Recent content by pattycake

Word to the wise, dont fool with your tank if you are not feeling good. Last Wednesday night I purchased Kalwasser to raise my calcium level. All I can remember is I really misread the directions. Bottom line is I had to remove maybe 40 gals of water from my 55g tank. All my snails, crabs...

p.s. pics of your tank were great!!:)

Mike, Thanks for writing me back. I have been busy at work and just now found time to see if you had answered me. Thanks for the tip on the shop located at Jordan Lane, I will swing by and check it out! Yes, it would be great if you want to email. My email is: pwyatt@saturnofhuntsville.com

Mike, Wow, I could'nt believe it when I read your post that you live in Florence. I work in Huntsville and live in Arab. I have a 55gal that I set up last August and still feel like a beginner. You are right about this site. The folks here have been very helpful. I was wondering if you...

When you say "long time to make" is that because it just drips? And when you say "cure" how long are you talking about? This is the time you run it thru the RO device and before you put it in your tank, right? Do you add salt or other things to this water first?

I have a question on water quailty. When I first set up my tank I used tap water. After fighting with the red slime I started water changes using the water machine Culligan from Walmart. Boy, it is getting old caring 5 gallons of water home all the time. I really need to have something at...

thanks for the advise! I will do the water change.

I first panicked when the coral started looking bad, and went to a search of swf.com for some answers. the only thing I found was someone suggested checking the ammonia and water flow. I checked that and it was fine, and water flow is good to. As far as the tests go I can only tell you on the...

I have a 55 gal thats been up since August. I have studied (I thought) all that needs to be checked on the care of a successful sw tank. I have fish, crabs, snails, and corals. Everything is going good! Did the cycle, test kit for amonia, nitrates, nitrites, all in line. So, I asked my lfs...

I purchased mine last week. Need the 3 plug kind marked as large appliance. It hurt to have to buy two but I got mine at Walmart for 9.47 each! Good Luck!

I lost my Regal Tang this weekend. I have a 55gal reef with skimmer, filter, and 2 power heads. For the last 4 weeks I was finding him sucked up to the filters. It didnt matter which one. I would get him off and he seemed fine. But I kept wondering if he was stuck for a long period of time...

I have looked at so may pics of beautiful aquariums and i cant figure out the stacking of the rock. Do you have any space in the back? All the rock looks like its piled high against the back and then all kinds of corals everywhere. Can someone give me a tip??:)

pods and flat worms? Is that bad?

I have 55 gal tank with 33 lbs of live rock and 19 lbs of base rock. Will the base rock turn into live rock?

Hey we will take all the BAMA fans we can get on this one!!