cerith and nassarius snails to my tank and saw the same thing right away. After a while, you'll see a small hole has been cut out of the egg sack and all the little "white grains of sand" are gone. If any survive, a couple months later, you'll see some...

I have a red sea Berlin skimmer that wasn't functioning very well either. Yesterday I received the Beckett venturi mod and also a new Mag 7 pump. I replaced the venturi and the old Rio 2100 that was driving it and things are much much better. I actually had to turn the airflow down quite a bit...

Lynn, Check this one out. Lots of info. You have to dig sometimes. http://www.fishbase.org/

I vote peppermint. Mine is slow but steady. Never seen him bother the sand...only seen him on the rocks. Doubt he could put a dent in my pod population in my 75g. I didn't want something that just focused on aiptasia and would die or be a problem after the aiptasia was gone. No complaints.

i think danmhippo must own a LFS The urge is even harder to resist when you have an empty 55 in your garage.....

flyguy, I can't give you a comparison because I've never had an Iwaki, but I'm very happy with my LG 3MDQX. If I was setting up another 75 gal, I stick with LG. Tom

rep.... FYI....never used em...just ran across this today... http://www.seaslug-vs-aiptasia.ebz.com/US/

I did exactly what greg describes. Rinsed all the sand once, but i did it in 10-15# batches. Tank was still cloudy after I filled it but it cleared within a couple hours and I think it helped a lot.

Well nice hear that someone thinks the wrasse is innocent....but I still think he's the most likely suspect. I think a crab or mantis is even more unlikely though....the tank was set up for 8 years before I moved it piece by piece three months ago. Narry a sign or indication of anything...