Recent content by MadManMac

brittle stars, serpent stars and sea stars

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I just broke down my 175 to move evrything into a nice new 92 corner tank, so I have a ton of live rock and live sand left over. I am keeping the 175 going while I get rid or everything, so it is not just sitting around. I am going to try and sell it so if you want to buy some send me a note. I...

If you are going to store it, just leave it out where it will be safe to dry and then use a brush to scrub off the algea. Depending on how long it is in storage, I would think the algea would die off or get scrubbed away.

That is exactly the way I want to go, closed loop with an external pump and no powerheads. I too use a mag drive for making water and it actually takes the place of the heater as well, so for that I like it.

The other side of it is to create a tunnel with you hand and blow into it, it actually gets hotter. When you inhale through the same tunnel it cools the air much more. One thing to remember, even with an open back, if there is a wall, it will not flow completely out of the tank and will...

Depending on how far the water has to pump, you will not get all 1200 gph, but the mag 12 is pretty strong up to 5 feet. I use two of them, one for return and one for my skimmer. I have a SCWD on my return as well and it functions fine. I have had to take it off before and clean it with hot...

The mandarin did not die becasue of pods, what happened in only 12 hours?

Actually, if it is an open back canopy blowing out will be better than blowing in. When blowing out, there is not any hot air recirculting inside the canopy it is all drawn out and the equal volume of cool outside air gets pulled into the canopy throuhg the open back. So really, blowing in...