Recent content by thauro77

During last week heat wave the power was gone at my building and I lost everything in the tank. I used to complain about how to get my tank cooler and actually went out and purchased a chiller. But the power went out while I was away for two days and when I got back I found a very nasty...

Originally Posted by coralreefer i need something that will keep my sand clean. if i leave it unmoved for too long, cyano starts growing on it. what would be good to keep my sand bed nice and white? its a 75 gallon tank. Adding more flow to your tank will help TONS!!!

Originally Posted by gratefulhippie I cant keep my xenia from growing madly. On the plus side I sell it to my swf store, but it seems to grow overnight? It has even killed my star polyps. I would like to have more varieties of coral but the xenia seem to take over anything other than my...

Hello Guys: I have a 75gl reef tank with 80#'s of life rock, 30#'s live sand and a 30gl sump filter (I think). Does anyone knows what I can do to improve this filter and what is the best filter pads I can use for it? I will appreciate any sugestions.

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Hello: I got sponges growing on my live rock. They are pink in color and I was told that these were harmless to the tank and that the only thing they will do to to tank was to add filtration. But know I am getting them growing into the branches of my candy coral and in between of my Zoo's. Also...

It is getting real hot in my appartment. I got a 75gl tank and I can't install an air conditioner unit in the building and the chiller is too dam expensive. Does anybody know how to build a chiller, a good chiller that can chilled my tank. I got 105 degrees. Please HELP i don't want all my fish...

Englis please!!! just kidding. So where can I get all these, at the lfs? please let me know how to add them to the sump. Thanks

Does anyone know what will be the best filtration System for a reef tank? I got a 75gl tank and I have a sump system but I am not sure anymore that this is the best way to filtrate the water. I will prefer Something that is natural and beneficial for the fish and the corals and stuff. Please let...

Maybe they're on a diet... just kidding. Mine also had the same problem and i used misys shrimp with garlic extreme and he started eating, now he is a pig. I have a maroon clown fish. Hope this will help

I have a question for this. So yopu are supposed to scrub the algae off the filter? It's that correct? and how often should I do this? Originally Posted by SantaMonica Part 2 of 8 You might ask why you have not heard of turf algae filters before. Well turf algae is actually used quite a bit in...

I also have a darsa clam, i think that is the name and I notice the hole as well but as you said it may be the mouth.

I have tried to get the LTA out of the tank but she placed itself inside of a hole in a rock making it impossible for me to romove it unless I get rid of the rock; and this rock has also 2 nice feather dusters. Also the carpet anemone is so burried in the sand that is almost impossible for me to...

Sorry for the spelling, Chromies

Hello Guys: I have 75gl reef tank with 90-100punds of live rock and arround 60 pounds of live sand. I have: 2 Crommies 1 Shrimp Goby 1 Maroon clown fish 1 Color Beauty 1 Midas Blenny 1 Yellow watchman goby Zoos 1 Bubble Coral 1 Candy Cane coral 1 long tentacle anemone 1 Carpet anemone 1 Dorsa...