Recent content by sroot17

Lighting upgrade help Hi everyone. I’m looking for some suggestions or guidance for upgrading my lighting. I currently have some lps and zoas but would like to eventually add some sps to the tank as well as an anemone. I currently run a wavepoint 36in 4x39w T5 with the stock 2 white, 2 actinic...

So after adding 50lbs of fiji LR and 2 shrimp I'm finally producing a liquidy foam skimmate. Also I turned down the water intake into the skimmer and have greatly reduced the micro bubbles in the tank. Should I be concerned about not having enough water flowing through the skimmer as long as...

I am currently curing 60lbs of LR in my 50g (for the past 3 days) and am using it to help get the cycle going. I also placed a couple of shrimp in there yesterday to get my ammonia up. I realized that I did not scrub my rock enough before putting it in the tank and now I have lots of...

Thanks milhous3er for the link. I'm going to let the skimmer run as is for a couple more weeks hoping that the bubbles are due to there not being enough of a bioload yet and the fact that the unit is brand new and there are conditioners in the water. If that doesn't help I'm going to have to...

I have a 50g and was planning on going fish only but after 2 months of research I don't know how I could not do some soft and LPS corals as well. I was contemplating using a shrimp to get the ammonia going, I'll give that a try as well. Do you think the issues with my skimmer have to do with...

Thanks everyone! Looks like I will be doing some scrubbing tonight.

No the tank is not yet cycled, I just added 50lbs of LR last night, have had about 10lbs of base rock in for the past two weeks, and am hoping to start seeing my ammonia spike soon. As of yesterday my readings for ammonia, nitrites and nitrate were all zero with ph at 8.4. I will do a test...

I recently purchased a CPR aeroforce HOB skimmer for my new 50g tank. I have had the skimmer running for two weeks now with some dead base rock in the tank and I just added some LR last night. The skimmer has yet to produce any skimate, is this normal? I am also getting a ton of micro...

I just picked up 50lbs of Fiji live rock and a piece or two have come green hair like algae growth. I know I should remove anything thats dying and all sponges but what about living algae?