Recent content by rsigler

Hey Gang, I have a 28 Gallon bow front tank, and every two weeks I make a 5 gallon water change. I make sure the SG and temp matches the tank water perfectly. Well...Every time I make a water change, my pulsing xenia close up for 3 to 4 days. The practically shrivel up to nothing. After a...

Hey Gang, I have a 28g reef tank. I have a three yellow-tailed damsels, two clowns, a frog spawn, a hammer coral, a sun coral, and a frag of xenias. Yesterday I did a 5 gallon water change. Almost instantly the corals closed. The frog and hammer came back out after a few hours, but the...

Hey Gang, I have a 28g reef tank with a frogspawn, hammer coral, sun coral, and a xenia frag. Last night I made a bucked of salt walter, and let it sit overnight with a powerhead and heater. This morning I did my weekly partial water change, and now my frogspawn and xenia are closed up...

Hey Gang, My 28g tank is around 5 months old and I'm starting to see some algae on the rock that has been in there since day 1. Also I'm finding I have to scrape the glass every day. Is this bad? The algae seems to be green and maroon...and it blows in the current. Any advice? Is this...

So how do I take care of this thing? What should I feed it? I don't want to let it starve to death. I knew I wasn't seeing things! :) Rob

BTW, in the first pic, it is closed, in the second it is open, and the third pic you can see the inside.

Hey Gang, About two weeks ago I purchased a sun coral from my LFS. Staring at my new coral, I could swear it was moving! I just assumed there was a hermit crab under it. Well today I figured it out. The rock it is growing on really isn't a rock. It's alive! What is this thing, and how do...

Hey Gang, I just tested my water an everything looked great except for the dKH. Ph was 8.2 Calcium was 450 0 trites, trates, and ammonia but...the dKH was 14. Is this too high? What would cause this and how can I fix it (if needed?) Thanks! Rob

Hey Gang, I have an established fowler tank, and I would like to get into corals. I have Aquaticlife T5 lighting and protein skimmer. The big thing I don't understand is Calcium/Alkalinity dosing. I've read many articles on the subject, but I still don't have a clear understanding of which...

Thanks for the reply. Actually I'm not sure what I want. I do know that the cheap, one bulb, florescent light is not nearly bright enough. I love how some tanks I see here and at our lfs have a super bright and clean look. :) Rob

Hey Gang, I just went to a LFS and saw this light unit on top of a 20 gallon reef... Aquarium Lighting T5 Fluorescent Light Fixture: AquaticLife T5 HO and Lunar Light Fixtures I'm looking to upgrade the light on my FOWLR tank, and I would love this unit, but is it overkill since I don't have...

Hey Gang, I'm new to the hobby, so please be patient. :) I have a 28 gallon tank with live rock and a hang-on-the-back filter. It's been running almost 6 weeks. I just did another water test, and here is what I got: pH=8.2 Ammonia=0 Nitrite=0.5 ppm Nitrate=5 ppm Should I be concerned about...

Hey Gang, I just added a Royal Gamma to my 30 gallon tank about 2 weeks ago, and recently it developed a "patch" on it's back on which his color is faded. I snapped a few pictures with my phone tonight... Any ideas what this is? Is it ich? Will this harm the other fish? (two clowns and...

Yes. I was told a tank this size doesn't need a power head. Is that true?

Marineland Penguin 200 (rated for 50 gallons)