Recent content by blackthunda77

Ive had the lether for a couple months. when i bought it it was fine, tool a couple hours for it to open up but it did and did nicely. now, for atleast a month maybe alil more it hasnt opened up pretty much at all( polyp extension) and is drooping alot pretty jych hanging hanging from the rock...

well in the sump he did lay under a pice of live rock in there. now i droped him in the main tank cuz i felt maybe he didnt like not having and places to hide. when i put him in he swam around a bit, didnt look sick but then as soon as he saw the rockwork under him he sunk down between the...

i bought a hippo tang yesterday and acclimated him and the let him go in my sump and he laid on his side for a while till i turned the lights on then slowly he started moving around and exploring . by the end of the night he was doing really well. this moorning i woke up and thought he was dead...

im looking to buy a wooden stand for my 20 gal regular tank. i live in the south florida are, around ft lauderdale. anyone selling, trying to get rid of or know wher i =can get one. any input welcome. thanks

beautiful web site, even more spectacular photos!

thanks, ironic that its in hindsight now but i will use it for future trouble makers.

i have 55 gal with a sump. its got about 70lbs+ of live rock and a dsb. its set up as a semi reef. i just wanted to know what is a safe leve for nitrate, i know that ammonia and nitrite r supposed to be at 0 but i heard that nitrate is almost always goin to be present and is safe to a certain...

well water tests r fine aside from phosphates which are aill high but on thier way down. they do look really healthy but they r just nnot pumpming. as for flow, there not indirect flow but thy do get current.

why has my pumping xenia stopped "pumping"? its been goin on for about a month.

can i get a check valve at home depot or lowes? and is that what i ask for a "check valve"? maybe a stuupid question but they come in diff size diameters also like pvc correct?

but siphon wont stop until the water level in the tank draind down enough to reach the hole in the return line correct?? also what are tose check valves and how do they work?

i got this over flow and this return pump that im trying to use in my diy 10 gal sump. the problem i am having is that #1 it seems that the pump is pumping out water faster than my overflow and put in into the sump, so my tank is over flowing and and my sump will run dry in a matter of 10-20...

do you have a problem with suspended particles?

i have a 55 gal reef set up running on a penguin 330 biowheel filter. i want to get rid of that cuz i have too many suspended particles in the water and the water gets cloudy about once a week so im thining the filter is inadequate. i have a sump from a nighbor when i bought the tank from him...

i have a PJ cardinal in my QT tank cuz im trying to get it rid of its ich. hes been clean on the outside for a while and is getting fat. doing good in other words.....my QT is running at 1.009 for hypo salinity and i add greenx once in a while to add to the cure, hes been in there for alomst 3...