Recent content by Achilles_Tang

thanks for the ideas... all good ones.

Does anyone know where you can learn the basics of Live Rock setup/design in your tank??? Is there a known website ??? I know it's part matter of preference but I would think there is a basic guideline.. I could be wrong... any advice out there??? Achilles :D

thanks wade, but when you say gone, do you mean GONE or for the moment ? Hey, thanks for the insight Wade.

hey ricky, it's been 3 days since I changed over... tank looks very nice... phophates are slowly going down and nitrates plummeted !!! KIT. Achilles

I just got a shrimp goby 2 days ago. Is it typical for the goby to be under the sand for long periods of time??? If so, is there a typical schedule that gobies follow??? He was sifting sand earlier, but since 2 pm (last seen) he's disappeared.... at least I think so. Yes, obviously this is...

just learning from you my fair maiden :)

Incredible news.. just one day after changing out my crushed coral for live sand my nitrates plummeted !!! Yes, I did do a H2O change, but only 30%.... my H2O quality so far is as Poseiden programmed it !!! I'm waiting a couple of days to check on my phosphates though... Hey all, thanks for...

Chris, I agree with you and support your argument... its' not that bio balls are 'no good', it really all depends on the level of maintenance that is kept on them. If you want bio balls in a reef system then it's just an added step of keeping crud off of them. Oxygen, H2O...

thanks a bunch... learned yet another thing.

Len, though I use RO/DI water as my top off, I should check for PO4.. I get my water from a local fish store and have no clue how often they change their membrane for their RO/Di system... also, my test kits are only 3 weeks old... I just finished swaping live sand (argonite) for the CC in my...

I am having problems lowering my phosphate & Nitrate levels. Here's my story. I have a 65G tank with a wet dry(bio-balls). It's been up and running for about 2 years with fish, crushed coral, and 35-40pds of live rock. (regular fish community tank) I've recently decided to go reef...

seamaiden, though an elementary question can you tell me what actually 'curing' live rock does??? I buy my LR at the local fish store and they say, that tank is for cured LR and that other one isn't??? Hmm. I really don't know the difference. Can I physically look at LR and tell?

trust me man, I am a newbie. I have been swamping myself with information. I just pass on what I've been told. But one thing is for sure, I'm looking forward to making theory a fact with all that I've learned. In the meantime I speak based on others findings and make sure I always mention...

Any advice on sand??? Don't know much about it other than it's the preferred choice when it comes to reef.. I want to know why and wha kind of sand??? Also, how much sand should I get??? I want a decent thickness for my base and considering that I have a 65G tank, 48X13 ... is there a formula...

Hey, it's what works that matters. It was just someones opinion. What I meant by the LR was to replace the bioballs with the LR in the tank, not the canister. I was waiting to see what Knucklehead thoughs were... Hey Zib, we're doing the same chores this weekend... I am getting rid of all my...