Recent content by davemerr

Good point. I didn't think of that. Thanks

Thanks for the replies everyone. I would normally agree with it being stress. But usually one of the first signs of stress is rapid breathing (aka pumping hard) This fish wasn't displaying this. Also he/she was in the tank behaving like a healthy fish for approx 8 hours. Now granted I...

Acclimation - I had them sitting in the water for approx 30 minutes for temp. Once that was accomplished, I put 1 cup of tank water into the container every 10 minutes. When the container was full I dumped out half of the bag and continued. When the container was full then I scooped out the...

I have never ever seen or heard of anything like what happened to me today. I am hoping that someone can enlighten me as to what happened. I received a powder blue tang from flying fish today. I acclimated him etc.... in my established 180 reef tank. He looked great. He was swimming around...

Thanks for you responses. Can I just 'cut' it with a razor blade?

I was wondering if there was anything special to know about dividing a branching Xenia. TIA

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for blueline 400 watt ballast? Can they be hooked in parellel?

I have found that the elegance doesnt ship very well. I purchased my first one from Jeffs. It struggled for about a month with one polyp dying. The rest came back and was very healthy for about 6 months. (until i forgot to start the pumps back up after a cleaning) . I tried another...

I currently have 3 400w over my 180. My wife complains about the the hum and the heat that the ballasts generate. So for Christmas she said i could get her 3 e-ballasts (I LOVE my wife ) Since it is her x-mas present I wanted to make sure i am not throwing money out the window. Did...

Hey everyone, I was wondering how many people have e-ballasts. Anyone have the 400 Watt ones? How do you like them. I have the approval to get them and I want to know if they live up to the hype. TIY Dave