Recent content by ncacura

found out my alk was really high, which in turn caused my calcium to go down....i added buffer between the time i had my water checked and now, that's prob. what caused the issue....thanks for the comments.... i bought some alka-stable to take care of the problem....should take care of...

i'm bringing in my water again today to get checked.....but i'll make sure he checks all my levels of everything. there is no stray voltage, i have a groud lead in the tank..... my powerheads are fine as well.......

might be baby snails? you have any snails in your tank? was that picture taken at night? at night my glass looks like that.....even sometimes in the morning, i'll have a couple still on there....

What do you mean by clean water? Is your protein skimmer and in-sump skimmer? Sometimes with in-sump skimmers, if you top off your tank, your water level goes up in the sump (obviously.) This causes the level in the skimmer to go up, and sometimes if you overfill your sump, meaning filled it up...

Alright so here's the deal.....My calcium was messed up for a while, but my corals were still doing fine, just no growth was showing up. I finally got my calcium back to normal but now all my corals have closed up. I have xenia, frog spawn, zoos, mushrooms, a clam and star polyps. Everything is...

Originally Posted by SH2000 bump. don't know why it would go up....but your fine.....no worries, .1 is nothing to worry about.

I just stick my arm in the tank, just make sure it's not dirty. You'll be fine.

Originally Posted by DSBdude Hi, i am new to marine aquariums. I know what a sump is but i don't know what the correct set-up for one is. I'm going to use the Berlin method and the DSB method combined so I just need a simple set-up for overflow, sump, and in-sump skimmer. Thanks What's your...

the [hr] is suppose to say [hr] , don't know why i can't put that in the thread?

Could be a number of reasons.... 1. They died. 2. If they did die, check your calcium, it it's too high, they can get "stuck in a molt" meaning their shell hardens before they molt which causes them to die. 3. Most inverts need iodine, check with your LFS for iodine, aquarium iodine is a lot...

I always like looking at new tanks. Everything is so clean its scary, but looks awesome. As the tank ages your tank will get more color, but also dirtier. So far it looks good, the anemone (purple atlantic) looks bleached. Probably from the improper lighting, as you are probably aware of...

Originally Posted by banner1 Just wanted to know if i could add just plain sand to my established tank? Has been set up for two years already has live sand and cc mixed. I don't have enough substrate so want to add more. thanks. Any reason you couldn't just add live sand? It's not really that...

Originally Posted by m0nk The more volume the better. A really good consideration is to have a sump that's at least 1/3 of the size of the tank, if at all possible. So, using your current tank to fill that would work out well. cool, that's what i figured, but wasn't sure.....

I'm too broke right now to upgrade my tank, but I know once I finish college I plan to upgrade. Currently I'm running a 75 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. I plan to upgrade to a 180 or bigger once I decide to upgrade again. I was thinking, instead of selling my current tank, I would transform...

Originally Posted by nycbob mag float doesnt work bc i hv it. i use my finger nails to scrape it inch by inch every 2 days, and this is just the front glass. your coraline grows that fast? I guess just keep scraping then. I've never had that problem. My coraline grows on the back of the tank...