Recent content by pike

I have been fighting this brown rust color Algae for the past month every time I clean it come back worse then before. I have taken my LR out and cleaned it by rinsing it off with the spray hose on my sink. Town Water. 55gal tank, Plenty of flow, mostly up and around the tank, not much pointed...

What are good plants/algea to have in a fuge?

I have a 55 with 40 lbs of LR. A few fish. 150 snails. few crabs blueleg. Two mushrooms and a toadstool coral. I started using Seachem REEF BUILDER and am using Seachem REEF CALCIUM. Are there any fatal errors not to make when mixing other additives like Iron, Mag, Iodine, and any others. Are...

Carpenter wrasses are nice. I don't have any as of yet. But I plan on getting some when I set up my 125gal. I have a 55gal with a couple mushrooms and a toadstool coral, LR and a few fish.

How is the flow in your tank? Do you have any power heads moving water around in the tank? If you do not, then I would suggest two, one at either end of the tank. Something in the 100gph to 150gph. Top of the tank pointing down across the tank and sand bed. This has helped with my algae...

YES, it's an inexpensive item, only around $10.00 that all saltwater hobbyist should own. There are other electric hydrometers that can run upwards to $100.00. But the $10.00 ones that use a needle and scale work just as well. I mean why not have one. Then there is never a ??? of what your...

I am using the Sea Test brand calcium test kit. And with it my calcium test at above 1000 ppm. I have to add 75 drops of the reagent to achieve the correct blue color. Can this be right? I use Red Sea brand salt. my KH / Alkalinity is around 300 ppm and all other test come out good. PH is at...

Yeah tiny fish 8O

Hey I just look at the ocean motion that's kinda cool. I bet they had big pump on that. The tsunami vid did That was 1/12 PVC with a big ol pump under the tank. 8) That would be the one to get. 0X

Mike, Does the ocean motion work the same way as a mechanical divert. I read the overview in my DR. F&S catalog. Maybe if you had a strong enough pump to run it, it would work good?

Mt question is how does the SCWD work, and does it work good? I am thinking about getting one or maybe two for my 125gal and setting up a closed loop. Does anyone use this item on their tanks?

I would use it and have use it for my base rock. I got some pieces from an old tank I bought and they have worked out fine. Nothing that was outside. But with proper wash in QT time. It should work out fine. "I am sure it would need some time in a QT tank with good SW washing over." Actually...

I am going to attempt to build a protein skimmer for my 125gal reef. This tank will also have a 30gal sump and a 30 gal fuge. Just because I have two 30gal tanks from an old FW project. So with all filters, and tanks full I will be pushing around 200gal of saltwater. Is this how I should look...