Recent content by darron863

thanks for the advice i will start the swing this weekend and see what happens

yes i have a 75 gal reef, just thought it might save a little on the electric bill with the heater(mostly runs at night) and ac with less heat in the room. how would i go from one lighting schedual to the other. a little at a time or just lights off one day to lights on that night.

is it ok to switch lighting time from day to night my current lighting schedual is noon- 10 pm and was thinking that it might help to switch my timing out of the heat of the day to help keep the heat out of the living room during the hotest part of the day.i know i wont have the veiwing time i...

i do not have a ground probe i was told to use a titanium probe if i was going to use one. whether or not this is true i dont know if it is true where can i get one. yes i have taken my ro and my tank water to two different lfs and all say my test kit is accurate. i am confused why is it just tangs?

drip acclimate for 2rs., have bought them from different stores with same result around the two mth. mark they all do the same thing fine one day then just hover in one spot for day or two and die. i have tried everything i can think of bought all new food checked for voltage with my fluke cant...

i feed alternate green and purple seaweed, frozen formula 1 amd mises shrimp every other day on the seaweed small piece, formula 1 and shrimp on sundays for everyone. eats fine at all feedings. then just stops eating all together and just sits in one spot for a day or two and dies. he just died...

first things first my system has been up more than two years now and everything is fine ammonia, nitrates, nitrites,phos. all 0. ph 8.3, water temp. 79.1, and salinity 1.025. water changes done at 15 gal bi weekly. RO water checks out all at 0 also. I have been through 2 yellow, 1 kole, and now...

just a update he is all better now it seems that he must have backed into a rock and got one of his barbs stuck out he is doing fine now thank you alot for all the input

thank you for all your help

ok got new test kit kis side looks a little better today less bulky i quess you would say and he is still eating like a pig. Ammonia - 0 Ph - 8.4 Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 Alkalinity - 3.5 Calcium - 420 Salinity - 1.025 Phos-low >0.2

Temp-77.6 Nitrate->5 Nitrites->5 Phos-less than 0.2 Ph 8.2 my alk and cal must not be working showing almost 0 on alk and off the charts on cal its been time for a new test kit ill get one today

thats what i thought is there anything i can do to help prevent infection some (neosporin mabee) haha i realy like him and dont wont to lose him

i bought a kole tang about 2 weeks ago and about three days ago i noticed that i looks like the little diamond shaped thing that all tangs have on there sides one side back by the tail looks like it is coming of or bubbling up and bruised he is eating fine and is out and swimming fine i got him...

she already has a anemone she has been with for over a year. she would follow the tang around before it died and now she spends most of her time in the anemone and i miss seeing out swimming its like she is lonely and she shut her self in the house. she does come out and eat out of my hand though.

i was thinking of getting another clown but wasnt sure if they are aggressive towards each other currently i have a maroon and (he or she) dont know how to tell the difference has been in the tank now over a year and his buddy the tang died a few months ago and he doesnt seem to like the new...