Recent content by scenicad

I think instead of lighting being my next upgrade, it'll definately be my PHs. I just got a cheap desk fan and am suprised how well it worked to keep the temp down. It cooled the tank rather quickly. I just got a new batch of snails, various kinds, so hopefully they will help me with the...

When buying PHs I guess I did figure it on the low side. This is my first set up and I was thinking that since it was only a FOWLR tank, that I wouldn't need as much flow as if I were going to have corals and such. I didn't really understand how easy it is to have problems with algae and pH...

Yeah, I'm always looking for good ways to remove the algae completely without taking out too much water in the process. I'll try the turkey baster as well, but I'm going to also try straining the water so it can be added back into the tank. I don't really want to pull out my LR until I know...

I've had all sorts of different snails, astrea, ceriths, nassarius, bumble-bees, nerites, and margarita. I've acclimated them by floating the bags and slowly adding a bit of tank water periodically over an hour or so. They seem to get through that fine, but after a few weeks or months, they...

My tank has been up for about a year now, and I have a yellow tang, two clowns and a six-line wrasse in a 72 gal bowfront. I've got a skimmer, two 600 maxijet PHs and a cannister filter that I just use for media when needed such as phosphate sponge. My PO4 levels are 0-.1 mg/l, and most of the...

sounds great, thanks for the info!

Thanks, I'm looking for a lighting fixture that I don't have to hang from the ceiling, but also don't need to keep the aquarium covered with a lid because I already have a high heat and low pH problem with my standard NO florescent strip that came with my aquarium ( I keep the front flaps of the...

About the Nova Exreme- do you need to have a glass canopy on the tank if you use the legs it comes with? Also, what did you have for lighting before, and do you notice a rise in your water temp?

I've been battling algae for a while now, red and green hair algae mostly also some other type of red algae, not sure exactly what it is. Anyway, with focusing on getting my phosphates down, it's gotten a lot better, however, it still grows rapidly towards the back of my tank. Especially on...

Mine is almost 2", I've had him for about 6 months, and I haven't noticed any problems with him and my peppermint shrimp. Although it does seem that I've lost one- I had 3, and for a couple of weeks now, I've only seen two in the tank. But who knows what happened. I also have some uncaught...

That filter is supposed to give you DI water, and I read an article by someone who tested it along side their actual RO/DI unit and said that it gave just as good results. Of course, the product says it eliminates just about everything under the sun, but every thing I've tested it for, comes up...

Cool! It worked! Although it took me a while to figure out how to change the file size in iPhoto.

Thanks, here's my try at posting a photo. If it doesn't work (I'm not very optimistic), I'll e-mail them to you. The water I use tests 0 on PO4 and nitrates. It's tap water filtered using Aq. Pharmaceuticals' tap water filter. I live in an apartment with copper pipes all nicely welded...

I'm not sure how to post a pic- I don't have a web site to create a link to. As for levels, PO4 is .1-.2 down from .25-.5 Nitrates are at 5, down from 10 I've also noticed that my ammonia is up to .1 from a usual 0. Since I added the phos zorb to my filter and cut back on feedings, I was...

Lucky for me, I have a fowlr, so corals aren't a factor in my case. My tank is about 10 months old- 72 gal with a yellow tang, 2 clowns, and a 6-line -all are small. And I don't have a sump. Lots of LR, skimmer, and I even just added a canister filter so I could run the phosphate and...