Recent content by smnw10

The cycling thing, I tend to over think it. I have an established (over a year) 100 gallon setup. I'm setting up a much smaller tank (55 gallon) and have that full of 100lbs dry rock and aragonite sand. I put 20lbs of the cured live rock from the existing 100 gallon tank into this 55...no die...

Been a while since I've posted on here. The 100 gallon reef is doing great. I bought a BTA Anemone about 4 months ago and it was quite small...about the size of a golf ball. Weekly feeding of fresh shrimp and LED lighting and it grew very rapidly to about the size of a small softball. I came...

with all pumps off the sump is about 80% full of water, at running level it's more like 60% full. I'll go with silicone and see how it reacts. I've read to let it set for 48 hours before adding water, is that true or can I give it 12-24 hours instead so I can get the sump running again? thanks

I did something stupid, I lifted up my external pump to put something under it so dampen some of the noise without disconnecting it and I now have a crack from the bulkhead up to the top of the sump. I got the water out before a huge mess was made but now want to know if I can fix it with...

I know you're not supposed to run them dry, we ran it for about 10 seconds dry, outside of the stand, sitting on carpet, not hooked up to the plumbing, and the noise level was what I would have expected. But sitting in the cabinet, hooked up to the PVC, everything just vibrates a little making...

I picked up a used 100 gallon RR tank, sump, pump recently. Owner said all operated just fine. The pump is an Iwaki MD-55. I'm setting up the tank as a reef and the flow of this pump is over 1000 GPH, from what I've read this should be enough turnover. I've only ever had submersible pumps and...

wow! my poor fish... So I'll go get a 20 gallon for QT, that should be fine for the 2 clowns and goby for 8 weeks? Other than some PVC is there any reason to add anything else to the QT for the fish's sake? I know the goby loves his caves.

Mike - So, the white spots fell off and will produce a bunch of these parasites in the DT? Is this cause for concern or should I just continue to monitor the other fish closely for the next couple weeks?

I was following this guide: Marine Ich or White Spot Disease That started with the SG at 1.025 and said to remove 20% and replace with RODI....which would bring the SG down to 1.020 if I'm doing my math right. Since I was starting at 1.023 I brought it down .004 instead of .005. While doing...

Bummer. i got home after work, setup the QT tank with water from the display and some RODI to bring down the SG to 1.019 (tank water was at 1.023). Used a sponge I keep in the sump, powerhead, and bubbler. The CB actually had no more white spots on her but her color was still very pale and she...

Thanks for the links Mike. I was looking earlier and found those and read through them...they are now bookmarked! I'll get the QT tank up as soon as I get home and start with the hyposalinity treatment. Hopefully I'll have a success story to tell in 6 weeks.

I will do that. Thanks! My QT is a 10 gallon, should I just monitor the other fish or put them all in and treat? I'm new to this and some reading online has shown contradicting views... The ich came from? Since everything had been fine for months with nothing new added my assumption is the...

The setup is a 58 gallon with a 20 gallon refugium and 20 gallon sump. No corals, just fish, hermits, snails, LR and then macro in the fuge. Last week the AC unit in the room with the fish tank overheated and quit working while I was at work (window units). The door was closed to that room at...

I have a 58 gallon tank (36 x 18 x 24ish) Been waiting to get the money to buy a good MH and T5HO fixture and that looks to be put off another 6 months or so. Right now I have a PC fixture, 2 x 55w. Is this lighting adequate for zoas, green star polyps, or other softies if they are kept...

I'm 99.99% sure there's nothing wrong with doing this but wanted to ask. I have my own RODI unit and have been making batches of 20 gallons or so at a time and keeping it in my kitchen (so climate controlled) and then when I needed saltwater I would mix in 5 gallon buckets. Getting tired of...