Recent content by jjh302

So I own 3 of the original Chinese **** boxes from ten years ago. 2 channel blue and white. I’ve always had good results growing coral with these. My question is will they also grow terrarium plants for my snake? I have a bioactive terrarium but I need a grow light and wondered if these will...

So today I bought and stained a 3/4" oak plywood board to put under the stand. Will this help even the slightest bit with weight distribution? My house is old and I'm trying to take a couple extra steps to help with the weight. Granted this is only a 54 gallon unit, but it's going on the wall...

My apologies. I bought 100lbs of reef saver rock and some acid and gave it a bath. Then two days of rinse cycles. Then blow dryer it with a backpack blower and left in the sun for a week now. It looks good. I had a pile of old dead live rock that was sitting outside for a year. I bought all of...

I'm so glad to know that! I have two that are completely orange and some that are multi colored. I'm guessing I used too much acid... the rocks are very brittle now. I was a little concerned because I got 100lbs of reef saver rock from BRS and acid washed it and it all came out white for the...

And I have been rinsing it in a 55 gallon trash can with garden hose water. Changing it every two days for a week now

So here is a question. I acid washed some old live rock from a previous tank. The rock has been sitting outside under a shade tree for over a year. After I pulled it out of the acid bath, some of my rock is a solid orange, some is grey, and some is a murky yellow.... is this normal??

Well the tank alone was $1299. I looked around for a deal but this was the price at many vendors. Currently I'm about $5000 into it. I have everything for the basic setup now, but I will be doing some upgrading before I even get operational.

Also I believe I am going to purchase a second mp40 for this setup.

Honestly, I bought the Apex before I was set on which lighting I was going to use. I like the idea of the apex because of the probes and the controllability of all of my equipment. If I went with the reeflink, that would only let me control just my lights and my mp40. I like the thought of...

Well I have been out of the hobby for a little over a year and decided it was time to jump back in. Yesterday I gave my reef saver dry rock an acid bath and blew them dry with an industrial back pack blower and let them sit out on the porch all night and day today. I've purchased a Red Sea...

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Any idea about what settings I should have the white/blues on? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I just got my Chinese Leds hung 12" off of the water surface in my 92g corner reef. So I just turned them on. I'm starting them at 40% on blue and 30% white. Is that too much to start with? Should blue and white be equal amounts? How high should I eventually take the lights to 75-85%? Over...

Does anybody have an opinion on which phyto is better for culturing pods and feeding corals, straight nannochloropsis or a 50/50 blend of nanno/tetraselmis? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I am hanging my Chinese LED boxes over my 92g corner reef tank. It works out that the face of the light is 11" above the water. Is this too high?? The tank is 25" tall. Thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice