Recent content by Felix T Cat

My HOB skimmer (yes I know, I would rather have a sump but can't where I'm at) has an overflow tube I have zip tied back over the tank. There have been a few times it has overflowed and the extra just runs right back through the tube into the tank. I am also using a HOB CPR fuge and it works...

Oh one more note, the beauty is the same size as the yellow tang if not slightly larger.

The 90 is a temp tank until the house sells (been on the market for 8 months now, was really hoping it would have been gone by now) and I can get into a more permanent place to set my 135 back up. The regal is just larger than a quarter right now, MAYBE a half dollar if I really stretched it so...

I added a coral beauty Saturday evening to my 90 gallon tank and I was worried that he might decide to nip at my corals but I wanted to give him a shot because he looked so unhappy at Petco. His other tank mates are a medium yellow tang, a small hippo tang, single clown (yes I want to add more...

Rubber band works best IMO. The frag doesn't have to be straight up and down, just lay it on a small rock and wrap a rubber band around it.

I love this site for comparing: 250Watt Bulb Comparison I think 8k would be way too low for looking good at all. I'm currently running a 14k on one side and a 20k on the other side of a 48" fixture to see which one I prefer. The 14k side is much whiter / brighter and is showing good growth...

While I don't specifically know in regards to LED's with MH bulbs the lower the K the whiter the light and the greater PAR value you have at deeper depths. If the same holds true for LED's then the white panel would give greater light into the tank.

My top off container is filled with fresh RO/DI water (never had salt in there). I understand why it dropped to .021 but I had to get my tank level back up for the skimmer and hang on fuge. I've unplugged my ATO and mixed up 5 gallons of new salt water which I plan on slowly using to bring sg...

Side note: new mixed water shows 1.025 on refract.......still completely confused and looking for a leak somewhere.

Both were done with RODI with fresh made water (I double checked them both this morning). Maybe I'll make some water and let it sit for a while to get to room temp and double check them. I've gone around the tank numerous times and for once being a not so uber clean person has paid off. There...

Using refract and I have 2 of them that I have used for a while, checked with both (they differed by .001 but close enough in my book). The salinity is the part that's confusing the **** out of me. I mean I know that a closed house will cause higher rates of evap but I would have expected the...

So I just set up my 90 in the apartment. I have a 12g top off tank and had the tank up and running for about 3 weeks. Lighting is an Outer Orbit 2x250 MH and 4x T5. Salinity was 1.024 after my last water change. During the 3 weeks top off was about 5-7 g a week although I always keep the...

If you happen to find yourself into SE PA (19335) I will give you a few sheets of what I have. My blue hippo (tiny) and Yellow Tang (med) go absolutely crazy when I put the clip into the tank.

I've used Instant Ocean reef crystals for all my tanks and never had any issues.

Doug, I might have to take you up on that one day. I can take some pics with the MH and then the T5's for comparison.