Recent content by ferchoz

I personally love my clown.... he is getting big very fast.... not very friendly tho!

So you recomend not to use FW???

I have the same problem with the Ph Test, but the best way to compare colors is placing the tube against the white area on the card and puting it against the light... it works for me

I have to Maroon Clownfish which I am having a big problem trying to pair, the samller one is in very bad shape because the female is chasing him everytime he on sight and yesterday when I came back from work, the male has white spots all over his buddy, I read this is the Ich Disease, but I...

They use a Refractometer.. and excuse my question, I know what RO water is, because I've buckets of R/O water in my LFS LOL, but whats the benefit of it vs. buying just fresh water (for freshwater tanks)??? since RO water is more expensive

I bought an Octopus Skimmer BH100F about two weeks ago, it is working fine and I love it... but the only problem I have is that in the past 3 days, when I come home from work, the collection cup is filled up with yellowish water (not that dirty), not like before that it was pulling dark...

My water evaporates very fast since I dont have a top (read it was better this way). I tested my salinity and its a little too high and my LFS told me to top off my tank using fresh water not salwater... Right now I top off my tank with Saltwater I buy from my LFS, I wanted make sure I am doing...

I have the Octopus 100f for about two weeks now and is working great! Is not loud at all..had a little problem with the microbubbles but it was fixed today by putting a screen at the end of the outflow....

There is algae on my sand which makes my tank look dirty....I was wondering if it was a good idea to vacum my sand on top? Or should I just leave it alone???? Also there are two rocks that are all green with algae...should I take them out and rinse them??? Thanks a lot for any help...

Well it has been. Running with the HOB filter for about 2 months now (since I started my tank)....... I have 40 lbs of LR in a 46 Bow Front

Well, I received my HOB Octopus 100F yesterday and after playing with the setup for like 1 hour I finally got it working and is skimming yellow pee, seems to be working just fine... Now, should I keep my old HOB Biowheel Penguin Filter and have both my Octopus Skimmer and Filter working? Or...

After doing a lot of research I have decided to get the Octopus HOB Skimmer since I have read a lot of good things about them. There is a lot of different HOB Skimmer Versions, like BH-300, with or without the Surface Skimmer, BH-100.... I have a 46g Reef tank, which of this Octopus Skimmer is...

Well, I started my cycle with the raw shrimp last week, and have been testing the water, My Ammonia is coming down a little, even though I think is a little too fast, Already installed the lights (CoralLife 192 watt), installed the two powerheads (Koralia 2 and Penguin 550), added LR (20lb Fiji)...

LOL, If it wasnt for this forum I will be getting ripped off back to back!

nope... bacteria in bottle! :)