Recent content by MYTY1705

The pump I am using for my sump has gone down. I am able to take all of the pump works off the motor. questions: can I use ANY type motor to replace it as long as the shaft and rpm are the same? Does it have to be a SEALED motor? What motor would you recommend as a replacement. i figures that...

tank was established for 3 years or so. I had the all the tests run, ammonia 0 nitrites very low to none. only 10 ppm on the nitrates. The lfs said the same thing on stirring up the tank can make squirrley tests. Just wanted to make sure.

How long should it take for a used tank to re-cycle...for lack of a better word. I got the tank on a saturday and had to wait a few days to put the tank back up. The next saturday it was up and running with the same rock and sand. I did not wash the rock, and only aggitated the sand in water it...

back after a LONG hiatus.......heck I just checked and had a photo win in the saltwater forum in 2005!!! Ok it's been YEARS!!!! since I have been on here.... I have since torn down my 30 gallon to upgrade to 55 gallon, then switched it to fresh water. Two weeks ago it developed a leaking...

or maybe I need to set up two tanks. One planted to raise plants for food. And the other to put the cichlids in. That way if the eat the plants I can replace them with clipping from the other tank, and it will be a more natural habitat for them.

Yeah my first tank purchase came with two 55 gallon tanks, and a 1 gallon hex. 2 months later 5 gallon hex 1 year later got a 29 gallon 2 years later looking to get 120 to replace 55 gal I put in the wall (need to find a new place to put 55 gallon currently in wall) MY SON DOES HAVE...

I am the proud pappa of two Pseudotropheus acei. The two I bought 4 months ago have spawned in my 55 gallon cichlid tank. I have a variety of cichlids in there including 1-red zebra,1- yelow lab, 2-acei, 1- who knows, and 1 red jewel. I would like for the two to spawn again and maybe try to...

The top is the collection chamber. It has a tube that runs up into it. I plan on cloggin it somehow to only allow the bubbles to be released into the tank insterad of traveling up the tube. Even with the turbulence inside the chamber. I still get some bubbles comimng out of the unit. I figured...

This is a modification to a seaclone 200 protein skimmer. I am giong to block the collection cup area keeping the micro-bubles in the water. I had thought the the vortex that the unit creates would keep the co2 in suspension long enough for diffusion to occur. The co2 would be sucked in...

I had asked earlier and got negative comments back. I just keep thinking, and can not come up with why this would not work. Please look at the diagram and let me know if my thinking in the notations is wrong. Thanks!!!!

Can I run co2 into a protein skimmer via he venturi hose to use the tornado effect inside to help diffuse the co2? This would keep the co2 bubbles in constant contact with thewater for prolonged periods of time. Maybe allowing a 20 oz canister to run longer? Or would the circulation of the water...

I have no experince with planted tanks, and have only started the research needed to start. The cost was one thing that is maybe prohibitive. I am looking to make a pressurized co2 system for a 29 gallon planted tank. I have a 20 oz paintball gun tank for co2, would this be sufficient for a co2...

Try going to a rock farm. (place where rock is sold) They will probably have a pile of broken pieces of rock that they will sell cheap. I got the rocks for my 55 gallon tank at 35 cents a lb. Compared to $1.99 per at the fish stores. Same stuff but a lot cheaper. They will also have more...

I agree with Jasno999. I only do a waterchange on my salty when the tests say I need to. I have actually gone three months without one. Yet my rbta is thriving and has split. My acropora is getting huge and actually think it spawned I had hundreds of little things on the glass that looked like...