Recent content by Sashimi

I keep it outdoor. The wind does a good job on evaporation and I'm never concern about flooding. I never fire my MH at night though, it has a UFO like effect on my neighbours, they just stand there and stare at the lights...

Definately Dragonet!

One part washing soda & 6 parts baking soda to raise your alk.

Definately use wider tube! It helps prevent the unit from getting clog up.

I think there is more information on nitrate than anything else if you would just use the search feature on this board to look for keywords like "nitrate" (obviously), "algae", "dsb", "LR", "LS" etc. I guess the most talked about method recently is a deep sand bed, so yes, a 5" sandbed. But you...

Fluidized Bed Filter will not take care of nitrate, in fact, it will raise nitrate because it is very efficient with nitrite. The sand would clump together if there's a power failure. You need to tilt the filter to get it working again. Sand at that time might overflow and find it's way to your...

Just wanted to share a picture of God's tank I saw sometime ago (couldn't remember where though...). Caution! This might freak some of you out! [ July 30, 2001: Message edited by: Sashimi ]

I seed my tank with 2 litres of NSW everyweek. I did notice increased diversity of algae though...

I catch mine during low tide. I have caught blennies, a pair of funky looking fish, 3 urchins, 1 shrimp, 2 puffers, 1 sea fan, 2 conch, dozens of snails, 3 huge hermits, some crabs, bristle worms & 1 scallop. It's really a pleasure of it's own. Of course, I live in South East Asia where the...

Guy, I think that is one of the most inovative idea I have seen thus far! and Fudge, That's one cool skimmer... if only my family members would appreciate fine engineering like that... All they ever said was, "What's this ugly thing here..."