Search results

Quote: Originally Posted by DustinTX Im not sure what to put in it. Im here for any advice or suggestions u all have. My main tank is just going to be a fowlr for the time being until I get this salt water thing down. There are many option and many opinions. For a good basic refugium I'd go...

Quote: Originally Posted by DustinTX So im in the process if repairing a leak in my 20 gallon and.after that I am moving everything in my 10 gallon to my 20 gallon tank. I would like to know how to turn my 10 gallon tank into a sump/refugium? It's easy, all you need to do is look at one of the...

I use a 200 micron sock, clogs up less often. I'd use one or two shrimp tops, and stick them in a bag so you can fish them out easier. The only media I run is Boyd Chemi Pure Elite, best stuff EVER! It takes care of phosphates too and balances the pH. Just make sure you rince it really well...

Quote: Originally Posted by Siptang Usually craigslist will be ur best friend for these kind of things... my buddy got close to 100 pounds for 100 bucks. +1 I keep telling people to look on Craigslist first, I've bought live rock, fish, frags, all kinds of great stuff dirt cheap. And if what...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy IMO Chromis are far too delicate to be a starter fish. I agree, IMHO Chromis are lousy fish. They say to buy a bunch of them because they school, then they chase the smallest one until it dies and so on until you only have one. Not very colorful either. I've...

The sock is clean! It's weird, I'm going to play with it tonight. Thanks for the suggestions, it's always something with a tank isn't it.

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 So what your saying is you have NO bubbles in your overflow.......And the overflow drains directly into your fuge.......Your getting bubbles through your sock....What type of sock are you running....Is it a felt type sock or a mesh type sock..... Yes, no...

Looks great! Nice job on the refugium, I just built one with a very similiar design (slightly lower water level though, I'm a chicken). And you've left ample room for a good size skimmer, big plus. Are you using a sock on the bottom of the inlet tube to the fuge? I've done it both way and think...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 I'm curious are there micro bubbles in your oveflow before it drains down to your fuge.......I get micro bubbles from my overflow and it's due to the height the water is dropping from the tank to the water surface in the overflow box......If your getting...

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrew245x It controls the amount of air getting into the pipe, I guess mine wasn't getting enough, so it was gulping for air, ever since I opened it up, it drains so smooth now! Now if I can just quiet down my pump... To quiet the whole under-stand part of my...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Not exactly what I was talking about but will give you some ideas...... http://www.dursostandpipes.com/popular-modifications/4-dual-durso-standpipes That is exactly what mine looks like. What does the size of the anti-syphon hole on the top of the tubes...

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrew245x Hey guys, I have an internal overflow on my tank, and it is quite noisy. The water flows over the internal grate thats in place into the back section, there is a piece of pipe that comes up out of the water an makes a U back into the water, there is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrew245x You have a lot of research to do...there is many many fish you can't keep together, What I suggest is how about you tell us what fish you would like to have, and if you want to have a reef or not, and we can point you in the right direction. We really...

There are many methods and most are fine, except cycling with a live fish, that I wouldn't do. Here's what I do: Put a raw shrimp in a filter bag and throw it in there for a day, I like to spike the ammonia over 1 ppm. Use the bag so you can get it all out. Run lights for 5 hours/day during the...

I was posting at the same time as Joe and hadn't seen his answer yet, my bad. I think I'm going to go with a sponge in the overlfow to make sure it stays put in the refugium. Thanks again.

Thanks! Okay so the basket goes. Do you think eggcrate will keep the chaeto from going into the overflow area or do I need filter floss? Also, does it sit of the sand or float?

Just got my DIY refugium up and running, so far so good. I've got Mineral Mud in there with a live sand "cap", and a bunch of chaeto. My LFS guy told me to keep the chaeto in a basket in the refugium so it doesn't get all over the place, which I did. So now the basket is in there with the chaeto...

Damsels bully other fish, chase them, nip at them, causing stress on new fish, probably killing some of them. If you put one in your tank eventually you'll have to catch it and remove it, so save yourself the trouble and just don't get any. If you want to do things right, set up a quaranitne...

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrew245x (guess I can answer now, the key started working, at least momentarily) You are most likley in the middle of your cycle, once your ammonia hits 0 you will be nearing the end, just have to wait for your nitrite to hit 0, from the day you see your nitrite...

It seems unlikely your tank is already cycled unless everything came from an established tank and was transported properly. Still, I doubt it's cycled yet. Give it time, rushing only leads to dead fish. As for fish, you really need to do some research and make a good fish wish list in advance of...