Search results

GSD Said : 1) I turned the needle-wheel pump around 180 degrees so that the intake wasn't sitting directly under the diffuser box. Why recycle water that has already been through the skimmer? Duh, why didn't I notice that!?! I will definately making that adjustment soon!

Thanks Tx Reef. Guess I will keep him around a while longer.

I've got a Yellow Tang (Maggie), Clown (Crusty), and a Lawn Mower Bennie (Plucky). The Bennie is my favorite. It’s a riot to watch him scoot around the tank. I feed them a half a cube of Myso Shrimp a day, skipping a feeding once a week. The tang gets a strip of algae once a day that him and...

B-utiful stand! Is that the corner where you are going to put the tank in? If so it looks like you have two windows, one on each side. Does that corner get a lot of light or heat in the summer time? What about cold drafts in the winter? Something to think about.

I was in a similar situation as you. 65 gal FWOLR. Wet/dry filter. No protein skimmer. Algae growth everywhere. Even get my water from WalMart. Still do. My lights were on only 8 hours a day. (Get a timer.) My nitrates were in the 40’s to 80’s.Frequent water changes did nothing to effect the...

I haven’t seen my Sally Crab in over a month. She was around the first two days after she came out of the quarantine tank but haven’t seen her since. Is that unusual? She was very active in those two days. My other fish are Tang, Lawnmower Bennie and a clown. The sally was part of the 30-90 gal...

I gonna want to get rid of him, huh?

I found this little guy one night when I was spying on my fish. It only comes out at night. It's about 2" long when full extended. Otherwise it retracts to less than a 1". When light hits him he retracts and hides under the LR.

I have one too. Love it. It took about a month for it to make a culture and work effectively. After that it really pumps out the crap. I do have to keep an eye on the collection cup everyday though for the reasons you specified. So far I have noticed that several factors affect the cup...