Recent content by Dave Gille

You seem to know a great deal about Salt Water Tanks. I'm not questioning your knowledge but could you provide me some resource information about feeding every other day to keep Nitrates down? I run a 300 gallon Reef & I'm having to do 100+ gallon water changes every week or two to keep my NO3...

Any thoughts out there about using "Miracle Mud" in my refugium chamber for my new Sump specifically designed for my system? I pulled out my old sump that had a 4" sand bed in it & was quite nasty.

Thank You Andy for your Advice! I greatly appreciate you taking the time to reply to my post regarding a quarantine tank. I decided to check the Ammonia in the tank and it was high at 0.5 probably because of the live rock. I broke the whole quarantine tank down added new Na water at 1.024 &...

That's pretty cool! Didn't know you could feed Tangs Romaine lettuce. Is it safe to do?

I've been successfully running my 300 gallon reef for the past 2 1/2 years & have acquired many fish & have recently lost 7/8 of everything due to disease that I acquired within the last 2-3 weeks from adding 1 or 2 new fish. I've never set up a quarantine tank before & guess I've just been...

Have you ever had to deal with Marine Velvet? I've only had to deal with Ich once before in July 2010 in an entirely different tank. How do they get Marine Velvet & what's the best way to treat it? Trying to educate myself as much as I can so this never happens again. Thanks!

I live in San Antonio & have been in the hobby for a little over three years. 1st time I had Ich was July 2010 in a 125g tank & was able to safely quarantine them in a Hospital tank I set up using hyposalinity. I built my 300 gal from the ground up. New everything, sand, rock, Ect except for the...

I'm real sorry about your Clown but he's probably already gone... If it makes you feel any better, I just lost close to $2,500 in livestock in my 300 gal due to Ich & Marine Velvet cuz I didn't have a quarantine tank set up. Now I deffinately will! Search Craig's List for a 20 gal & dose all new...

I'm going to keep pressing on... I already had too much $$$ invested in it to give up ( considered it though). If I hadn't just purchased an Apex Controller, 3 Radion Pro's, & an expensive dosing pump a week prior to the event, I might have given up. I really enjoy the hobby & am going to...

I currently have a 300 gallon tank which has been running fine for the past 2 years. I recently developed Ich & Marine Velvet that has wiped out most of my entire livestock. I've lost about $2,500 within the past week... Very heartbreaking!