Recent content by jkalfsbeck

Does anyone own this skimmer or have seen it in action? Also curious as to what the needle wheel looks like. I wanted to know if the stocking reccomendations were also accurate. I'm thinking about possibly adding 2 of these to my 210 gal. that is moderately stocked. I read the review...

you should check out the Rena Xp3. 350 gph and has 3 media baskets , but 1 contains 4 sponges. It's pretty nice i've had mine running for almost 2 years now w/ not a single problem. It's also has a spray bar attachment to spread out your flow. Not to mention when you clean it the hoses...

Actually I have the Pro and the Deluxe and after my mods they're ok. I did a mesh mod for the pump and replaced the standard airline w/ a slightly larger airline and put a valve at the end w/ a silencer. In general they're loud but even after the airline mod they are more quiet now. Without...

Has anyone ever used these before? I know they have a model out that has the pump inside the chamber also, but that is the lower end model. Was wondering if they have a 300 unit that has the dual pumps inside like the 100 model? and if anyone has to do any mesh mods to this skimmer or if they...

does anyone know at all?

Hello, It's been a while since I've last posted, but I have a question about the css220 that I currently own. I'm having pump problems right now w/ it. I've already been through 2 units since the pumps are not sold seperately my lfs just replaced my entire unit. But it's still a headache...

He's already molted twice in the tank and he's doing pretty well. He has the run of the tank, w/ no threats. I do have other systems that I can put him in but thought he would be a nice centerpiece in the desktop tank.

Just curious for a Invert only tank (5 gallon) what would be compatible w/ a coral banded shrimp. As far as other shrimps, crabs, or the reef like lobster. Also curious if a pistol shrimp would be ok w/ one. As of right now I just have the CBS and a few snails and hermits. Just curious...

Well I decided to add a few hermits, an emerald crab and a Coral Banded Shrimp (Center Piece) and just for now I added a Pulsing Xenia frag. (from the mother coral in my main reef tank) For lighting right now I'm using the Coralife 50/50 10 watt fixture. But eventually I'm going to look...

Hello, I'm ready to set up a 5 gallon acrylic bowfront tank for my office. Like anyone here I like the unusual and "attention grabbers" and color. Now I know if I tried to cram any fish in that size it would have to be under constant supervision to make sure the levels are correct and...

If it were me I'd feed them very small amounts once nightly and I'd try to target feed your mandarin the mysis shrimp. I've had mine for 3 years on the hikari mysis shrimp. Just make sure all the food is gone in like 3-5 mins. If you still have it floating around 10+ mins. later i think that...

That sounds pretty nice. But if you haven't already purchased the seaclone skimmer i'd prob go w/ a diff. brand. Seaclones from what I've read are ok but you mess w/ the settings a lot. If you need a good hang on back skimmer I went w/ a coralife super skimmer. They have 3 diff. sizes...

Well w/ my 210 gal. tank and 180 lbs. of LR I have a center Cave that my yellow tang and emperor angel share and I have several other nooks and crannies and the right and left side of it. I even have a over hang that my cleaner shrimp use as a cleaning station. My rock has about 4-6" of...

I have 180 lbs. of LR. 140 or so lbs. being LR the Rest being base rock that actually has coraline algae and tubeworms, featherdusters and tons of pods on all the rocks. The LR is actually a mix of fiji and fla. and carribean LR.

Sorry I forgot to add it to this post. It's 210 gallons. And I do 1 full rubbermaid water change each friday. It's around 16-18 gallons I think. And dragonforce I noticed that you turned a power filter into a mini fuge. I was thinking about doing the same thing w/ my emperor 400 filter...