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RO/DI all the way. Used tap when my RO broke a while back and regretted not immideatley replacing it with a new one. Fought a new algae outbreak for three months in a 1.5 year old tank... RO/DI all the way. Expensive at first but well worth it in the long run. Don't skimp on the cost when it...

Originally posted by MalibuPam My tank was started with NSW from the Catalina Water Company. A huge tanker truck pulled up, a hose went in the house, and they filled it up. I can't say if this is good or bad because I'm a newby and it was the fish guy's decision. But FYI the Catalina Water...

Originally posted by dreeves My triggers have and constantly are stirring my sand up...they are real pigs when it comes to tank cleasiness...evidently products of poor upbringing... aye. My clarkii must have been raised on a pig farm.

Originally posted by Kipass4130 wow... the plant man has a sidekick! :p lol! I left for a month or so. Glad to see bob has stuck around even with all the 'plant-bashing'! :p

May be a good idea to post the specs of your tank (size/equipment/substrate/biofilter) to get a better idea of what may be causing this. How long has the tank been setup?

From your first post it seems that you have fish that have been in the tank for three months doing fine? Is that correct?

I wouldn't worry about running it 24/7. IMO the more gunk it clears outa your tank the better! :D

:D :D :D Oh yeah: Welcome To The Board! :D :D :D sorry i forgot to mention that.

May want to consider adding a couple of pounds of live rock to help balance things out. Read up about live rock first to make sure you understand it. Get a test kit as well so you can monitor Nitrate / PH / Ammonia. Replace the bulbs in your lighting, after a year they may be loosing some of...

If you just have the cannister for water flow then yes get a powerhead. MaxiJet 900's sound about right for a 60. At least two for the tank.

lookin good! keep us posted

Originally posted by Mr. Ray wow that is a lot of sand and rock. I was only thinking of getting 20 lbs of sand. Can the tank support 80lbs of rocks and 80lbs of sand and 400lbs of water? you can supplement the sand with Southdown, cheaper 'dead' sand.

Originally posted by ackermsb Aquarium Center and House of Tropicals are both good stores. Aquarium Center I feel is a cleaner place to buy fish from as it seems they take great care of the facility. Buy a fish from there yes, rock not a chance yup. All my fish came from there... but...

Looks like you are on the right track.. a word of advice: save some of your old substrate! put it in a nylon stocking or filter bag and put it back in your tank for a little while... it'll help seed the new sand. I didn't do this and wish I had when I switched over. HTH. Cheers!

The baster works really well for me.. also if you have a really big problem area buy a lower power PH and point it at the rock so it won't allow the sand to collect there. My clarkii is a friggin engineer and digs all the time... sand EVERYWHERE. HTH.

Originally posted by RobChuck I've never seen them live, but I wanted to tell you all a story; I think I was about five, and I was caught stealin' man you used mine! lol. Janes Addiction rocks... who are they playing with?

IMO I would use LR to kickstart your cycle... you do not need special lighting to keep LR but stronger lighting will encourage coraline and other nice things to grow. Dead shrimp can also be used, you just need something to stimulate the ammonia/trite/trate cycle and a decaying piece of shrimp...

Agreed w/ everything Kipass said (as usual:) ) If you want to (in the future) go w/ a reef setup I would invest the time/money in getting a decent sump/refuge going... it'll save you sooo much hassle in the long run. The sump/refuge can be any size that'll fit under your tank... but IMO the...

Originally posted by 007 I would think that water collected anywhere near an oil rig would have traces of contaminants in it that are undesirable in a reef tank. I would not be willing to risk. If anything deters you from doing that is should be this :) I wouldn't trust it, this topic has...

I used to go to TU 'back in the day' :)