Recent content by s10469

The adjustable shutoff valve is just below the overflow, becouse the overflow box is somewhat bigger than i need, actually the pump is smaller than i need. Again, the pump is pumping 325gph becouse i have 5ft of head pressure,and if i just let the water flow to the sump without restricting the...

I got a problem with my setup. I got a 90gal. tank and i built my stand myself.I got a reefmaster sump/refugium filter system with a hobs? overflow box. I set it up in my garage for a week so i could test the stand and plumb in my filter system. I turned on the filter pump to get things going...

Does anybody have an opinion on the nova pro extreme, 48inch 6x54 watt lighting? I was going to get the 8 bulb version but, am learning you get better lighting with the 6 bulb due to the individual reflectors, which the 8 bulb doesnt have. I am putting it on my 90 gal., and i wanted some corals...

yes i am using RO/DI water. I do a 10% weekly PWC , and its a 45 gal. hex. As for as fish, i have a tomato clown, a watchmen goby, another long little purple fish. All are pretty small. I also got a little horse shoe crab, a sand sifter starfish 3 turbo snails, and 6 blue/red hermits. What i got...

thats a nice refugium. It looks like pretty dense foam. Thanks for the info.

I know algae blooms come from a variety of things, so the process of elimination is what you do. On my tank it is coming down to nitrates....I think. I got new bulbs, cleaned my filter, and replaced the sponges, good water flow. I have no phosphates, but i am seeing 10 to 15ppm on nitrates. So...

I read somewhere on here you can put a sheet of 1 inch.thick styrofoam between your tank and the stand to help keep your tank level. Has anyone ever heard of this? I am trying to find info. about this.

I want to set a 90 gal. in my bedroom, which is upstairs, and was wandering how to know if your floor is strong enough. My floor joists look like 2x8, or 10, and it looks like the tank would be setting on a header. I know this aint a saltwater question, but it is a tank through the floor...

I found that when i put my arm down in my tank i was either putting the white film back into the water, or when i took my arm back out of my tank it was sticking to my arm, but it almost takes care of all of it. Pretty sick huh...lol

I have a friend who has hundreds, and hundreds of multicolored purple,yellow, and maybe alittle pink in there bristleworms in his tank. Alot of them are 1/4inch thick, and very long. He has been battling these things for a couple years, and has tried all the traps and still he cant get any...

WHY wont it live that long?

I also fought with long haired green algae, I could not figure it out, no nitrates, no phosphates, and good water flow(no dead spots) plus i had no fish, just 6 hermit crabs. Everyone told me the same, get a cleaning crew, and turn the lights off for acouple days(i am sure the crabs, snails...

I tried taking it to a closer fish store, becouse it cant handle the currents. I had to turn off my powerhead, and for the most part he is doing pretty good. he sure does move alot of sand around, and he is pretty entertaining when he is out. The fish store i called would not give me anything...

How are copepods an different pods born? Larvae, eggs, or what. I found a bunch of little tiny black bugs crawling around in my tank, just in one area though. Hoping they are little baby pods, or at least something good that just hatched. I dont have much info though becouse they are so small. I...

I just wanderd, The lfs i go to sells sand from the ocean just full of pods, but its 4 dollars a lb. I am setting up a 90 gal., so i figured i would get a couple hundred lbs. of it right out of the ocean for free. I did not think about pollution, and parasites. Maybe i will just buy some dry...