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One word...fluval. Canisters and wet drys are known to be nitrate factories, but really, trates in low numbers are fine unless you have certain more difficult corals. Get rid of the fluval and either add a refygium with cheato or a protein skimmer. If you want to keep the fluval ( i have a...

Originally Posted by ophiura Or anything that requires mopping, vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, or similar. lol...remind me to never come over your house to eat or sleep! lol jk!

Originally Posted by slick ophiura, the closest big name chain pet store is about 40-45 min from here, and none of them around here carry sw stuff. If they do it's nothing special. I'm not sure on the reef club thing, I'll have to check around. Where would I find that kind of info? ctgretzky9...

Kudos to you! I love entrepreneurs! First, I would try and do some research if possible...try and find out if there are any reef clubs near you at all. Pick their brains. Talk to the guy who "no one likes" and without giving it away what you want to do, find out how business is. I bet f you chat...

Ive had very few fish die, but when they have, I would never see anything except a single bone if that. Cleanup crews are very adept at removing dead fish for you :-) Just check your ammonia and trite levels next day or two and add carbon if nessecary.

"Well we can't have that, can we? Can any shroom develope a stripe or is that a little different kind of critter? Hey Teen, how goes the convincing? [hr] Last edited by Farmboy : 06-11-2005 at 02:12 PM. Reason: spelleng" Sorry, off subject, but I thought the reason for the edit was kinda funny

I'll die swearing by kick-ich. Product is totally reef safe, and you cure the whole tank including ichs swimming stage, which is the important cycle. I used it a while back, no death to any inhabitants. It was reccomended to me by one of the only LFS I truly trust, and he has used it many many...

For some reason, my magnesium is really high. Here are the specs: 60 hex temp81 magnesium 2400 calc 420-440 alk 4.0-4.5 ph 8.2 tite/amon 0 trates 30 sg 1.025 iodine4.5 phosphates .01 Any reason its so high? Brand new test kit-seachem. It just came in for me at LFS he ordered it. I...

I can only comment on rio and maxijet(marineland). Rio was good for as long as I had it in main tank (about a year) and i now use it for my eater change bucket. Maxijet is much better, and it is very strong and quiet. The other 2 i dont know, but maxijet has a great reputation.

yes, exactly. The ones who use it on occasion, they use it to "polish" up the water. It does remove medications, thats why they say on the ones i have seen to remove the carbon. I am still after all this time, looking for info regarding carbon's removal of trace elements. I can't seem to find...

I posted thi in another thread but... I use carbon 24/7, but i have a canister and wet/dry. I feel i need it to help with things since i have no skimmer, fuge, sump etc. I am getting a skimmer in the next week or so yay!

i dont want to feel dumb :notsure: but is carbon different? What is "charcoal"? In any event, i think using carbon occasionally helps take out anything you can't remove with skimming etc. I run carbon 24/7, but i have a canister and wet dry as my filtration. Im getting an aqua c remora pro...

Hey Keonia! Im glad you found your brittle. They will hide out pretty good from time to time. Dont worry if you dont see him sometimes. No one will usually bother them. My CBS is near him all the time, and they just hang. I dont think the cbs considers it's slow motion movements a threat. I spot...

I have always thought it was ok to not have exactly crystal clear water. I think sometimes people strip out too much stuff. First, make sure they aren't pods :-) Other than that, if your tank inhabitants are happy and healthy, I wouldnt worry too much about it. Junk always gets kicked up off...

My cbs is awesome, he does claim a spot of his own, and chases away fish that intrude, but otherwise is very peaceful. When I had ich a while back, he actually took to cleaning my yellow tang. Love watching him at night scavaging. A note about your nudi....others may post about it, but I have...

I have a 60 hex, so it has a small "open" area at top, no sump or anything else open, and I still lose a gallon a day. I think it is quite normal. Before I had MH light, id only lose a gallon every few days!

I can build just about anything diy, but the tank is the least of my projects that i want to get involved in as far as diy. First i have 193 other projects to do lol. I just want out of the box ready to go and skim... I will see if i can purchase with another pump head if you think the mj 1200...

eskimo...what do you mean by mag5 etc...it comes with a maxi-jet 1200, Is a mag a diff powerhead? Thanks!

Aqua-c remora pro with maxijet 1200.... Is this much better..anyone have one? Is it loud? Work good or better? Thanks! My bday is sunday and thats my gift from my wife...any other models suggested, keepingin mind i have little room

Ok, Im sure i already know the answer, but here goes: Right now I have a canister filter (cascade 1000) and a hang-on wet/dry with venturi (marineland millenium 2000). This is what I am currently using, and trates always seem to be at around 10-20. I have the chance to buy a brand new seaclone...