Recent content by gvillenative

thank yall, I think I'll order both the 4 inch and 7 inch socks and see which one I prefer.

I'm changing my sump style from wet/dry to sump and looking at buying a sock holder. Does anyone know what would be the appropriate sock size for a regular 20 gallon sump? I was thinking a small. Also, is there any particular brand I should buy? Shopping on Amazon and see a couple different...

I finally got a test kit and have all good parameters, except for PH, which seems to be locked in a 8.0. If anyone remembers my 65 gal reef has been having some growth problems. How bad is this PH reading? How does low PH affect corals? What is the safest way to bring this up a little? My...

Hello everyone! I am changing my sump from the drip tray with blue balls without baffles to a filter sock and baffles to save room and be able to keep my skimmer in a sustained volume of water. I'm also adding an external refugium. What do I need to do with the blue balls? I've heard I need to...

Wow can't beat those Amazon prices! It's hard to pass up the whole kit for $20 and both kits for $41. I'm gona try these first I think.

Midas blenny may be a good choice. Do they act a lot like my tailspot blenny? Any others?

Im looking at buying a test kit on a small budget. Would the 34$ reef master kit from petsmart be an accurate choice or do I need to bite the bullet?

I changed my flow up last night and am going to up my water change volume to 10 gallons per week and see if that helps..any other ideas?

I have a 65 gallon mixed reef. includes: 2 chromis(wierd brim shaped breed), perc clown, tailspot blenny and the beauty. corals are: foxtale, zoas, xenia, open brain, trumpets, frogspawn, gsp, and a red cap. Isnt the royal gramma gona hide a lot?

Lookin like a sweet setup..have the same color paint on the back of my 65 and have been happy with it. Good luck Kyle

The one from HD will work in a reef tank? I have had this same question

Anybody save a brain with this problem..?

I'm reallly thinking about getting rid of this fish. She constantly picks on all of my starfish and recently pecked of a leg of one of them. She destroyed a golden rod gargonia(sp) in less than a week. Is there a reason she ate this coral so quickly? She hasn't really pecked at any of my other...

I have recently received an open brain as a gift from a friend. I was disapointed with the lfs store for selling it as soon as i saw it. The outside ridge on a section of one side was completely exposing its skeleton. I thought maybe I could save it and one of the polyps did eat the fist week...

I installed the par bulbs with the idea of spotlighting certain corals with higher light demands. These coupled with the 4 t5 bulbs i thought would be plenty for corals I'm interested in, mainly soft and lps, with a couple montipora being spotlighted. Im begining to wonder, the red cap ive had...