Recent content by BenPadelski

Buy the SWC 180 cone skimmer. If you stock lightly you can get away with the 160. Awesome skimmers. And very very quiet. Wont ever buy another brand skimmer.

You dont need to buy live rock. Its a rip off at $6-$13 a pound. If your tank is cycled just throw in dry rock. The bacteria will colonize in it and it will become live.

First off. If your tank is just cycled for 5 days your pod population isnt anything and your dragonet will die. Unless you get him to eat frozen which is no easy task. 2nd off you need a lot more rock, not live rock, just rock. It will become live after its in there for a while. And the fish you...

My favorite fish in the world. I want a discus tank so bad and I just setup a 120 gallon saltwater. But maybe down the road lol.

Anthias, some tangs.

Yea I know that. Im saying with the fish I want to add.

Gotcha. Thanks for the help. But im not so sure on the twice a week feeding. That seems kinda skimpy. And for the fast metabolism fish I wish to put in here I dont think that will cut it.

Its a 120 gallon, I have 2 maroon clownfish, a green chromis and 2 pajama cardinals in there. Its like a green mat algae. It looks like green cyano. I feed mysis mixed with flakes once a day.

Im wondering how often I should be changing out my gfo. I dont know how fast it gets exhausted.

My lights are on 6 hours a day and there is no windows in the room

I have green algae everywhere in my tank and I dont know why. This was the main reason I quit the hobby before. I use rodi water, I have changed the bulbs, I have a clean up crew, nitrates and phosphates read 0, and im running a gfo reactor! Im seriously frustrated and getting ready to throw a...

Theres so many lights to decide on. Im wishing we could see par readings on each of these lights to easily narrow it down for me.

And these are under the reef breeders? They look pretty sweet. Im still deciding. I have about $800 to go with for a 120 gallon.

Swc 160 cone skimmer. Model below mine. He has a 90 gallon.

Its sand.