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Originally Posted by redneckhaven the tank is about 2 years old. my boyfriend sorta let it go until i came into his life and showed an interest in it. he maintained it to a point but we are still having trouble. he had a lion fish in it, but sadly it died. he has since stocked it with small...

I had a YT damsel for about a year and what you describe is all he/she did. It staked out a nice place and lived to defend its turf. It ate, swam a bit, and hid out in its cave. That was its personality.

Originally Posted by arch scot Is having three powerheads in a 55 galloon fish tank to much??? Depends on the GPH of the power heads and what is the purpose of your tank as well as it's set up (filtration methjod). Reef requires different flow than FOWLR and a HOT vs cannister with return makes...

If the tank is brand new you will have to feed the crabs if you put them in right away.

For me, I would always mix in a container. THere could be undisolved solids left behind and who knows how long it would take to disolve in your tank. Your SG readings could be off longer if mixed in a tank..

I am doing the same. I did a Search on books. I picked up several on corals and just started reading. I also picked up a test kit for Alk and Magnesium as well as calcium and phospates. I'll read and test while I save money for the lights.

I've seen some with a foam pad between baffles of section 1 and 2 to cut out the bubbles.

Bill, if you just need to filter the debris from the tank overnight then any mechanical filter will help. Not knowing what was on the 12 gal I can't guess how long it would take to clear the tank but it would be better than nothing at all and by some time while you figure out what to do long term.

Thanks. I plan to give it a try soon.

For my 72 BF I tried the 1200 and did the skimmer box but did not go with the drain attachment. I did not like the set up at all. I think the smaller pump did not push the volume I needed and I shortened the distance of the pump to surface as much as I could. I also did not like the noise of...

To keep the entire pinned pilel from falling down as one larger unit do you anchor it to some base? I was thinking of a piece of plexiglass of sorts to epoxy the PVC rod to. Then the stone plus sand would hold it in place. The expoxy would be fish safe.

another thought.... are you filling the return tube and j tube completely? If the diameter changes from small to large and if for some reason you have air at the end in the J-tube you could be mixing air at that end.

If it's not a lose connection and if it is not a hole in the tube then it could be that the pump is letting air in or pass through. If the pump is totally submerged then can you tell us if you have bubbles in your wet dry section that has the pump? What Saltn00b was saying by baffle I think...

From my personal experience I only had green hair algea pop up 4 months into my new tank because I used tap water (not RO/DI) and sun light right on my tank. I never have had corline chaneg color from purple to white. I never had phosphates that high. So what type water are you using?

I saw on craigs list where a dealer from mass had to sell more tanks to keep his ability to sell wholesale active. He was offering to quote at cost any set up. I gave him a few setups I liked and his prices came back way below my LFS.

Are you moving the digital to different locations (close to lights, flow, etc)? The digital will be more sensitive in what it displays as it is made to show more units of measure where the stick has a "range" so it won't flucuate until you hit a certain variance. Try the digital in a calmer...

Interesting method and I think that is something I could make work. I would still have to haul buckets around but I wouldn't waste as much as I thought.

I use coralife super skimmers and for the $80 or less I think it is a good deal. It out performed my aqua C Remora which was about $200. The SS can work HOT or in sump.

Does sound high but if you think about how many LFS there are in each town in each state in just teh USA and how many tanks we all have and how many pklaces you could collect the fish in the wild.... I guess it does add up. But I do like your thoughts around the more comman and less costly fish...

I'd wait it out. Why risk spreading it to the other tank as well.