Recent content by t-byrd

SeaChem test kit. Dan, it's the plan but its not going to happen till 3-4 months from now. I have a 90g all glass mega flow that I bought a couple weeks ago, but I still need to build the stand for and wire the storage room below the living room for the pumps and lights, and I'd rather not...

I do vacuum out the sand bed when I do water changes, and have pulled out some of the sand this way. Always use RO water since the tank was set up. While vacuuming the sand, the water smells horrible going into the bucket. I do not have a fuge, but I do have a decent amount of caulerpa growing...

It's about 3 inches deep, and lots of critters, tracks all over it. When I first set the tank up, I'm sure I overfed quite a bit.

Lately my tank has become so overgrown with hair and slime algae I don't know what else to do. I have tried 30g water changes weekly (55g tank) and it comes right back a couple days later. Water tests ok, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, and 0 phosphates, double checked by LFS because I couldn't...

not to long ago, i had a yellow watchman completely disapear. he was active, out all the time. now, one of my firefish is gone. i moved over the weekend, so i had all the rock out and the tank completely empty, still no trace. i have a black brittle star, at least a foot from leg tip to tip...

got a scribble and and a coral beauty. i wouldnt consider either of those all that effective either. lately the only thing the coral beauty does is nip at my anenome crab in my long tentacle. maybe try aggresive carbon/resin and ro/di frequent water changes to eliminate excess nutrients so the...

ive got a bi color, midas, and a lawnmower blenny. non, ime, would be considered effective at removing macro. they may nip at it, but they graze mostly filamentous and film algae from the rock and sometimes the glass. your best bet is probably to just to pull it off. i like having the macro in...

putting in 4 110w vho bulbs over a 55g this weekend with the coralife electronic ballast what would be the ideal combination of bulbs? would this be sufficient light for sps?

i just put in a ply pad to take out some phosphates, could this be the culprit? thanks

and feed them lots. they are big worms and need a lot of food. target feeding phytoplankton with a turkey baster is a good idea if you want them to live more than a couple months.

ok, maybe a better question is: how many of you moniter redox and orp, and how many are concerned enough to have equipment to raise or lower it?

me too. what i got out of the above is if you have the extra loot, test for it. if you dont, dont worry about it.

should i be testing for this? is it mostly a concern for people using ozone? im just confused on how it applies to a fishtank and if this is something i should be testing for and all that. for my new tank that im setting up, 120 that i plan to stock with sps and clams eventually.

redox and orp? thanks

same thing happened to mine. i sahke it up but still have a chunk down at the bottom. i've been using it for almost a month like that.