Recent content by reefer6

OK everyone heres the deal. I have been contacted by someone who is willing to ship 2 pallets up to san francisco for $500 and it can be delivered to a residence if you are willing to unload it. that is a little over $4.47 a bag for shipping. 112bags at $15.00 a bag + $500 for shipping =...

Thanks guys I will check on shipping to those zips in the morning and post what I find.

Guys I need a zipcode to send this to for shipping cost.

Reefdude you have mail

What kind of lighting is it under? Possibly increase the lighting and circulation. might help

That does suck but I have seen worse I was in a LFS and saw a 3ft nurse in a 4ft cube tank man was that depressing and you know what I was in there after about 3months and guess what still there I want to put it out of its mysery the poor thing can barly move in that small of a tank.

I agree with hectina about the sg That may very well be your starfish killer and the temp as well will really do a number on the leather corals, but I think you should start with the water If you have a hair algae problem I would test for phosphates and keep an eye on what you are adding test...

All in fun here if I had to choose one I would go with DSB because of the surface area however one thing that I have to throw out there is that we are all trying to achieve balance in many ways. Notto get to far off track here I have heard many opinions on feeding the reef tank some very little...

I keep three peppermint shrimp and make sure to feed the tank well so they dont nip at the polyps. They got a real taste for flesh when they devoured my aptasia outbreak in about 3 days.

The only thing you need to watch out for is water displacement. If you add 100# af live rock to a 60 gal sump with a 5"DSB you now have roughly a 30gal sump or there abouts. thats not a bad thing it simply leaves less room for error in power outages or pump failure.