Recent content by salty gal

Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 lol, washing sand is easy. Get a 5 gallon bucket, fill it half way full of sand. Stick a water hose all the way to the bottom and move it around. The sand will fluidized a bit, and the muck will come right out. I've done it plenty of times. Infact, I'm aiming...

Originally Posted by n8ball2013 you may want a type of air filter for your face .that sand is probably not going to smell too hot. I had broken down a neglected 55 and it was pretty awful. VERRRYYYY good idea!

Ok ... so after consideration, we are thinking to keep the sand. We have been discussing the process for "rinsing the yuck out". Here is where we are ... input would be greatly appreciated. 1. Put water in with the sand, swish it around, wait for it to settle, pump out the water. But the "yuck"...

OK ... so we should just rinse the sand and put it back in. Good deal. Be quicker on collecting $$ for the MH lighting! The only thing that disturbs me is that it is a tall tank, not a shallow one. If I was paying, I wouldnt! This means I'll have to stand on a chair just to do anything. He said...

Originally Posted by Mindcage133 Why trash the sand if it's the same type of sand you'll be using again. just rins it out really well and it'll work just like the dead rock you'll be using. all you need to do it seed it. Congratz on the tank though! Thats really close to how I got my 180. I'm...

Originally Posted by mboswell1982 are you gonna keep the wet/dry filters? or trash them an do a sump/refugium? I'm not sure. What would you do? I really need to get the book everyone on here talks about. I really know just enough to get myself into big trouble!

Was a HAPPY THANKSGIVING for us! My Brother in Law has a 180. His eel died about 8 months ago and his tank has just been sitting there since. He was asking $300 for it and I was going to try and work out a trade with him for it. But when I asked yesterday about it, he said "If you'll come and...

Well.... he's back at the LFS. Ready for someother unsuspecting person. He was so nice, even swam into the net for me. Oh well..... will deffiantly do research before buying anything again. Lesson learned!

Ok ... I admit it ... I'm not new to the hobby, but new to the forum and now realize I really don't know to much!!! Is "Detritis" the dust looking stuff all over everything?

OK ... I've tried nearly all of these ideas. ~sigh~ I went to get another shipment of ghost shrimp today and spoke with the owner of the LFS who sold it to me and was sure that he would switch. he's going to give me 1/2 credit for him. I'm taking him back Monday. Have to find a new Avatar :(...

as far as we know.

What did you "dip" it in? And what good does this do? I've seen it referenced, but don't really know too much about it. After 2 years in the hobby, just found this site and realized there is more to know than I even know what there is to know! LOL

OK ... There is an alge outbreak on my zoo colony... see pic: Attachment 213591 It is obvious this alge is hurting the zoo. So ... plan of attack? I was thinking maybe fragging along the alge/non alge part before the alge gets worse. Then what? Can you pick the alge out of between the polyps...

I did that Spanko ... site is now in my favs. !!!!! However the Toadstool leather link is dead. I'm guessing I would slice it off the rock and then move the rock (without cause an avalanche!). Then would the little slice left on that LR make a new one?? hhmmm LOOK!!! I went and took pictures...

So if you had an unidentified critter you wanted to corral, putting it in a container with a piece of screen rubberbanded on top is ok? ~acting like this has never happened in MY tank before~