Recent content by Cajun

So I get this notice hung on my apartment doorknob that my landlord plans on fumigating all the buildings----NEXT WEEK! The company contracted to do the work is called Terminix. They will be tenting the entire building and gasing it with Vikane ( sulfuryl flouride), which is a gas and not a...

I am currently cycling a 75 gallon RR tank with a 25 gal sump using 6 jumbo shrimp along with approx. 50lbs of Fiji rock that was given to me after being left outside in a pile for a few yrs. I did add Cycle and BioZyme to the tank like I have done with previous tanks while cycling. Needless to...

I am currently cycling a 75 gallon FOWLR tank using shrimp...the live rock in the tank was given to me after being kept in a pile outside a friends house for a couple of years, so needless to say, there is no corraline growth or anything else on the rock for that matter. Its like base rock for...

Greetings: A friend gave me about 100lbs of Samoan live rock that has been dried out for over a year while stacked in a pile on his back patio. Most of the rock has very nice shapes and is bleached out pretty white. Can I place this old rock along with couple of powerheads in a large container...

My 37 gal FOWLR has been up for almost 3 yrs now and continues to be a very successful tank. I have approx. 50lbs of LR...a Condy Anemone..flame angel and yellow tang. Lately though, my rock and glass has become dusted with a brown covering, looks like a thick coating of dark brown dust. My tank...

clowns been in the tank going on 3 years...along with a yellow tang and a flame angel

PH checks in at about a 8

Prior to going to bed tonight, I checked my tank. I noticed my black saddleback clown lying on the sand with what looked like a bad case of popeye. He wasn'tmoving much and it has me a little concerned. He was doing just fine earlier today. A yellow tang as well as a flame angel resides in this...

My RIO 800 finally took a dump on my Remora Hang On skimmer. Seems the ceramic impeller shaft had major wear and the impeller had begun to wobble in the housing....made terrible noises. I had a MaxiJet 900 powerhead that I wasn't using....I hooked it up to the Remora and it seems to work ok...

Here is a picture of my skimmer from the mfgrs website.. http://www.aqua-sander.de/text/produkt/ ... odukt.html Cajun

Skimming a 10gal Nano Greetings all: I have a 10gal FOWLR that has been up and running for about a yr now. It has about 14lbs of cultured Gulf rock and a 2" aragonite sand bed. The only occupant at the time is a small maroon clown. It is lit by a 10K 36watt PC. I use a Tetra 20-40 hang on...

I recently finished building a new light hood for my 37 gal (tall) tank. I plan on installing a 250 watt MH Iwasaki and actinic supplements. Im a little perplexed as to the correct location of the Halide light. I have a plastic cross member support running across the top of the tank right smack...