Recent content by maiceman

I bought mine from flyingfish express.. .now part of Dr. Fosters & Smith. They have 45lb boxes for $99.00. When I bought mine it was Walt Smith Premium Fiji and I was very pleased with it.

If the word following the use of "a" or "an" starts with a vowel then use the word "an". In all other cases use the word "a". I agree that used is usually much cheaper but buyer beware.. .make sure you see the unit filled with water and not leaking before buying.

This is where a dosing pump really comes in handy. At around 300 mg/hr I pretty much keep up with evaporation. So I find I need to fill a 5 gallon water jug once every 5-6 days. This keeps me from having more dramatic shifts in specific gravity and salinity as well.

Sorry to say that there really is no way to avoid a large cloud in your tank if you need to add sand. I would add a cup or 2 and let it settle out and then repeat. The PVC works pretty good at minimizing the floating particles but the only thing that really is effective is time. I added to the...

Very good again.. a suggestion on using your wiggins though. Always check it on a KNOWN LIVE CIRCUIT FIRST. Then check the circuit you are going to work on. This verifies that you have a fully functional wiggy. Inspect all of your insulated handles on your tools and tape them off with electrical...

All good stuff.. especially the total panel load calc. I would also take a look at the type and condition of the wire insulation. Some of the older houses used a woven fiber type that over time becomes very brittle. Specifically in places where it is over loaded and gets hot. The load from your...

You may want to check your ph as well. Xenia is known to slow or stop pulsing if the ph drops below 8.0 or so. I know there are other reasons for it to stop pulsing.. such as fish nipping at it... my coral beauty does this all the time. At any rate I think I would check the ph just to be sure.

There seems to be 2 preferred ways of keeping CA at acceptable levels. I used buffer and dosed Kalk for a number of months and could never get my CA above 330-340. So, I read about Oceans Blend & B-ionic and thought I would try one of those. I bought the 2 part Oceans Blend and I like the ease...

There are a number of flow meter devices on the market but few if any are made to handle salt water and those are very cost prohibitive. Plus most take an interface with low voltage transformers... etc... You might check with a couple of companies though. Ryan Herco & Rosemount may have an...

My Coral Beauty gets cleaned regularly. Sometimes the shrimp cling on to the side and clean the gills as the CB flares them open. Other times the CB opens it's mouth wide and hovers in front of the shrimp. I have seen the shrimp go for short rides as the CB swims away... it is very cool to...

72 gal bowfront 80 lbs fiji live rock 4 inch DSB 1 Powder Blue Tang..... Just 3 inches long and very good algae grazer 1 Coral Beauty ... Sometimes picks at my Xenia but otherwise is well behaved. 2 True Perculas.... One is starting to get real big... maybe they will spawn someday. 3 Green...

I have the same stuff growing on the underside of one of my rocks... About the same size as you discribed also.

I have thrown both of my RIO power heads in the trash. I was using them for additional water movement but after about 4 months I was doing a water change and they were shot. I pulled them apart and cleaned all of the parts and housing thoroughly... still they would not run but for only a short...

Actually the mag-drive power head is epoxy sealed and I brought that up to Red Sea and after reading That Fish Place description of use they agreed to replace the pump. I don't know if That Fish Place changed the info yet but it did say that it could be used "in" the sump and I did not see...

I put one in my sump for about 4 months and had mixed results. It lost the prime often and now the pump has craped out. On That Pet Place.com they say it can be installed in a sump but Red Sea does not recommend it. A friend of mine has one and is using it as a hang on. I think he likes it. I...