you might try moving it is you are really worried. my leather have gone a wek at a time. usually the "lose" an outer layier of "skin" and grow a little. never had one do it for 3 weeks though. if it has not changed i would move it around the tank. took me a month or so before i found happy...
i use maxi 1200 and they don't kick ait into my tank at all. i just have the screen over the intake. are you using the venturi add on's? cause they can leak and inject ait even if you have them capped.
i would lower your kelvin rating on the mh and go with just actinic pc's.
[hr]
pc
[hr]
mh
[hr]
pc
i like to have my lights centered. this means that you mount is not going to be centeed. unless you are using germans. that way you pc's can be the dawn dusk while the mh is your mid...
the overlow from that tank takes the top inches of the water and drops them into your sump. so everything in your sump is "the top couple inches of water"
cheers
i moved my 135 approx 75 miles. not a fun thing to do. the bottom was fine with the sand. something ot consider is trying to keep as much water as possible during the move. good luck. although next time i may build a carrier. that is a great idea. say with straps to make carriing it...
from what i have read they are extremely hard to keep. unless you have some experience keeping rare fishies and or coral, i would suggest against it. you may know all about it, and then coool, but if not i would suggest something a little easier.
i agree with Demosthenes they sure to look cool, but i would never put one in a fish tank. a "very" aggressive little critter. i have watched them kill damsels while diving. an amazingly aggressive crab.
lions are mean!!
i tried to have a lion and an eel. eel was a tad on the big side (4 foot) and the lion was not all that big ( i think he was 13 inches at the time) put them together and the lion beat the eel to a pulp. got in there as fast as possible, but that lion made the eel his b#$...
as a thought . . . you might want to use a sponge filter on either a powerhead or an airstone to remove some of the suspended particles. one thing i screwed up on was the temps. makes sure you are not changing it too much. even if they are way to cold or too hot to start of with, they have...
it runs from 77.5 to 82.1. had a cold snap down here (got to 40 deg this morning!!!!!so when i got up the tank was at 75. turned off the fans. i have the fans timed to come on at set periods. what i need is an aquacontroller. Should have asked for one for christmas. instead i just use timers.
hey if you want some close in help i'm in orlando and my parents are in melbourne. they have like 5 tanks of mine and 4 or more aerators. drop me a line 407-325-1976
i custom build everything for my tank. being in college i have more time than money. for lighting i have 2 400 watt mh and 2 160 act VHOs. i have a total of 11 fans running onmmy tank. I build computers for a job/ hobby so i used 80 mm case fans for my hood and i have 3 big fans on my sump...