Recent content by Cortes427

That's pretty awesome! My 120 gal is sitting at about 5 ppm in nitrates. It has been creeping down since I started running the 20 gal sump/regufium with macro algae and DSB. I'm curious to see how low it will go without a skimmer. Again, great job!

Hinds has a very good point, it's not only where it will show first but it's the only place it will show. I lose about half a gallon a day on my 120 gallon w/ 20 gallon sump system which is about a two inch drop in the 7x10x12 return pump area.

I disagree with lowering the baffle from being flush with the trim, worst case scenario the 1/4 inch space is sufficient for the water to level out before spilling over, plus the clogging of the entire baffle is highly unlikely anyway. I would remove the ten inch baffle closest to the skimmer as...

Oh wait...I visited three seas in Clovis not seven seas...That is still some very devestating news! I liked that place.

Wait! What? Are you serious??? I was just there at approximately 2pm....I bought a filter sock....I can't believe it!

I have one that I am not using at the moment. It's almost complete minus one of the hoses. I was using a surface skimmer for the inlet and a spray bar for the output. Give me $80 and the shipping and I'll send it out to you ASAP...Actually just make it $90 total. Let me know if you're interested.

Hello everyone! I have heard that many aquarist have had success with strombus snails breeding in their tank or refugim. This is good news for me as I have three green spotted puffers to feed. The only place I have found which sells strombus snails however is IPSF.com....The only items which...

In a 55 gallon tank I would find a small clown trigger to occupy it for a year or so. I love triggerfish!

Here is a short 30 second video I just posted on youtube YouTube - Aggressive saltwater aquarium

@Pat, thank you for your input. The recent addition of the Powder Blue Tang was an impulse buy, it was such a beautiful fish to pass up and I ended up justifying it by arguing to myself that I needed another tang to complement the two triggers (weak argument I know.) As far as I'm concerned the...

The three GSPs, two triggers, and sailfin have been in the tank approximately three months, the powder blue was a recent addition as well as being the largest of them all at roughly five inches. The GSPs are still under three inches and have a potential size of six inches according to my...

Hello, I'm wondering what you guys think about the fish load in my 120 gallon FOWLR tank with 20 gallon sump... I have three small green spotted puffers, a Niger Trigger, a Humu Humu Trigger, a Sailfin Tang and a Powder Blue Tang. In your opinion, is my tank below fish capacity, just right, or...

Thanks for the heads-up austinsdad, I'm kinda new to the whole forum thing and lack the etiquette knowledge...I will move my question.

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You can get a good idea of how much water is coming out by filling a known size container and timing it. For example if it takes 10 seconds to fill a one gallon jug, multiply 1 gal/10 sec by 3600 sec/1hr equals 360 gallons per hour.