Recent content by palmero

ok good advice thank you....i had live sand

when i had my reef tank few years ago i found that the gravel/sand got dirty pretty quickly, but when i would try to clean up the gravel (little vaccuming) the tank got cloudy and the soft corals didnt look too well. Alot of slimy material would appear to shed off my anenome. So now for...

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ok, well with animal that were mentioned does it matter then where in the tank they should be placed? Such as top or bottom of the tank?

im thinking about re-starting my old tank again and making it a reef tank, but before i do i would like to know what kind of life i can keep in my tank with the lights i already have. 55gal 48 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 21 lighting--power compact flourescent with 1 98watt blue 1 98 watt daytime bulbs...

very nice setup---do sumps and fuge's need to be cleaned out? if so how often?

I had one and it would do the same thing (not all the time) but when it did i just assumed that it was normal. I thought that what it may have been doing was just trying to find somewhere to grab on to. I really dont know but that was my experiance.

Yes that may be it, I had feather dusters before and the tank i saw them in the other day at the local fish store also had feather dusters in it. It's just that my base rocks were starting to appear polka dotty. Is there anyway to controll it if it ever happens again? Any animal that can...

Well its not just on the base rock, i found it on equipment as well. This was going on in a reef tank which was being poorly run by me a few years ago. I gave up, and am thinking of restarting. But got to looking at the base rock i had and remembered those tiny dots. I also have seen it in...

Ok i checked out my lights .... PC (great now i forgot) I know its either 96 or 98 watts. Now Im pretty sure its 98. There are two bulbs one is the blue actinic light and the other is the daytime . I do also have regular 48'' single bulb canopy that i have had since i originally got...

Nice pics thanks for doing that.

both....but more so pics

I was looking for somewhere whether its in these forums or not on the set-ups that people have. Not so much the tank but more the behind the scenes. Like all of the equipment, plumbing...etc. I went to the members showcase and found mostly just the tanks. I am looking to restart my reef...

Im sorry i edited my 1st post, it is a power compact flourecent. As far as moving the water from the tank to the sump I had a overflow box mounted on the back of the tank then from the sump there is a submersible pump that move it back to the tank. As far as the water i used none of it was...

Ok here it goes, I am intrested in starting a reef tank. I have tried it before and I would say I roughlyspent around $1500+ before I finally gave up. I found that in my situation (meaning my set-up) was very awkward. My aquarium is in the wall and required me to access it through a closet...