Recent content by jphendren

Hello, I have a nice colony of blue xenia which until I added a Deltec skimmer would extend nice and long during daylight hours. I recently added the skimmer, and after several weeks of skimming the xenia now barely open up, or extend. I am curious if the skimmer could be removing what the...

I didn't notice that you could click on the image to view it larger. Yes, it does have the appearance of aiptasia, or a glass anemone. They range from somewhat clear to a light brown color in my experience. They have long stringy tentacles. I use Aiptasia X on them in my tank, works great...

Hard to tell from that picture. Do you have anything larger, clearer?

I recommend cleaning the canister filter weekly. I also have a canister on my reef tank, and have 0 nitrates, and it has been that way for a while. Really clean out those foam pads, make sure that there is nothing left in them. Also, that white pad that goes in there, either replace it every...

I found this on Craigslist, what do you guys think? It is 6' long, but only 18" wide, it has the same footprint as a 125, but is a 180. ***180 gal. Salt Water Tank*** Jared

Thanks guys. I have a Deltec MCE600 skimmer on the way, that is the next addition. I want to add some LPS corals, I am thinking frogspawn or hammers. Jared

Hello, This is my first fish tank, it is a reef tank, a bit light on corals, but a reef tank LOL. It finished cycling around Thanksgiving 2010, and this is what it looks like today. It currently houses a desjardini sailfin tang (Deja Vu), two true percula clownfish (Coral and Live Rock), and...

Thanks for lead, I just picked up a brand new one off of ebay for $359.99! Premium Aquatics was closing them out. Jared

I got that information from this webpage: Melevsreef.com | Acrylic Sumps & Refugiums "Typically, you will only have 2 or 3 gallons drain down when the pump is off, so make sure there is enough room in your sump to hold an extra 3 gallons or more. You can figure out how much room you have with...

Okay, so no valves needed. Do you run some kind of tubing between the overflow and the sump, or PVC? I've seen both, any pro's or con's to one over the other? I read that you will have 2-3 gallons drain back if the pump shuts off, with my design there should be about 4.67 gallons of overhead...

Thanks again. So I figure that I need two compartments, one for the skimmer, and another for the return pump. The skimmer compartment will be 9" deep, and so will the return pump compartment. I am planning on special ordering a glass tank to use for this project, 27" long X 10" wide X 13"...

Okay, thanks. The manufacturer recommends running the skimmer in 9-10" of water, so does that mean that the baffle on the skimmer side should be 9-10" high, and that is what sets the water level? Also, what depth should the return pump sit in? Thanks, Jared

Can I run these numbers by you guys? Lifereef overflow up to 600GPH Vertex Alpha Cone 170 skimmer 422GPH Danner Mag 7 475GPH @ 4 feet head loss. Does this sound correct? How should the sump be laid out? One big chamber for the skimmer, and a small chamber for the return pump? Jared

I really like this skimmer, but have read about 3 or 4 different sizes for the footprint. I am wondering if this skimmer will fit in a 10 gallon aquarium sized sump? If it really is 7.75" X 12.5" it should work I believe. Jared

Thanks for the advice guys, I currently have a 55 gallon, and I have to get this upgrade past the boss (wife). She does not want me to go big, and have to replace everything. So how about a 6' long, 18" wide tank? Is 18" too narrow for a sailfin tang? Fujimoto will build anything I want, I...