Recent content by djmpj2

When you say you "run" yours out to the flower garden, how do you do that? Like I'm wondering if there is a way to directly feed this (via hose) into the washing machine or do I need to put the waste water into jugs and then manually pour these jugs of waste water into the machine when we are...

We normally buy our water at Walmart but lately they aren't stocking it regularly so I think we are going to break down and buy an RODI unit. Does anyone know if the one sold at Costco is sufficient for use with SW Aquariums? Costco - Watts Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration System We are...

We only run our diatom filter for a few hours once a month. We do not run it for any more than that. I am surprised it is so hard to find information on this. I have been reading all I can about diatom filters online including the Vortex site and cannot determine which to use and when and...

OK, we dumped it back into the tank and it is swimming around like a maniac. Mostly up on the top surface diving up and down. Do bristleworms swim? This thing is not even going close to the sand. It's acting like it wants out!

Our tank is 3 years old and we are still finding creatures! Last night my husband looked at dark tank and saw this worm like thing going crazy up and down the length of the tank. He caught it in the net and put it in a baggie and has been floating it on the tank. We are pretty sure we have...

We have been running our D-1 Diatom Filter approx once a month for about a year now. We decided to change out the filter. My question is this: I have always used Super-Char (black carbon substance) to charge the filter before use. I just ordered some new supplies and I got "Diatom Filter...

Thank you for all your suggestions. My numbers are good and I don't add anything to my water. I think the thing I am doing wrong, after reading all this info, is I feed daily. I will have to switch that to evey other day. I do alreay have the lawnmower blenny. I guess I am very lucky...

I've got maroon colored hairy stuff growing EVERYWHERE and some green flowy grass like stuff growing in tuffs throughout the tank. Someone told me to buy a lawnmower blenny, which I did. But he is ignoring the stuff. I had one emerald crab but I bought 2 more because I thought they might...

Hello everyone. Noticed the frosted plastic piece on the bottom of the unit is no longer emitting light. Does that mean my bulb blew out? Thanks! DJ

Question: If the culprit is our Eheim Canister Filter, would we feel heat from the casing? I put my hand on it and it is cool. If it was overheated would I be able to feel it from the outside? Any suggestions on a new filter? DJ

I am trying to revive this really old post. We are continueing to have a problem with our tank being too warm. Now, you can see by this post that this started in Nov 06. It's nine months later and our tank is 99 degrees. Hardly ever changes. We have unplugged the UV months ago. There...

Well, let's put it this way... (you many have hit the nail on the head!) The Eheim 2215 Canister Filter is supposed to have an output of 164 gph. We have never felt we get anywhere near that. The pressure on the drip bar is just little more than a dribble. We have never been happy with this...

When we got home from work temp had increased to 86 degrees. So, I guess it is the UV Sterilizer in combination with our lights it just gets too hot. However, we really want to keep our UV so we're wondering if we can buy "feet" for our 30" 2x65w Coralife Lunar Aqualights to pick them up a few...

Well, I am definitely going to have to try that. Thanks for the great tip!! DJ

OK, here's the latest. On Monday night we unplugged the (replacement) heater and the UV Sterilizer. On Tuesday morning temp dropped slightly to 86. Left both off for the day. Came home last night and put a fan on the tank. By 11 pm we were at 83. So, we decided to just plug the UV back in...