Recent content by snapperboy

I know its hard to be patient, especially in this wonderous hobby. Your levels look fine now, but in a very touchy tank (low water volume) I'd wait it out till this upcoming weekend, and give your cleanup crew a week alone in the tank then slowly add the fish you want toward the end of august...

Originally Posted by joncat24 actinic lights are worthless in a fuge. I partially dissagree, as for the macro's the actinic does nothing. But in my sump/fuge there is nice coralline spreading on the rock+rubble+ on the glass walls/baffles of the sump. Iam pretty sure the actinic light has a...

I've ordered from here once and it didn't go the best.. I never recieved livestock, and eventually cancelled, then waited for a refund. Was it a fluke??? probably, but it was my experience here. I've shopped on the DRs. site for live and dry items and always am impressed

I switched from reef crystals to OCEANIC, and if your not using TMpro or clean ocean water, then try OCEANIC. I acually get readings for trace things like magnesium (15gal=1200ppm), which i tested for and never got a reading in R.crystals . I test every batch of salt i get and so far the best...

Salinity is too low to keep those snails happy, try raising to 1.024-1.026. I keep mine at 1.026 and the only time they die is when hermits attack!

Hey, just a quick thought. ... from time to time i do check my specific gravity with a hydrometer and it reads 1.030+. BUT when i check with the refractometer it reads 1.026. So i would question the device your using for checking the SG and not the salinity which are two different things. Can...

Originally Posted by reefkprZ they only have the aqua-d version. (unless I missed the other ones on their. look in the VHO section of their page, 110W is not a standard bulb

I know a couple of DRS who sell them on their webpage ...

i would get the highest you possibly can afford, with the ability to control flow you will have plenty of reserve for any occasion/need.

i would take a sample to a LFS and have them test it. some of those "pure water" companies use copper pipping in their purifiers and heavy metals in the water could devistate your tank.

hey, yeah the worm is pretty awesome and is not something you see very often, especially at this size. All my visitors getted freaked out when they see it, and my wife wont go into the fish/utility room anymore anyway, i live in northern CA. Im not too worried to ship the worm anywhere, and...

I pulled this guy out of my DT and i've been keeping him alive in a fishbowl with my weekly h2o change water going in as its new water every week. Anyway i feel bad for it, not being able to survive and thrive in a real system. I have fed it pieces of homemade meaty food overnight and it is gone...

Originally Posted by renogaw i'd look to chemical warfare before blaming a detritus eater unless you actually saw it eating LIVE corals I seriously doubt that the 8 rocks with polyp colonies spread over a 125G tank killed eachother and left 3 turbo shells at the fireworms cave entrance. From...

From the picture i took above i was able to identify this Fire bristle worm that had to have come in on my LR which is from Indonesia since day 1. He has been fattening himself/herself/ ..itself on about $300 of corals, $50 clam, plus giant turbo snails. My bubble is not looking so hot but i...

So up until last week I thought i was doing a "passable" job on keeping my tank healthy and clean. I have been keeping most things alive, and keeping my water parameters what would be considered pristine. My only problem and only deaths have been my polyps, zoo's, and 2 pink tip anenomes. All...