Search results

The HQIs, I believe, are 150W, but I'm not 100% sure. And yes, all of the food is eaten within a few minutes. When I use a clam I let them pick at it for the evening, but they usually have it pretty cleaned up within an hour. Thats one of my biggest problems b/c people (relatives) keep getting...

The tank is a 120 gallon with a 20 gallon sump. I've got (this requires some thinking):blue tang, yellow tang, two pj cardinal fish, six line wrasse, copperband butterfly, flame dwarf angel, foxface rabbit fish, pink anthias (can't think of proper name right now), false perlicula clownfish, two...

Thanks for the reply. As for lights I'm using Coral Life's Aqualight Pro Series which consists of 10,000K HQI, True Actinic 03 Blue compact fluorescent and 470 nm lunar LED lamps (pulled from the manual). I'm using their 96W actinic variety compact fluorescents. I just replaced the...

Greetings, Recently, for the past few weeks, I've had this type of algae starting to propagate on my live rock. There was a small section of it at first, but its grown into several clumps at various places in the tank. It's "hair-like" in form, in that its made of strands and flows in the...

I just went downstairs, and in fact my cleaner shrimp is "cleaning" my blue tang. I'm worried that the spots might look worse. I am also worried that the transfer to the QT tank might be too much for him. The only tank I have is a small 5, maybe 10 gal. plastic tank that used to house freshwater...

Greetings, Thanks to everybody that had helped with my water quality issues from before. I have that straightened out now, but unfortunately, I think that my blue hippo tang might have contracted marine ich. I've seen some pictures online, but do not feel comfortable making the diagnosis on my...

Thanks for the advice. I'll check the quality of the water from my RO/DI system, and from a small batch of the new sea salt and post the results this afternoon. *Edit* Ok, this is what I am looking at: RO/DI parameters pH = 7.6 Nitrate = 0 Nitrite = 0 Phosphate = 0 Non-Chelated Iron = 0...

I too was surprised at my phosphate level. There isn't any sign of alge what so ever in the tank. I originally used "Tropic Marin" salt to start the tank. I visited a fish store several weeks ago, and tried a mix that the owner reccommended. He states that he actually creates the two part...

Any suggestions beside partial water changes (I do a 15% every week) to correct the deficiencies? I suggested the fox fish because that is what my LFS said was the cultprit, even with the knowledge of my water sample. Why would I be experiencing problems all of the sudden? I've had the same...

Yes, this is for the 120 gallon tank. Unfortunately, later on Sunday evening my clownfish did die. I have noticed a disturbing trend. About one month ago, I came home to find my coral beauty angel laying on a live rock, not moving, but noticably alive. He died later that night. Then, two weeks...

Greetings! I have a question about my one False Percula Clownfish. Over the weekend my mother bought some fish for in my aquairum as a gift. She came home with three False Percula Clownfish and a Bulb Anemone. All three fish have gotten along fine since Friday, but this morning I awoke to see...

I'm not familiar with the closed loop technique. Could you explain how that works? Currently, the sump is the main source of circulation for my tank, I hope to add some powerheads shortly, whenever I acquire a new pump.

My only other concern is the size of my return line being at 3/4'', rather than at 1''. To find an appropriate sized pump do you think I need to up-size the pipe? (I don't think this would be a problem, I only have live sand and a small amount of base rock in the tank, so I think it could stand...

In the routing of the pipe I have 4 90 degree bends. I would have preferred less, but routing the pipe from the sump to the upstairs requires this pathway. Do you believe this would be a problem? The flow of the set-up is very small, the "water current" is detectable less than four inches away...

Actually, I've had a house fire since then, and haven't gotten to update my aquarium stats. The new tank is a 120 gallon, with a 55 gallon sump. I've got (I believe) a 2.5'' overflow pipe that leads down to the sump, and a 3/4'' return line leading back to the tank. I figured I'd try my old...

Thanks for moving my post where it belongs. The reason I thought I'd need 25 ft of head height was I had called the Dr. Foster and Smith tech support while placing a previous order for equipment, and they had denoted the total distance of pipe as the head height. Thusly, I was looking at 900...

Greetings, I am in the process of setting-up a new saltwalter aquarium. My question is about the specifics of routing the plumbing for the sump. Unfortunately, the closest I could locate my sump to the aquarium resulted in about 25 linear feet of piping between the two. Of those 25 feet, about...

Greetings! I've finally had my 90 gallon tank (and 20 gallon sump) with fish and live rock cycling for a little more than a year, and would like to invest in some corals/anemones/etc. My question is: how much wattage do you recommend per gallon? And what is the best lighting method to attain...

Thanks for the information. Is it beneficial to leave the mucus coating on the coral? Or is it recommended to use the baster semi often as the coral goes through the acclimation period? Would it be beneficial to use my water additive in small amounts every so often during an elongated time...

Greetings! I have a question about a cauliflower colt coral that I have just purchased and has been adjusting to my aquarium water for about one week now. During shipping on the way home from the pet store the coral appeared to "shrink", possibly due to stress? And, after spending a day in the...

I would like to check the phosphate level in my water, but unfortunately the standard test kit that I purchased with my aquarium did not contain a test for that chemical. Are there any other tests that I should conduct, beside the standard pH, Alkalinity, Nitrate, Nitrite, and Ammonia tests? So...

Right now I have my lights on for 10 hours every day, dictated by a timer. I have yet to replace the lights in my lighting system, which has been about 9 months. How often do you recommend that they be replaced? I do have one power head in my tank (it is a 90 gallon with a 20 gallon sump) that...

Thanks for the reply. Right now my water supply is ro/di water. Will the supply from that system be phosphate free? Can you recommend a method to lower the phosphate levels in my water? I have heard that frozen foods can degrade water quality when feed to frequently, so I try to avoid feeding...

Greetings! I have had a few questions about live rock and substrate that I have wanted to ask: 1.) I seem to have this "red algae" that keeps growing a 1/4 inch thick layer on my rocks and substrate that I brush away every week or so, only to see it reappear. It isn't slimy in appearance, or...

Yea, the brine shrimp and blood worms are frozen. What do you suggest that I soak them in before hand? What particular feeding method should I use when providing brine shrimp or blood worms? Is there another food that you could even recommend instead? How can I irradicate the cynobacteria...