Recent content by oo7cable

Roka - Yeah I was looking at that reactor. I run some phosban in my filter, and the upkeep is routine. Im going to drain almost all of the tank and scoop out the sand, wash it off and replace it. Hopefully that will do it. Thanks again

Hey Guys, Ok so my tank info is not correct, I have One Clown, 2 damsels, and my puffer. About 5 hermits and 2 Turbo Snails. Source water is RO/DI, Po4 Before and After is so small it wont read it. I've tried everything....I'm totally frustrated. I wanna take it all down and start from...

Oh yeah, I take it out everytime!! Im about to do a week long black out then change out the sand completly. Do you know what the "Roots" are? I have a pic but its so hard to see them its not worth posting.

I have a massive algae problem. Ive done EVERYTHING you can to get rid of it. My tank is UGLY! I bought some media to remove the Phospates. All my tests are perfect, and yet I have a massive amount of redslime algae in my tank! I have 3 PH and the filter moving about 1100gph. I feed every other...

I did that over a week ago! And now I lost a clown :( I was attaching a surfice skimmer to my filter. I hooked it all back up and my filter would not work! I looked in the inlet hose and my clown was in there. I dont know how he got sucked up in there, but he was mangled pretty bad....Poor...

Tank has been up for 2 years now, Ive reprogramed the lights there on 8 hours now. I do 20% PWC every few days. I only feed about every 3 days. Alternating between flakes and brine shrimp. I took back 4 fish, so my bioload is way down. I just cant find the source of my problem! I would hate to...

^ Thanks Melosu I wouldlike to find the cause of the prolem rather than use a treatment every few months. So I'll kep trying. Thanks for the advice guys! I'll look into getting the goby. Do you think it will put too much of a bioload on my tank?

Will the Dragon Goby eat Cyano? I dont know too many fish/inverts that will. But then again Im still learning a lot. I am down to 6 fish now, 2 O. Clowns 2 Blue Damsels One yellow tail damsel and my puffer. I also picked up 2 turbo snails. Their about 2 inches around. My puffer tries to get them...

I have a bunch of Hermit Crabs and they seem to be fine. Is there any other "Hard" shell crab that might work? How important is a clean up crew? I have never really had one and was always struggling with my tank. Mainly due to inexperience and lack of knowledge. Are there any starfish or would...

I need to stock a clean up crew. Any idea what would be safe from my puffer? I bought 2 large "Turbo Snails" both about 2 inches around, but my puffer keeps trying to get em. I have around 20 hermit crabs, he dosent bother them at all. Thanks again for the help! I'll be taking back 4 fish this...

Thanks for the UV info. Here are some pics. I need to skim the surfice! Notice the bubbles in the sand...This is one ugly tank! At least the fish are ok. My Puffer "Coco" loves to take pics!

Would a black light work the same way?

A good substitution for flakes? I do PWC of 10% every 5-7 days Lights are a bit long 8am-8pm Everything was 0, NO3 was 5ppm and PO4 was .04 Yes I use GAC but I think I need to change it. Bio-Load is down to 10 fish. I will be taking about 4 of them back to the LFS as soon as I can.

Hey guys, I have come a LONG way in this hobby thanks to you guys! I have switched from CC to Playsand, got a RO/DI unit, and I know what to test and how. So Thanks for that! I recently did a PWC of 10%, I had a ton of algae (green) growing all over the back of the tank glass. I scraped it off...

I changed all mine at once with no problems. Just do it as fast as you can, and have plenty of mixed up SW to add into it.