Recent content by the grim reefer

Well thanks for the tips...muchly appreciated...they are under MH lights right now and nice and full like Melosu's are...I will definately be careful with one when I pick one up..they are such beautiful colors..that is good to know about the target feeding because here I thought I might have to...

I am looking a purchasing a brain coral and was just hoping I could get some advice on their care...I have read that they like to be on the sand....I have 250w MH 20k lighting so I am assuming that should be sufficient.. Anything particular with feeding? How often... Any advice appreciated. Thanks

Thanks for the help. I have them at a safe distance then..

Is there a rule of thumb for coral spacing? Do some corals tolerate being closer together than others? Thanks Grim

Well you could take your chances because the guy at my LFS said that he knew people who had no problems at all...me not so lucky. I took mine back. I very much enjoyed him for the time I had him. I guess its one of those hit and miss things. Some are compatible...others not so lucky. If you do...

I have the same skimmer but the next size up. Mine did the same thing when I first set it up...I monkeyed around with mine and now its good..it will never be totally bubble free but there are very few compared to what there was...what I found with it is to make sure that the water is at least...

Sorry to hear about your clown..thats tough. Makes it equally worse when they are special to a little person. Take Care Grim

Okay...this is what makes this hobby all worth the hurdles it throws at you... Beautiful child and gorgeous tank!

Thank you all...this is exactly why I love this forum..you are all so helpful..I feel alot better now that the skimmer is running..I thought of this after..my tank has not had any fluctuations and I know its new but this totally baffled me. So when I started to think of "what changed" that was...

I have always planned on getting some more LR but my LFS does not get it in all that often and I am not wanting to order online. I have no idea where the LR will go because my tank is pretty full..the rock I have in there is super porous so big pieces that weighed next to nothing. He is getting...

Thank you Ziggy and MT79. I am thinking that because I have only been able to run my skimmer for a couple hours a day for the last week this has had a huge impact as it used to run 24/7. I put some PraziPro in my tank because one of my anthias had a fluke on him and its reef safe...I had to...

Ziggy I wont be able to post a picture of the set up...I think I have figured out what happened. And Hara... I do not think its your job to make me think things are rosey..I know they are not otherwise I would not have asked for help... I was just hoping to get some reassurance that things...

I updated my info as it was wrong...I dont have the anthias fish. Just a clown...well I guess that is the problem...too many fish. Just for the record my water was completely stable until now. I dont have diatom algae bloom either. My LR is full of purple coraline..thats it. I have a skimmer...

I am very diligent in looking after my tank...I just started it 3 months ago and things have been up and down to say the least...I test my water faithfully every week and am doing 10% PWC 1x a week. I just tested my water and my NH4 is .25 and I am just sick about it..I am so worried that my...

Thanks for the links...the one that he had in was the reefkeeping one...he mentioned that they have to be target fed at night when they open up....it will be abit yet before I get one...