Recent content by Koijoy

Just to get you all thinking a little more about the need for a probe. Say you don't have a grounding probe but do have a GFCI outlet. The outlet, as said will detect an diferance between the current on the conductors and will trip if there is a differance. Current is allways seaking ground...

My wife and I moved to Augusta WV back in the spring of 96 we have been into fresh and saltwater aquariums since the mid 80's. We have had just about every size and shape of aquarium from 5gal up to 180 gal. fresh water, salt water and reef. We mostly kept cichlids in our fresh water tanks and...

I got my live rock from here http://www.aquarium-live-rock-saltwater-reef-tank-supplies.com/index.htm and I am very happy with it. I had it shipped to an airport close to me and I picked it up there. The rock was fresh and had plenty of life on it. It was much better then LFS live rock. It had...

The time and peak of cycle will all depend on several factors. Loading of the system, amount of surface area provided, and the amount of bacteria present in the system. If a person starts a tank from scratch with no living bacteria( fresh bio balls) in the system the and uses only 1 shrimp or...

Steve, I will get the Mg test kit asap. This had crossed my mind The tank top is open to the air. I have the fixture about 1" off the top of the tanks top edge and egg crate down each side of the fixture to prevent jumpers. I thought that with the flow of water splashing into the overflow...

I buy frozen salad shrimp and hand feed them. Koi love shrimp and will soon come and feed out of your hand....... Koijoy

My ph will not go above 8.1 during the day and goes down to 7.8 at night. I can't get the cal to stay above 400. It ranges between 340 and 380. I have tried adding 5 parts baking soda and 2 parts washing soda to bring up the ph but the only change is in the kh. The tank started out with a...

Reefrunner69 Your not out of your mind The picture wasn't there when you made your first post. My internet went down so I had to come back later an add the pic..... The coral does seam to branch out from the base. At first you will only see one small stalk then another will pop up right...

This coral has been poping up on my Carribbean live rock. Seems to be growing in groups. It opens during the day when the lighting is on and closes at night. I would like to know more about it. Thanks

most overflow boxes have pre filter on the intake tube to prevent this from happening. Try to make up such a device in the overflow box. The egg crate Idea is a good one but a pad should be placed on top of the eggcrate ....I think a nudibranch could still go through the 1/2" square hole of...

Set up a small Quarantine tank say 10 to 25 gal and put the fish in it till the main tank cycles. When adding live rock to cycle a tank you should not have fish in there. they will die from the build up of ammonia. do water changes on the Q tank till the fish cycle it to help reduce the ammonia...

Starting over First you must look at where the problem was with the pond. Many things can go wrong quickly if the water conditions poor. Over stocking, lack of filters, parasite outbreaks, and so on. most of the time is a combo of things that lead to fish stress..... Every pond will have...