Recent content by bpeitzke

Fixed it I took my siphon canister off and checked every part of it. The dual lines that return the water to the sump were totally clear and I could find no cracks. Turned out that the air extraction port on the top of the siphon canister was blocked, so the AquaLifter was sucking hard but...

I have a 65-gal tank with a sump filter below, which houses the protein skimmer and return pump. I have a hang-on-back siphon return canister with dual large-diameter return hoses routing the water into the sump filter itself. I use an AquaLifter siphon pump to suck the air out of the siphon...

It's not a bristle worm I found pics of bristle worms online - don't look anything like this critter.

I found this critter inside my sump filter sack, while rinsing it. I think it's some kind of worm. Turned out there were quite a few of them on the inside of the filter, a couple larger than this one. They ranged from 1/2" to 3/4", curled like this. They all appeared dead, probably from the hot...

I need to get my house fumigated for termites. I've looked at the alternative treatments, and none of them can really guarantee killing all the termites. My tank is too big to move, and I don't have a safe place to temporarily house my fish, live rock, etc. So I guess I'm going to cover the...

I got a Marineland Reef-Capable LED light fixture (24" size) for my tank in July 2011. I loved the way it lit my tank, and it may be what encouraged yellow colony polyps to start growing in my tank. But this fixture died last week! I called the manufacturer, and the nice customer service rep...

Re: my questions on aqualifter and heater I don't know what brand my siphon overflow cannister is. It's about 8" wide, with a small chamber that sits in the tank and a large chamber that hangs off the back, with the siphon passage connecting them; both chambers and the siphon passage are the...

I have a 65-gal tank with a sump filter in the compartment below it. I have a siphon overflow chamber that hangs on the back of the tank and takes the water down to the sump. This chamber depends on maintaining a siphon to get the water over the rim of the tank and into the chamber's return...

Thanks for the ID's Thanks, Flreefer, for IDing these critters. I found several articles & threads on yellow colony polyps - apparently very popular but prone to getting out of control & taking over too much of tank real estate. Someone suggested a simple siphon method to control their...

I have a 65-gal FOWLR tank with lots of LR that's been in the tank since I set it up 7 or 8 yrs ago. I have three types of critters growing on my LR, only one of which I've ID'd. I've attached a close-up photo that shows examples of all three. 1. Yellow ball sponge - you can see one in the left...

I've been using a Current fluorescent fixture in my 65-gal FOWLR tank. It has two bulbs, one white, other blue-white, and has worked fine, though it tends to cause the tank to be too warm in summer months (I know, I could reduce the lights-on hours). Yesterday it quit - I haven't tested it...

I have a 65-gal FOWLR tank that has been stable for several years now. Recently I noticed some interesting inhabitants on my live rocks: 1. Yellow ball sponges - about a half dozen, all (that I can see) on one rock. 2. Little (apparent) filtering worms that extend white filtering fronds ~...