its people like you who never get anywhere because you are soooo convinced that your way is the right way...try listening to people and quit typing just to see your little name pop up there....
i actually have a very high bioload...i have a 30g tank housing 2 clowns,3damsels,1pseudochromis,a yellow tang(will be moving out soon),i also have an anemone and tons of corals....i change my carbon every few weeks...
i run have a straight display tank...no fuge or anything...just a hob filter with carbon and a pad...i do weekly/bi-weekly 10-20 percent water changes...
Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
it does help but imo is not needed. people usually they run carbon in their hob filters. but you only want to runt it no more than a week a month.
after that it will start leaching out and letting go of the detrius/nitrates,phosphates,back in to the tank...
the house is air conditioned/heated....all central...i'd say the normal temp is around 75 or so...we have 2 15o watt 15k mh's...i just raised the lights to see if that would help to lower the temperature....
we don't have any sps mostly ass softies and some lps....
he said his tank has been set up for over six months...could there be a very territorial fish in your tank which bothers all other fish? they could be dieing form excessive stress...just an idea...also you should add at least 25more lbs of live rock....maybe your fish odn't have adequate hiding...
Originally Posted by sepulatian
You most certainly can but it will require you to remove all LR, LS, and inverts/corals into a rubbermaid tub. It is not as hard as it sounds. If you bought live sand that was "live" in bacteria, not full of ocean life, then it can stay in. The bacteria will not...
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Originally Posted by chadman
i posted this in the reef tank forum but felt i may also be able to get some feedback in this forum...thanks
we are fighting a battle with temperature in our tank...today i checked the lights when there was only one hour left till they shut off....the temp was...