Recent content by Paulydaturk

Appreciate the response! There are two of the Asterina's that I've seen... that brittle star looks cool and if it grows I may have a prob but will feed him if that happens.

Another local hobbyist was nice enough to give me some algae to get my DIY HOB fuge going and I think it came with some hitch-hikers. Tank is a 90 Gal FOWLR tank so no coral to worry about. BUT... should I be concerned about these guys? There are a couple small ones that look like baby...

Thanks for the reply! If it is a feather duster, I'm wondering where it came from. Because I started with dry rock and Dr. Tim's one and only. Is it possible something hitched in on my snails?

Hey All, I just happened to notice this on the rock that my snails are chowing on. Just finished cycling and added two Ocellaris Clowns, and some snails/blue legs to work on the wonderful brown rocks. I happened to notice this guy/thing/whatever on the the large shelf rock. I can't get a...

I hadn't thought about fish eating the snails... I'm glad you pointed that out. I know in previous tanks that was never an issue because the snails seemed to be the only things I could keep alive...

Hey Everyone! I'm just about done with my cycling and am ready to add the first fish and/or cleanup inverts. My closest LFS is about 45 min away and hard to get to during the week due to work and kids' school schedule. Has anyone had good/marginal/ok luck with an online fish shop that you...

I'm cycling currently with Dr. Tim's One and Only/Ammonium Chloride and am getting close to the add fish part of the cycle. I know I'll need to add a cleanup crew at some point soon. For a 90 gal FOWLR aquarium, I have no idea what to add other than maybe a few hermit crabs and a peppermint...

I may go the powerhead and airstone route... I have a submersible pump I use to get the mixed salt water to the tank, but it would definitely be less of a cost to throw an airpump out there and a couple powerheads than to plumb everything. I'm doing a tube divider to split the RO off to the...

Actually one more question... when just sitting in the holding container, does the RO/DI water actually need to be circulated?

I've seen a lot of different cut-offs such as solenoids and float valves. Does the water completely stop running through the filter when the float valve kicks off or will I need to go and turn of the spigot as well once I see it's not filling my RO? I'm currently doing one Brute container, but...

OK, looking closer at the DI canister it appears there's a fitting that will allow me to connect the output of the blue line on the RO to the input on the 5th canister. I think I'm ready to go once it's mounted and everything arrives. All I need to figure out now is how to get it to stop...

Thanks for the response! I have no problem buying the extra canister and getting it set up as a 5 stage, I just can't for the life of me figure out how they'll attach and need to be plumbed in. I know the black water line is likely for waste water but it appears the third canister is routed...

So I've acquired this Bulk Reef Supply 5 stage RO/DI unit. It's missing the 5th stage canister completely as well as the one for the sediment filter. I've already figured out that to get it running I'm looking at $150 for new filter media and missing parts. My question is... how in the...

Hey everyone, I'm in the process of cycling and have the following options: add an under tank fuge only, add an ATO under tank and HOB Fuge (DIY from Aquaclear 110),or add just the HOB fuge and not do the ATO. So here's the question: If you were setting up a new 90gal FOWLR system, Which...

Hey Everyone, Found this page while looking for info on setting up my new (to me) tank. Excited to get back into the FOWLR world. Planning to set up a 90 gal. With a Fluval FX4 and Aquatop skimmer here in the next week. I already learned about Dr. Tim's from this page and am looking into...