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using a plastic scraper if its heavy enough or acrylic algae scrubber works but both result in hazing due to the coraline being abrasive enough to scratch the plastic. ideally using vinegar as a solvent if the tank is empty is best if its full keeping it clear before it forms heavy deposits by...

no, no meds at all. just tylenol for the headache as per drs. orders.

I'd just be happy if the headache would go away. 600mg Tylenol just makes it fade back. Supposed to go to a frag swap tomorrow but I don't have the energy to stay out of bed for more than an hour at a time and thats only if I'm not doing anything.

2 days in the hospital running a gamut of tests, blood draws, echocardiograms, stress tests, it was all conclusively inconclusive. They say my hearts not going to explode. But they don't know the cause of the chest tightness or pain in my left arm, nor the headache that hasn't subsided for 5...

you definitely need venting of some sort. just adding an exhaust fan (pushing air out) and adding a few vents to let air in on the opposite side should be more than enough.

But yes op you can scrape, scrub scuff, puree, or however you want to do it. I usually use a hard toothbrush or brass bristle brush the scuff the heck out of coraline on rock for seeding a tank (whos gonna be the first to panic and scream don't use metal? lol), you can also scrape some off the...

As long as the tank is fish-less for 6 weeks any ich would die. ich cannot survive longer than 6 weeks without a host. So yes you are correct, as long as the cycle process lasts longer than that.

hmm from you I was halfway expecting a cephalopod..........lol Congrats man!

Thanks, I've been doing this for a week or three lol.

You can also build a mandarin feeding station (basically a glass jar just big enough for the mandarin to get into so the faster eating fish dont get the food. you can use various tiny pellet foods like spectrum, to feed the madarin as well as various fish eggs, it may take time for the mandarin...

well if nothing else james you posts are enlightening......

I would grab a couple gallons and run some tests on it for all the usual suspects, trate, trite, ammonia, phos, calcium, mag, etc. etc. depending on what kits you have it may just be simpler to send a sample out for analysis.

Salt water cannot be 0 tds, it may be mixed from 0 tds water. As for the biofilm/slime that would grow in the container, that would be natural filtration cleaning up any undesirables in the water. I wouldn't bother scrubbing it out. if its green then its algae feeding on phos and nitrates that...

as flower said different answers from different people, when it comes to questions like this. I've always been a proponent for lots of water changes. In my experience done correctly they only help a tank thrive. way back years ago, in a 45g I had I did 5g a day, every day, the growth was...

Gotta say from past experience, and the last half hour of frigging with the skimmer the coralife SS has got to be one of the most finicky touchy irritating skimmers ever to tune. they skim great once you get em dialed in but damn they are too susceptible to any changes messing with em. reliable...

and for those that are curious once I get it all debugged the powerstrips behind the sump will be getting relocated to under the stand it just easier to do everything from above for now.

Firing up the skimmer, yes the picture is sideways photobucket can't rotate it for some reason. going to let this break in so less micro bubbles are coming out the effluent tube before kicking the sump in.

James your link is broken bub

I like it.

Just goes to show the practice of "go in eye it, go home research it, go back buy it" work out better than listening to a guy at the fish store most of the time. A lot of people that work in those stores may have decent knowledge but have gaps in what they think of when making a sale, its easy...