Recent content by Medic with Fish

I've had great results from this RO/DI system so far. I've made about 100 gallons with it. It's been slower than expected, probably due to the colder water and the pre-filter. However after my first water change I saw dramatically better results in the tank. It started cycling ammonia almost...

I've done a major water change with help from my new RO/DI system and it started cycling immediately. I dosed it with ammonia up to 4ppm, and would go through that in about 12 hours and return to zero. I still have some nitrites and nitrates hanging around. I'm thinking of pulling out the...

Great point! That's my personal short term plan. I thought I might eventually put the heaters that already have a built in thermostat on a controller and set the controller a couple of degrees higher than the heaters. I figured it'd be a fail safe if the heaters got out of line. That way...

AWI Typhoon III extreme My first addition is an Air Water and Ice Typhoon III Extreme RO/DI system. I had two reasons to buy this unit. I have horrible water for fish provided by my well, and buying water gets really, really expensive when you have to go 100 miles to the nearest LFS. The set...

I recently got a 150 gallon reef tank very reasonably. It ended up crashing after it was moved, as the sand needed taken out of it just to make it moveable. It was set up as it had been previously, but fish and reef did not survive the crash. Being a newbie to the marine aquarium world, I had...

Thanks for the input on heaters. It's nice for a newbie like me to find good info on which ones work well.

I picked up the API test kit and the levels were all high on all three Nitrogen tests, and the pH is somewhat low but still on the basic side of things. I think that the above option might be a good one. I'm not opposed to completely restarting it, but if it just needs a little help, I'd...

I was ready to start all over until I saw growth on some of my live rock. Do you still think I should start again or can it be saved? Thoughts please? Thanks.

The sand had to be completely taken out and then put back in the tank just to be able to move it so I'm sure your right about the kicking the bacteria up. I cleaned out everything that had died. Is that what you were thinking or did you mean something else? Thank you for the link, and I'm...

I've got LR and sand. I wasn't sure if I could save it or have to wait for it to completely cycle. I'm planning on going back to a reef tank.

I recently bought a 150 gallon reef tank from a friend and it crashed right after we moved it. None of the fish/inverts made it. Knowing very little about saltwater tanks, I've looked quite a few places online about what I need to do to get it back up and running and the only for sure thing...

Yes, I believe that the guy I'm getting all this from does have a test kit in addition to all the "adjustment supplies" for lack of a better term. I guess that my biggest question is how much of a shock is it going to be to the system to move it, and what can I do to prevent some of it and help...

Warm Greetings to all, I've jumped in the deep end with my first fish tank ever. My wife probably thinks I'm crazy and I can't blame her. Before three days ago I the only thing I knew about salt water tanks were that they were pretty. But I've more or less inherited more than a sane person...

I love the effect. How many LEDs are there and what brand are they?