Recent content by TheChad

How slowly should I raise the salt? Should I use saltwater from my established reef or fresh made saltwater? Like change out 1-2 gallons of fresh water for saltwater? What SG should am I going for? 1.015? Thanks! -TheChad

Hi all, We picked up a couple of small (1") Green Spot Puffer fish from our LFS, they were in the freshwater section and in the same area as the tropical fish.. After we purchased them and I got home, I was doing research about them as I never believe my LFS (Experience learned from...

I figured it out... The Coralife ballast has the starter inside the ballast. The Oddssey ballast the starter is behind the bulb socket... So I cut the starter out of the Oddssey cap and wired it into the 4 wire coralife harmess! -TheChad

Hey all, I have a Coralife 6x UV Sterilizer, the ballast has gone out (This is the 2nd time), So rather than pay the outrageous price Coralife wants for a new ballast, I purchased a Odyssea UV Ballast from ebay for 1/4 of the price and just figured I would cut the cord and solder/wire it to...

Did any of the off spring ever live? or do they die?

Hey all, I bought my son a 10g tank with 2 Cobalt Blue Lobster's for his Birthday last June.. At the time of purchase, both Cobalt Blue Lobster's were of virtually equal size and were in a 10g tank together on display at the LFS. Since June, 1 has stayed pretty much the same size...

Exactly right!

It's the same NM rating as VHO actinic.... Really it's actinic... It's suppose to be accent light.. I have HQI's for coral..

I ended up ordering these: Aquarium LED Light Reefbar 36" inch 3ft 453 Actinic Blue 27W 36 Coral Moon | eBay They are fully dimmable, though I just ordered the 2 strips and 1 power supply. At a later time when I look into changing out everything to LED, I will look into a controller to do...

Can you suggest one? I know that not all LED's are created equal and with saltwater there's the whole spectrum thing to deal with.. Thanks! -TheChad

Hey all, I have a Coralife hood, 2x 96w CFL & 2x 150w HQI's.. I replaced the Magnetic ballasts with electronic ballasts about a year or so ago and all has been well with the HQI's.. Last week the CFL ballast(s) went out, So now I am at the cross road, Do I just put new CFL ballast(s) in, or...

Okay. So the 20g freshwater (tropical) tank was good for awhile, But now It's lake green. I've tried changing a few gallons of water, I've tried changing 90% of the water.. No matter what I do, within 48 hours, the water is lake green. I have tried Algaecide, The water itself is green...

Hey all, Okay, so I have a Coralife Digital Thermometer - Digital Thermometer | Coralife Marine & Freshwater Aquarium Supplies I also have a AA 3008 Digital Thermometer With Dual Alarms - Digital Thermometer With Dual Alarms I also have a regular mercury-type Aquarium thermometer...

I ended up purchasing the finnex controller and Titanium heater from http://www.kensfish.com for $64.40! I will post my results once I get it up and running! As for the temp difference variation on my old ViaAqua, that may or may not be a common issue with having the heater in the Sump. The...

I'm not against another ViaAqua product. I just want a digital controller type this time.. I was looking at this unit: Finnex Aquarium Controller Titanium Heater 300 500 800 Watts HC810M 800U | eBay it's a 500w Titanium Heater W/Digital Controller, but Doesn't show Current Temp and Set...