Search results

Hi all, Wondering if I can get some guidance. For some reason I can seem to keep fish alive in my tank no matter what, yet inverts like featherdusters, blue leg crabs, astrea snails, copepods and amphipods all do good. Tank was cycled and has been up for a couple months. I thought perhaps...

I know it doesn't make sense, but my ammonia is at 0.25 and i'm not showing nitrites yet. Tank is 80Gal. Here is what I've done: Dec 21--cleaned tank with 50/50 RO water/vinegar mix. Rinsed base rock in de-chlorinated tap water and then in RO water Dec 22-- Filled tank with RO and running...

Whats the best way to prep a tank, rock and sand after storage? Just rinse with RO and away we go? TIA

About a month ago I started my tank up and added some cured rock from my other tank and 2 dead shrimp for the ammonia. About a week later my ammonia went up to .5-1.0 and since then (3 weeks ago) nothing! No Nitrites or Nitrates. Some polyps on the LR and featherdusters (tiny red ones) seem to...

Wondering if a TDS reading of 16-18ppm is alright. My tap water is absolutely horrid at 560-580ppm. I just checked my TDS after the membrane but BEFORE the DI. Getting a reading of 36ppm. That works out to a 94-95% rejection considering feed water is going in at 560-580 Now looking at my DI...

Wondering if a TDS reading of 16-18ppm is alright. My tap water is absolutely horrid at 560-580ppm so I'm getting about 97% rejection. My DI resin cartridge is still half blue. Tomorrow I'll see what my reading is before DI and see if its my membrane causing my problems. If I cant see anything...

Just wondering what might be going on. I'm cycling with a dead shrimp from the supermarket and my ammonia has been high 8 on the API test and I'm not getting any nitrites or nitrates yet? Is this normal? I thought I would start seeing nitrites already. The shrimp is still in the tank and almost...

I'm stuck on deciding for a couple reasons. I liked LED's because of their low energy draw and the temps they run at. Only thing I wonder about is that I've read that the color spectrum does change after a couple years and they need to be replaced. Anyone else hear about this? Other issue is...

So I've decided to go at it again after a 5 year break. I'm looking at at 20-30 gal setup mostly FOWLR but maybe some GSP's, Zoo's etc. I used to run my 50 Gal with VHO's but now am looking at LED's or T5 HO's. I really like the LED's with the shimmering effect and that I dont need to replace...

So Last Friday I tore down my tank and shortly after, my kids and I started to get sick. The wife came home after it was all apart and she just got stuffed up. I started sneezing like crazy got congested and a pounding headache. Later that night I had such bad chills that I had to hop in the...

I currently have VHO's (2x36") Wondering if I should stick with them or make the switch to T5's. I have the Ice Cap 660 so all I need are the endcaps. Only concern I have is the VHO's have built in reflectors, My canopy is just white so If I got with the T5's I surely need a reflector as well...

WOW! I've been away for way too long! And yes.......my tank is suffering a bit as well. Ever since I bought a house last year I've been busy with other stuff, but now back to the tank. I bought a RO/DI unit and set it up. I'm just wondering what an acceptable PPM reading is? I'm getting...

So I was looking at my tank tonight cause I like looking at/for critters that come out at night. Anywho I shone my flashlight at near my algae clip (not used in 2 months since tank died) and look what I found! I Have not had this anywhere in my tank up till now. Hopefully it wont become a problem.

Alright I'm about to finally get my own RO/DI unit and I have a couple questions if someone can answer them. (1) Will a 5 stage RO/DI unit remove chloramines? Or should I still add Prime? (2) My house has copper pipes, do I need to worry about this or will the unit remove any trace? I bought...

Alright is this normal? I bought the anemone yesterday. It did fine today and now after 3 hours of dark it looks like this. Should I take him out?

Can anyone here ID this algae. actually 3 and your thoughts on the 4th pic. The brown stuff on the middle of the first pic can overrun coraline. I've tried cleaning it off by takeing the rock out of the tank and scraping the rock bare in that spot. www.mts.net/~kroppa/algae1.jpg...

OK, I know I should get the refractometer, but I dont have the cash right now. I bought a new IO hydrometer. My Old one was a DeepSix. I've had it for about a 1.4years now. Currently my DeepSix reads 1.024 and on the same water the IO reads 1.028. I "seasoned" the needle overnight and still the...

Firstly I have a 50Gal SW tank for the last 2 years so I'm aware of the ammonia,nitrite,nitrate cycle. Alright I just moved into my new house last weekend. Its has a beautiful backyard and 1000Gal pond. The original owner took all pumps and filters along. So today I ordered a 2000Gph waterfall...

Wondering How I should go about this. The new house is about 10 minutes from where I live now. My tank is a 50Gal with LR assorted polyps and zoo's. I Have 4 fish, blue linckia, Hawiian featherduster,cleaner shrimp and some snails and hermits. So far I'll try to save as much water as I can. LR...

Just wondering if anyone can confirm that this is a furry green mushroom? They frag is about 3x5" with about 5 or 6 on it. Got it for $30. AFAIK it doesnt like bright light and high flow. going to put it on the edge/under a LR ledge. Thanx

Its in regard to the silicate test kit. On the same instruction set it say regular directions and low resolution. What do I want and whats the difference? Thanx

My tank is having a serious problem with this. I worry that i'll be the death of my tank. I'm already seeing my coraline die from it covering it so much. Anybody here have suggestions as how to get rid of it? Thank-you!

Wondering if anybody here could confirm that this is Diatom algae. Warning Dialup users....big pic! http://www.mts.net/~kroppa/Diatompic.jpg What is the best way to get rid of this? I guessing the local water store is has something in their RO water lately(like not changing filters etc...). only...

I was wondering how GAC can help with diatoms. I thought silicates were the main cause of diatoms. Stupid question i know but curious cause my diatoms acted when I ran out of GAC and figured I didnt need it anymore. And in case your wondering I feed every other day and my bulbs are about 2...

Alright I've been around for a while but I've never asked the simplest of questions :oops: .....when you feed should the PH be on or off? I've always had mine on along with my skimmer and filter. should I turn one or more of these off? Thanx