Recent content by Umpa Lumpa

How old are your filters? They should be replaced about every 6 months. Do you have a pressure gauge? If not I would suggest in getting one if your unit will accept it. The pressure needs to be at least 55 psi to get your rated GPD, sometimes more depending on your RO membrane. How old is the...

When I was fighting my nitrates, it took me two weeks doing 10% water changes every day, just to bring them down from 80 to under 10. All I can say is keep going and be paitent. Do you have anything in your current tank? Personally I woudln't do 50% water changes that much, mainly because if...

Get em while they are sleeping! :)

The metal halides will put a nice shimmering effect in your tank.

I've got one as well, mine is a 60 gpd and i love it, no problems so far.

I wouldn't, possiblility of introducing all kinds of unwanted pests, parasites, and diseases that your fish have never even seen. I've spent way to much in this hobby to take the risk of loseing everything to save a few dollars.

1.024 is what most people try to keep. For a FOWLR tank you could go lower, but with inverts/reef tank then 1.024 is the way to go.

There recently was another post about this, was very informative but I can't seem to find it at the moment. The main things to look out for are: Gallons Per Day (GPD)- I got one thats 60 GPD more than enough for me, I got a rubbermaid container and a float valve kit. Make sure to get one...

I'm planing to upgrade to MH in a few paychecks, will it be ok untill then?

I was browsing liveaquaria and ran across this!!!! http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2043&cc=1 And I want one!!! how hard are these to keep? Right now I've just have regular NO fluorescent will it just die if I get one? This would be my first coral so any and...

So if you don't suggest the glass lid then what do I use? I loose about an 8th of an inch on my water lvl every day due to evaporation as it is with my lid.

How do you mount them? Do they sit ontop of the tank? I've got a glass lid for my tank now, and I don't want the plastic strip (acting as the hinge) to melt under the lighting. I'm not willing to hang these lights from the ceiling at least not yet, I'm planing on getting a larger tank eventually...

This lighting thing just blows me away, I can build a computer blindfolded and deal with cisco routers all day long but I cringe and my brain becomes mush when it comes down to lighting my tank, go figure. :? I want to get an anemone for my clown later down the road, and possible get into...

Wow, one problem after another and another. That sucks, sorry for your loss. Just remember it can always get worse. Good luck starting out again.

Anybody?