Recent content by david t.

with my experience with copper the only way to get to have inverts is to completly drain the tank scrub it down. then you still only have a 50/50 chance that you will ever be able to keep inverts. unless you have a acrylic tank. The reason being that the silicone used to seal glass tanks will...

i just purchased a 6 stage reef unit on ---- new never used. from a place in california for 78.00 . they have a adapter you can get for 8.00 that allows you to hook it up to a water hose spicket. if you need there info email me at traildvd1@cs.com and i will let you know. :cool:

looks like a good start to me.:p

just siphon out how much you want to change. I use 5 gal. buckets. i use 4 buckets use 2 to mix the new water in and 2 to fill up with old water. I dont know what kind of filtration you use but if you got a sump just put a tee in the return line and a ballvalve with some tubing so all you have...

also as a reminder if you readings start to go down before you add the next shippment of rock. they will go up again most likley when you add the new rock. i would wait until all the lr is in the tank and then when the levels are at 0 then do water change. as far as the tooth brush that would...

i would go with vho (very high output) i would run (4) 48 inch tubes. they are 110 watts each for a total of 440 watts of light. You would most likley spend the same amount of money on pc (power compact) lights and have less wattage of light in my opinion. Just get a icecap 660 balast and wire...

my lfs has a 3 day waranty on marine fish. and 7 on fw.

still got the rock? i am interested e-mail me at traildvd1@cs.com if you still have it.

I was told that only the advanced marine aquarist should use straight iodine because it is so strong and you could crash your tank if not careful. but if you wanted to use any use iodide it is not a strong as pure iodine and verry hard to over dose the tank.

there is a guy at reefcentrtal.com who bought 80 bags of southdown and is trying to sell it i think for 10.00 a bag and you pay shipping. I saw the post 2 days ago.

i am going to drill my tank and was wondering if a 1 inch bulkhead would be enough or do you think i would have to use two 1 inch bulkheads. I am going to use a mag 12 pump with about a 4 ft. head. in a 100 gal tank. i want to run the pump wide open not restricted so i can get my 10x turnover...

i need a 1" bulkhead and a 3/4" bulkhead

i will give you 45.00 plus the 15 for shipping. let me know at traildvd1@cs.com

kip if u get a chance e mail me at traildvd1@cs.com u got to check out this new site i found u wont believe the prices this guy has:eek: :eek:

thanks for the info.