Recent content by Luke

Ok, so how about i move it all over into a 14 gallon tank that was used for freshwater originally? I can do it as soon as Saturday if you guys think it's a better way to go. That is as big as i can possibly go for the time being. I'd just have to go get some more live rock, and mix up some more...

Plenty of nano reefs out there that are 6 gallons or smaller.

My soil here is clay. If it were me i'd look into getting a dye for it shaping it the way i wanted, and bake it. Don't know if that's an option for you or not though. It would'nt be real but i think it would serve its purpose, no?

I have an eclipse 6 gallon tank. It has a bio wheel filter built in to the hood, as well as a 60hz, 120 VAC .16 amp light built into it. it is small, but VERY bright. The flow rate on the filter is 75GPH, and i also have a small powerhead in there with a flow rate of 120 GPH. I've got another...

I was afraid of that :( Wal mart is 20 miles. Hy-vee is 5 hah. I could use my tap water. We're on a private well. But after seeing the tank with distilled water in it....it's so clear.....

It's an instant oceean brand hydrometer. You poor water in the top and an arm floats up so far. So guess it's a swing arm. I'll for sure be investing in a refractometer before i get to the fish stage. I am using distilled water and Instant Ocean Sea Salt. I suppose i just assumed that my...

But if i am getting a nitrate reading, doesnt that mean the right types of bacteria are present? I did not mean that the cycle was done. Also, i took another salinity reading, it appears to have dropped again by about .0005 (totally a guess, it's just down ever so slightly every day on the...

I mixed it in the tank, brand new and had the power head running in with it for two days before i did anything else. After i was satisfied that it was circulated enough i drained about half of it out and added live rock and aragonite. When i was done with that i replaced some of what i drained...

I see. Thanks for the information =) I think i've only got one more question for the time being. I added Aragonite along with the live rock yesterday, and discovered that i totally should have rinsed the stuff first. The bag said i did not have to, so i did not. The water got super cloudy...

Put a raw shrimp in with the live rock a few hours after adding the rock to the tank. Last night Ammonia:0.5 ppm PH:8.2 Nitrite:No change in sample Alkalinity: Normal-high range SG: Swing arm needle just under the 1.023 mark I did not check nitrate levels. Today Ammonia: 1.0 ppm Nitrite...

Water temperature holding steady at 78. Have done two Ammonia tests since adding a chunk of raw shrimp. Yesterday, a few hours after i put the shrimp in, my Ammonia level was 0.5 ppm. Today, it is 1.0. Since the shrimp has only been in there for about 24 hours, can i begin to test for...

Saw an add for the ECO aqualizer, and my LFS carries it. Anyone ever use this product?

Well, the water in the tank is 78 degrees, The thermometer says so, plus that's the only setting the heater i use has. I measured the SG in the tank, and got a high reading. So i drained some water, and took another reading, and it was normal, but when i checked the water i drained, it was high...

The water in the tank is giving me a reading of 1.023 right now. The water i drained from the tank is way higher.....air bubbles??? I smacked the crap out of the hydrometer with a pencil to dislodge air bubbles. What do i do?

Yesterday i mixed sea water, and a few hours later got an SG reading of 1.024. I wanted to go get Live Rock and Substrate today, but checked the SG again before leaving for the LFS, and found my SG to be 1.032. I've drained two o fthe the 6 gallons from the tank, and now get an SG reading of...