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60 gal. hex with stand. 4 year old tank. 250 mh pendant lamp (15k) Coralife super-skimmer w/overflow customization HOB fuge/powerhead perfect for dosing and carbon bag etc. heater (2) maxijet 800 heads Lots of chemicals (b-ionic, salt) Lots of parts, tubes etc... Professional test kits...

Originally Posted by SaltFan Why do you people think like this? If you clean ANY FILTER WEEKLY, your not going to build up anything. Learn your lesson the hard way you mean...you didn't clean it....If its kept clean, its not going to build up trates or any orther harmful thing to the tank. Been...

Originally Posted by SaltFan Just buy a canister filter of your choice, with around a 300+gph, and run a pad and carbon in it, for short periods of time. This will clean up your water. I would advise against this. Canister filters are the WORST for harboring detrius, thus creating more...

Originally Posted by namas05 What does a system like that for well water cost and does it filter all the water coming into your house? Sorry just curious. Sorry, couldnt find the image, but it is a countertop unit. Cost is $475 or so. Perfect for drinking well water as it kills all bacteria...

Originally Posted by pushinweit I am setting up my 125 gallon tank, and I have some questions about filtration. Right now I am planning on using two emperor 400's to filter my tank. For those not familiar with the emperor 400 they are of the variety which hangs on the back of the tank. Each...

Originally Posted by Unbreakabl yes i do have fish in the tank and i bought this am test kit which you just put on your tank and it just says safe. I have been doing 20% water exchanges each week for about 3 weks now. And yes i do have a way to test my salt. any other suggestions would be...

Originally Posted by DB Starfish and Sea Cucumbers do a great job cleaning up the sand bed. You just need to add a couple extra inverts to your clean up crew. Neither should be introduced at this time. Both require established tanks with tons of live rock. It is also a myth that they eat detrius.

Originally Posted by Bang Guy For the life of me I will never understand why people want to add Iodine to their tank water. If you don't dose it there's no reason to test for it. Because this is the land of consumption, and people feel the need to purchase items just because they are...

Originally Posted by Bang Guy Salifert has the only accurate hobbiest test kit on the market. If you buy test kits at the LFS make sure the Iodine kit is dated after may/05. The earlier kits were not accurate. Guy, are the newest ones accurate enough to base dosing on? I last read a few...

Originally Posted by Jhov2324 OK I'll have to get a test for iodine then, how about trace elements And use the test for general purposes ONLY. Iodine test kits for sw aquariums are iffy at best. I do not recommend dosing iodine at all if you are doing proper water changes. Salt mixes have an...

Originally Posted by Diana_13 changing filter cartridges every 4 weeks (2 wks after water change). Bingo. If you have a filter that uses any kind of "cartridges", this is going to be a major contributor. Get rid of it, or change cartridges once a week.

Originally Posted by WangoTango this is a bit late, but i would compare touching a bristleworm with touching fiberglass insulation, the little fibers break off and its very painfull. Only 3 years and 4 months late

Originally Posted by PhoenixFla You certainly have some valid arguements. I am still curious to know what the variation is from batch to batch. Do you test each batch from a bucket? I would think that testing the first batch would be sufficient, but I am curious to know if you get different...

Originally Posted by PhoenixFla I find this topic intersting and I will continue to search the net. I would love to have lab produced sceintific data on all available brands. One thing I would like to mention - most of us do a 10% - 20% water change. If calcium, magnesium or alkalinity were...

Originally Posted by PhoenixFla I posted it because you posted the chart for IO from the S-15 report and stated that it was IOs testing. I just wanted to show that the S-15 report (and therefore the chart you posted from the S-15 report) was outdated and was not produced under strict sceintific...

High alk is sometimes caused by not mixing up your salt water for long enough....do you mix it up for a minimum of 24+ hrs.? Test the alk of your mix up water.....

CBS are usually pretty territorial. They have a tendency to kill other shrimp. I have one, but it hasnt bothered anyone else. I also have a bunch of peppermint shrimp that seem to co-exist fine, no casualties. I'd say in a smaller tank (under 55) they should be watched, larger tanks, it should...

Originally Posted by hariii2 Sorry, I have been searching and reading ph threads all day and I can't find my answer. My ph meter needed batteries so I haven't been testing it lately. I started testing my kh and ca and I was adding superbuffer from Kent to raise my kh and I got it up to where I...

Originally Posted by maxalmon I have a 75g reef and it's now time to add a skimmer, going with coralife needle wheel, my question is should I go with the 65g version or go ahead and get the bigger one for 125g tanks. Is it possible to overskim a tank? Go with the bigger one. You can always...