Recent content by david snyder

There is an old saying...go with what you know. Those crabs will eat coralline algae, you are having difficulty getting the algae...why ask for trouble. There are other scavengers that will not hurt your coralline. Once you have strong encrusting, get some more.

I'll tell you a strange but true story. I have been cleaning my front glass once or twice a week for nearly 2 years with a magnet cleaner. Out of the clear blue sky, several weeks ago, I realized I hadn't cleaned the glass in weeks. I keep looking longways through the tank as that view makes...

Would some of you with experience take a look at this lighting figure (in the topic line above) and tell me what you think, please? This is a reef tank in my office. I cannot have MH lighting. I keep mushrooms, frogspawn, star polops and leathers. I have a common lid, no canopy. More live...

Leonard, What is your lighting on the 10g nano? thanks

All right sports fans, today’s curve ball question. I have a 29-gallon glass reef tank with an Eclipse system. (If I had it to do over again I would not have done it but it was a gift.) The tank has been up approx 1.5 years and I keep it in my office at work. It is in excellent shape...

I have recently introduced a small to medium sized bubble coral to my 29 gallon reef tank. It is currently at the top of the 2/3 mark and directly under the 32 watt PC. The coral has been in for under a week and is doing fine. I initially wanted it near the light as it had been under MH's at...

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The topic says it all. Anyone with experience? Thanks

My calcium level refuses to go over 300 ppm using Seachem Reef Complete. I tried aragamilk from CaribSea but also with same results. Anyone have first hand experience with B-Ionic? 29 gallon reef set up 1.5 years very heavy coraline covering all rocks nearly 80% - 100% of surfaces exposed...