Recent content by radge69

I'm looking at upgrading my lighting to MH. Do I need to have PC, VHO, or T-5 to supplement? Can I get a good balanced look of white and blue just using MH? TIA

Try giving it a good cleaning. Soak it in hot water with a little vinager. My mag 7 is quiter then my little Rio pump that I use for mixing water.

Yellow tang, potters wrasse, and a pink spotted shrimp goby. 3 peppermint shrimp, blue and red leg hermits, astrea snails, a red serpant star, and a brittle star. 30 gallon fuge, and a 30 gallon sump. Water params all normal. Peppermints and the stars were the last things added. I had one...

Over the past week my small clam, green and pink star polyps have gotten ate. The only things added recently are a brittle star and a red serpent star. My button polyps, xenia, mushrooms, kenya tree, zoos, toadstool, and colt haven't been touched. Any ideas?

What did you use to cut the acrylic tubing since you can't pull the tube out for the collection cup? Also, in the skimmer itself did you cut down the smaller diameter tube or did you cut the larger diameter tube that you can pull out? Thanks.

You can get a 6 stage ro/di with faucet and holding tank for $135 including shipping off of e-bay. Works well, I get the same readings from that unit as I did from my LFS RO/DI that costs .30 cents a gallon. I believe they are named filter direct.

You have to be careful with Turbo snails because some come from colder waters and therefore die shortly after being put in our tanks, but it could take up to a month or two before they die from the water temp. Margirita snails can not right themselves, so if they fall off and land on their...

I run two, one on each end of the tank. One is a powersweep that does 200 or so gallons per hour and one is a standerd power head that does another 200 or so. I still have a few spots that are low flow areas for corals that like that type of flow, so I don't think I have too much flow. I also...

I don't mean to flame Kelly's opinion, but xenia need more light than that. You need at least a decent power compact setup to grow xenia. I also wouldn't do a frogspawn under anything below a PC setup. Just too risky on the animals part and also on the owners part in investing a good chunk of...

It says it can be used everyday, but on my 25 I haven't had to do that. I might have to do it, but I want to get my levels where they should be and then figure out how often and how much I need to dose. I just don't know what to do to get back to where I should be.

I've noticed your good with the water quality stuff, so I got a question for you. I can't seem to get my PH, cal, and alk where they need to be. Here's my readings: amonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 PH 7.8 cal 320 alk 300 Alk test reads (KH) ppm for the readings. I dose b-ionic weekly, which...

My alk test is in ppm, strange I know, but that's the way it is. First one I bought. PH is higher during the day. Those values are morning when the lights come on and at night right as they go off. B-ionic is a two part system. First part is the buffer, and the second is the calcuim. Both...

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I can't say which to get because we only have a coral beauty. I have to say this is my favorite fish that we have, he is always on the move and likes to play games with you, sort of like hide and seek. He will move into a cave and then look out of a small hole until you look at him and then...

Anyone else have an idea?