Recent content by Carlo

To see th pictures you will have to sign on with your password. I had the same problem. Carlo

Thanks guys, I've had this actual tank set up for 4 and half years with no problems. I had a 72 gallon prior to that for about 5. Never had a sand bed, just glass bottom (live rocks on egg crate). I have a small hang on filter at the back with a few bio balls that have been there from day...

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Here are some recent pictures of my 90. Lighting consists of 4 NOs running on an icecap 660. 6 Foot counter current skimmer, glass bottom. I started about 9 years ago. Carlo

Thanks Ray. Nice web page. It may be the Philips daylights I have been using. Apparently Philips has a 7500 k bulb called Colortone 75 product #33464-9. thanks again Carlo

thanks Adam, I get my bulbs at Home Depot. Philips daylight 6500. Philips has another bulb called the colortone 75 (7500 k/95CRI). These are excellent bulbs and cost about $6 each. A few speciality shops here in Toronto sell them (Hydroponic stores). I pick up the actinics from a LFS at $20...

I wondering if anyone out there is running regular 40 watt flourescents on an Icecap ballast 660. I have been running the ballast for about 2 months. I'm using 2 philips daylight and 2 philips actinics for . It seems that the red slime algae started to show up recently. I have read a few...

You guys are the best. I just put an order in. thanks again

thanks I'm surpsised how cheap it is. I'll just have to purchase it on line. thanks again Carlo

Good morning all. I wanted to get your opinion on which wavemaker you think is the best buy for the buck. I heard red sea is. It costs about $350 up here in Toronto. thanks Carlo

Good afternoon, Last week I posted a question asking if anyone has ever seen a cabbage coral with 12 inch sweepers at night. A week later I noticed that it in fact was not the cabbage coral but a cream coloured worm with fine silk like sweepers with a number of smaller arms branching. It was...

Hi there, The other evening I had a flash light to the aquarium and noticed a long silk like sweeper coming from one of the tips of the cabbage coral heads. This silk like sweeper was very fine with very short fine arms branching from it. It would immediately retract once it was touched...