Recent content by uncwalley

I recently got this on a setup that I bought a couple months ago. It had been growing well, but has since taken a turn for the worse. It used to have short thin tentacles around the edges but those don't show up anymore. What is it?

That's about as good as I can get. My camera isn't that great. Sorry.

Coral ID and help I managed to get a tag along coral that was growing for the past several weeks, but has since taken a turn for the worse I think. First, I'm not sure what it is. Here is a picture, though not very good. It used to have lots of short tentacles around the edges, but for the...

Looking on Home Depot's website, they advertise that they carry Coastal Supply Company Fantasy Sand in what seems to be the same distribution area as the Old Castle sand. Has anybody bathed this stuff in vinegar?

Before I start getting pipes and what not, I need to know all the handy safeguards to keep my floor from getting flooded with water. My wife hates that. My biggest question isn't about the power going off since I plan on having a big enough bucket to hold the backflow, but what happens if I...

Has anybody found any in Virginia recently?

I vacuum it every time I change the water, including yesterday. Of course, there is a lot of cc underneath the rock that I can get to. Who knows what is under there.

Does anyone have experience with these? I've been using one for about 6 months now for a freshwater tank, brackish tank, and now a SW tank. The readings on the first two are always fairly normal. However, the new SW tank is bordering on ridiculous. It has been at my place for about a month...

Right now I have a HOB, skimmer, cannister, power head, heater, and 3 110w bulbs on it. If I were to overload the circuit, would the circuit breaker just trip or would I have other, much more disasterous problems?

For those of you with more knowledge about home electrical supplies than I, is it OK to hook up two power strips to a single standard wall outlet. I realize you shouldn't hook up more than one power strip in series, but I need more holes to put my plugs in. Thanks.

Thanks, ya'll

Thanks, ya'll

Unfortunately, I haven't the money to invest really. I have a Rio 800 powerhead that I could hook up to it, which would undoubtedly be better than the pump that comes with it, but when I try, it just pushes water out the air hose. Water on the floor makes my wife unhappy. Am I missing...

C'mon. Somebody has to know something about protein skimming in general, not just this particular one. How much water do you put through your skimmer?

I'm almost embarrased to say, but I have two Big Mombasa protein skimmers. They are old and I got them for free. I set one up tonight and got some super crappy results. I'm not sure what kind of powerhead they come with, but what kind of volume should I be pumping through this thing to make...