Recent content by ShaunW

Tobin spell out your ideal LPS/softie system.

Problem is in a NYC apt where would you put the 55g sump. Would you expect it to fit under the tank? Even if you could fit it horizontal you wouldn't be able to get into the sump for maintenance unless the stand was higher than the typical one used for a 75g tank (removing and cleaning the...

Sounds like a plan, if it isn't broke............ Speaking hypothetically: Your corals are probably using the nitrate for energy and hence your observation that "the tank is doing great". Corals are able to bio-assimilate nitrate like bacteria converting the nitrogen atom in nitrate to amino...

Let's hear it! give over your advice. Think of it as a exercise in system design. My answer based of limited resources living in a walk up NYC apt where weight is an issue (you can imagine your own settings): - 75 gallon reef ready tank (with overflow customary placed on the outside of tank)...

Based on the answer above Simon's advice is perfect. A reading of 100 is quite high, your on the boarder of failure if not there already. I would be diligent in water changes until you work the system out better, or get rid of the gobies or do a remote DSB (like others have suggested as a...

Will do, :D. Unfortunately the tank present in this thread is no more. Iconically, I am tank-less surrounded by coral, :lol: .

It will most definately disrupt calcification. You should get new rock, especially since you are into SPS. Or you should consider swapping out your rock 1/3 at a time, cooking it in a tub with a skimmer attached without light for a couple of months then putting it back and moving on to the next...

Agreed.

Define high nitrate, since you can have quite a high reading and still have a very health reef. Does your sand bed have black spots on it? do you get gas expulsion from the sand bed, i.e. see gas pockets within it? I ask this since a "yes" to these questions means that your DSB is working...

No problem Wingo, you will love this town.

Yes, my rent for a 2 bedroom with a very large balcony, living room, etc, is $1520/month. But I live about 30 minutes from the heart of Sydney. As you get closer to the city the rents increase (just like NYC). If you are willing to pay more in my area, the places you can rent are...

I bumped my for sale threads by dropping the price $20 - $50 with each :bump: . Want a solution? ;) , creating an instant automatic price drop with each bump.

Right offshore from the beach where I live dolphin pods swim by. I have already seen dolphins surfing in the waves. Here is a picture of a whale! You can see the fin above the water if you look at the center of the picture. Another Sydney beach. We thought about living here, but figured...

I learned in NYC to avoid cabs and random traffic but it was a stray wave that almost did me in. Since you all are probably interested in what marine life exists, well the answer is lots! What is inside the rock pools. A hidden octopus. Different snail and barnacle species are...

I left NYC in such a crazy state that I never was able to send a thank you to all the wonderful MR members that I met during all my years as a member (dear old friends (Jim, I am sorry I didn't return your call)), and the new ones when I sold off my system. SO THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!! :D you all...