Recent content by drewsbrews

Not sure if the estimated max sizes on the aquarium sites are listing wild or captive figures (roughly 6-8"). Just have to wait and see I suppose. Thanks for the info! Right now the 15 is covered with a standard hood, freshwater style. I can cover any of the unnecessary holes and put a...

I see. What timeframe do they typically get to max size and what seems to be their average lifespan?

I had thought most hepatic lipidosis was associated with nutrient deficiencies? but I'll do my best to change the feeding schedule. It's tough with those big pouty eyes ;)

How goes the plan m-barbour? This little lion has me enthralled! In the past couple days it has moved over to silverside chunks once per day. Much cleaner for the tank since some of the mysisbrine would get lost and uneaten, also it fills the belly quicker so I'm not standing over the tank for...

Yes the fixture came with 10k and 460nm bulbs. If your corals are doing fine with the stock bulbs I's say stick with it until time to change em. One of the aquasuns failed after only a week or so. I popped one of the stock 10ks in it's place and left it at that. I'm not the most impressed...

Yep I'd say he's definately learned the begging technique. 90% of the time he's at the corner I'm sitting near where my desk is. Then when I look over at him he swims to the top and waits lol. Good to know about the jumper tendancy, this tank is using a "freshwater" style hood since it's only...

Algae is photosynthetic just like corals. Since algae is cheap, fairly hardy, and often regarded as a potential nusance it gets pushed to the bottom of the list of needs to fulfill. But if you are using it as your primary nutrient export I'd say it's pretty high priporty. You want it to grow...

I'm geeking out again, Ignore if you wish, Maximum usage of your light can be had if the algae is placed in the center of the fuge, then shim the two outside socket bases so the bulbs on either side point inward a little towards the center.

Thanks Meowzer, I was hesitant to post links to other stores. Kelvins (The "k" value) is essentially the color of the light. From what I hear macro algaes are very accepting to a range 3000k to 10000k, but many seem to think 5000k to 6500k is best for max growth, so I followed suit. I can't say...

Quote: Originally Posted by saxman Did I miss something? I don't recall anyone saying there was sand in the return or that the baffles were too high... Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills ... Is that sand in the return chamber? Quote: Originally Posted by ElvishPants yes it is sand... to...

My sump is designed the same as his and I don't have any issues. My experience was when I have enough light for the Chaetomorpha to grow it renders the skimmer useless. I took out the reef octopus skimmer I bought because there was little to skim anymore. An expensive lesson, since it's...

I just picked up a Fuzzy Saturday. It has been a very inquisitive fish from the getgo slowly inspecting the tank bottom, using the bottom of it's fins to scoot around on the substrate and rocks. He didn't seem afraid of me, just a little freaked out from the whole ordeal. Today was the first...

The drain tubing looks small, but after the head loss on a sub 500gph pump it may do just fine. Tons of water movement to the sump isn't necessary anyway so long as the powerheads keep things stirred up. Are you going to use chaetomorpha in your fuge? if so I'd suggest the "bright effects"...

I heard the samefor the stock bulbs, so I changed mine out asap. It's just over a 2 month old tank so not much reefing is going on yet anyway. The 10,000Ks were producing a ton of algae. I swapped all the bulbs out for a combo of ATI and UV. 2x Super Actinic (uv) 1x Aquasun (uv) 2x Aquablue...

I'll be out with it. I've got fish, have had em a while.. ocellaris clown, Sixline Wrass, Firefin Goby, Neon Goby, Royal Gramma, Starry Blenny My cuc is composed of red tip hermits, scarlet hermits, blueleg hermits, cerith snails, astrea snails, nassarius snails, a very large babylonia (fancy...