Recent content by Starchar

Thanks! Great suggestion and I think that may be the way I go. Love the idea of several feather dusters! I am assuming that by the time the tank is cycled that I will have enough algae, etc. to support the CuC. The fish I think that I will put in a week apart or at least a week between...

At least I have 30-45 days waiting on the cycle to try and guide them to some appropriate selections.

Sea Goblin Some Basslett that was like $300 (That would be eaten by the Sea Goblin) Octopus Lemon Shark Oscar

So I tried to allow each of my administrators to pick a fish that best "fits" their personality. Big mistake of course none of them picked anything that was remotely compatible with eachother or suitable for this size tank, one picked a freshwater species.

Tank is filled and the scaping is complete. I added 60# of sand and 75# of dry rock. Also, I picked up a wave controller which I really like.

It is in a safe place. We have converted one of the offices in the administration area into a soft room. We allow kids to use the room to spend time with our therapy dog or to just decompress. We don't take kids in the room who are out of control and access is only under direct supervision...

Finished the plumbing today and am officially leak free! Dry rock should be in next week and I will finally begin to cycle the tank. Also, thought I would give a shout out to Premium Aquatics located near Indianapolis for the donations. I visited their storefront and they have a fantastic...

Clever! The kids would likely appreciate the humor in the selection!:)

Thanks. Not sure where my head was when I was typing that. Definitely not using a hydrometer. I use a refractometer at home and will do the same here. I am looking to do some corals. Probably some softies, zoas, etc. Nothing too crazy really. I want the tank to really capture the kid's...

I recently had the luck of getting a 75g setup donated to me to add to our therapy room at the juvenile detention center that I run. I thought that I would share the build here with you all and appreciate your advice! Here is the donation list so far. 75g tank with stand 4 bulb t5 light...

As long as you have direct sunlight you will need to take that into consideration. Perhaps back down your artificial lighting to help account for the direct sunlight. Honestly, you will have to just play it by ear and see what works best for you. Tanks, especially nano tanks, take regular...

had the same thing in my tank previously, sponge.

Amphipods.

Changing your substrate is a good start. I recommend that you do the weekly smaller water changes with a monthly larger one. This will help. So much easier to enjoy a tank when they look somewhat like we want them to.

So I would guess that the sunlight is a big part of the algae problem. On the other hand it is possible that the sunlight is making it possible to support the nem as the stock lighting on the non-hqi biocubes are t5 bulbs if I am not mistaken. I am not sure how well bubble tip nems will do...