Recent content by friend4fugu

I just got my protein skimmer about 2 weeks ago. three days after firing it up, it did exactly what they say it does, it literally blew the waste out of my water. anyway, Thursday will be two weeks, and i've noticed that the foam is'nt even coming to the top of the cup anymore and there is an...

I had posted a thread earlier about prizm protein skimmers and decided to go withe the remora hang-on instead. thanks for your help guys. anyway, i started my tank about 3 months ago, after my brackish fish died (death in the family made me a little neglectful)so as far as i was concerned, i had...

I've been looking at a couple of different skimmers, but the prizm in particular. does anybody have any experience with them, or have a suggestion of their own? TIA http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_protein_skimmers_red_sea_prizm_pro_deluxe.asp?CartId=

a 37 gallon also has the same footprint as a 20l

african leaf fish are actually soft water fish prefering a ph of 6.0 to 6.5. and although aggressive, there not as aggressive as south american leaf fish.

sorry everyone! i apologize for the ranting and straying from the topic. it really bugs me how some people on this site claim to be "experts". maybe not directly saying it but in what they say. i am very careful to state "in my experience" or "in my opinion" in any thread i reply to. i can only...

cold machine id tell you to look them up, but that might be bad advice! corey..go back to your betta's and tetras!

lets get this straight.....A) I WAS NOT GIVING ADVICE!!!only stating my experience! B) MY TANK IS NOT OVERSTOCKED!! follow the guidlines 1" of fish mouth to begining of tail per gallon of water. C) yes mangroves do grow extremly...

this is just my personal experience but Ive kept 3 gsp together for about 3 or 4 yrs now, right now there are in a 55, but when i first started brackish it was in a 20ga long, with 2 fingers(mono sebae not mondactylus argentus, sebaes are a little more "taller")3 scats a knight goby, and an...

I used to have a pair of sailfin mollies that i kept in a fw tank and they both developed white splotches on their bodies in particular around their mouths like you said, i did treat them with melafix and and they would quickly clear up too, but they would keep reappearing. they lived like this...

yeah most people dont even think about that kind of stuff, its great that you guys do though!! wouldn't that suck if your living room ended up in your basement!!!! i only keep a 55g but i do like to load it up with rocks. I just got done building a new stand and when i built the frame, i did it...

what kind of cichlids do you keep? not from personal experience but from a buddy who kept ?tanganykin? cichlids, they shredded his plants, and they probably wouldnt have lasted long anyway due to the hardness of the water, but thats just my opinion. as far as filters go though, i highly...

brick hammers dont really work well for breaking slate especially tile b/c its so thin. slate being sedementary will "run" any which way it wants , so getting a nice "clean" cut is a little tough. you can try to contol the size of the peices you want however with a regular claw hammer like a...

quick thought though....90% of stone sealers are petroleum based so if you really wanna be sure, break off a corner and stick it in a jar of water for an hour or so, if there is no slick on top of the water then id have to say your all set. good luck!!

the man made grooves on the bottom are saw marks to help the mortar adhere to the tile. as far as i know , no rock leaves the manufacturer sealed with anything. trust me, im a stone worker, just boil and scrub then build away!