Recent content by miesenjr

I have tested for phos as well= 0

hair algae yes, ro/id water 0 nitrate. I have a phosban reactor with nitrate reoval media in it as well, but it is only the two Little Fish "150"

I have a problem with green hair algae on my live rock and don’t know exactly why. My tank has been up and running for 1 and a half years and I had not had a problem. I have a 180 gal fowlr with 120 lbs live rock and shallow (less than 1 ½’), a 50 gallon sump with a refugium, skimmer and a Mag...

I would put the trigger in last. they are quite tough on the tank mates. give the others a chance to establish there space in the tank

melosu58, it takes 3 times as long, but is the waste water coming out 3 times as fast?

no doubt about the temp. I do have DI and I have not backflushed it, I will give it a try when I get home. my tds is around 0 to 1

waste RO water? My R/O unit is discharging much more waste water than the 4:1 ratio i thought it should. Is this because it needs to be replaced? Mt TDS is still at 0.

I have a growing problem. My eel needs be removed from my tank. I have a 180 gallon with 150 lbs live rock and he is out growing the tank. Any advice on catching him without taking all of the rock out, I am figuring not. I have put two lengths of 2" pvc pipe in to try to get him comfortable with...

Thanks, Now my eel ate my silver snapper three days later!

Is it possible my 3 foot leopard moray eel ate my lion fish? The lion fish was about 3” long plus the spines and fins. If so will the ell be O.K

I will try that, the fan is 12 volt now and has its own transformer. I did get a adjustable speed control for my fans on my nano tank. I will have to fine one that is 2" to fit in the fixture.

The red algae could be from the tank being new and the cycling is not done, or lack of flow in the bottom of the tank. I use two nano power heads in my tank aimed down. I had good results. I did siphon as much out at waterchanges and it has not returned. How long has the tank been running?

Just got new Current Nova Extreme light fixture. it has 4 -48" t5HO bulbs on two seprate ballasts. The cooling fan has it own power cord and transformer. The amount of air movement/ noise is really loud. Has any one else had this problem and a solution? I am thinking a different fan? has...

Have my tee installed in the return and now dumps the extra water back in to the sump controled by a ball valve. works good. thanks.

I found ro water fo $.50 a gal. and bought 80 gal. to expidite the fill time. like you in the past I used tap water, from a well and always had the algae in the begenning, but it always worked itself out. and i have had the same results with ro/di water as well. I expect the same this time...