Recent content by awillemd1

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Thanks again for the information. How do you 'rinse' the frozen food? I have cubes that fall apart as they thaw out. I would think I would need to put it through a filter to get out the juice and very small particles.? I do use nori on a clip a couple of times a week for my tangs. Willem

Why is flake food so bad? Wouldn't frozen food bring in just as much po4 as flake? Willem

That is a good point. I have 5 fish: a yellow tang, hippo tang, striped hawkfish, purple pseudochromis, and a clownfish. I light the sump at night when the main light is off and I have very little hair algae in the main tank. There are a couple of places that don't get any flow that seem to...

I don't know the cause at this time. I do have a lot of algae growing on my glass, i.e. I have to clean the glass every couple of days. Could that be part of the cause? Also, I have a lot of hair algae growing in my sump on top of my macro algae and it seems to collect detrious. I try and...

Thank you for the reply. My phosphates are very low. My RO/DI does a great job with this. I learned the hard way that I need good water coming in. I am confused about the role of GAC. I thought this would removed dissolved molecules that give the water color. I never thought of it as a...

Good questions. I didn't supply much information. I do use RO/DI water and my system is a 90 gallon reef tank with a lot of live rock and a shallow sand bed in the aquarium. I have a deep sand bed with macro algae in the refugium. I have used activated carbon in the past, but that is more...

I am unhappy with the clarity of the water in my tank. It has many small particles in it even when there hasn't been any disruptions as during a water change etc. Recently I went to an aquarium store where the water was exceptionally clear and the owner told me that his trick was he used...

I am considering purchasing an ASM G3 protein skimmer for my 90 gallon reef tank. Can some folks with experience with these skimmers please reply and let me know if your experiences have been good? Thanks in advance. :) awillemd1

Thank you! :) I came up with this link. I didn't notice any legs which the top two pictures seem to have, but I will check again to see if I may have missed them somehow. awillemd1 http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/seashore/text/126.htm

I will see what I can do about getting a better picture. One thing I noticed that I think must be related to what species he is, is that I could see little light and dark rings as he moved from the rock back into the sand. Also, I think he has tufts of feelers either on his head or his tail...

The one I was able to get out of the sand was around 5 to 7 inches long. awillemd1

Thank you! I apologize for the picture. I don't have a very good digital camera. I forgot to add a few observations. These worms spend all their time under the sand. I caught the one in the picture with a coat hanger and I was able to place him on a rock. They don't seem to have bristles...