Recent content by garmes

Canister I was in the same boat as you. After my fluvial 404 stopped running, I was faced with the question, Do I really need a filter. I ran my take for just under a week without a filter relying on LR and my protein Skimmer. I have to say that my tank was not as clear as it once was. Allege...

We have a 58ga Salt Tank with 40lbs LR, 3 inch substrate, Red Sea Protein skimmer, Power Head 402, Coralife Aqualife Power Compact, 1 High Fin Red Banded Goby, 1 Anthias, 2 False Percs, 20 hermits, 9 Turbo Snails, 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 7 Med Mushrooms. Our Fluval 304 Filter has caused us our last...

What are your ammonia, nitrate, nitrite levels?

No Bleny's We have actually added 2 clowns false percs. The shrimp is doing very well and seems to be very happy.

If a cleaner shrimp lost a rear leg during acclimation will the leg grow back? Also will the shrimp survive? Acclimation was standard. We acclimated two cleaner shrimp and 27 hermits. Only one cleaner shrimp lost a leg. Could have been missing at the lfs.

I do not have a cover. The lighting is on legs and the tank is open. I heard that it would have to be that way for coral life. I appreciate everyones comments.

Carib Sea Aragonite 2.5 - 3" Inches

I think that it is up to what you want to do with the tank. If you are looking to have serious coral and less fish I would put more rock in. If you want more fish and less coral I would leave space for activity while keeping plenty of hiding spots for your fish.

We are starting our saltwater tank backup since our move from Maryland to Minnesota. We decided to tackle a reef tank this go around. We are experiencing low PH 7.8. We started the tank 5 days ago and introduced 7lbs of live rock 2 days ago adding on to our 30lbs base rock. In our past...