Recent content by IceMan0124

I might catch a bit of flak for this suggestion, but it has worked quite well for me in the past, all parameters were where they should have been, I was feeding light, but I couldnt shake the cyno, so I dosed the tank with a small amount of maracyn, an aquarium antibiotic(Erythromycin) and it...

I keep a small amount on a small rock at a high point in the tank, as it tends to grow upwards, when the rock gets coverd I cut a portion off and attatch it to a bare rock, then trade the full one, its an excellent barometer for your water parameters, mine always pulses when things are in check...

yeah, 8-10" from the top of the tank is the bare minimum distance IMO, having the bulbs as close as you have will probably lead to some fairly heavy heat issues as well, you might want to forgo the tank tops alltogether, and just run some mesh around the inside lip a few inches out for jumpers...

it will, and the filter,heater, etc, anything in the tank really, there is just an extremely limited amount of surface area for it to grow, thereby greatly reducing the load the system can handle, its kinda like trying to pull a fully loaded trailer with a geo metro, it simply just cant handle...

hang on the back

no substrate and no rock, so the only biological media for your bacteria to adhere to is your filter sponge, of which will require frequent cleaning/changing, your best move would be to shut the tank down, and wait till you can afford some live rock, or at least some base rock so you have...

its a new tank starting a cycle, are you using a substrate? 4 damsels is a LOT to cycle a 24 gallon tank, IMO 3 days is way too soon to add any fish, and since you have a halide I assume your going to go reef, you would have been much better off skipping the damsels and cycling with live rock...

I was thinking about a seio, but I heard mostly negative comments on them, mainly start up problems, and I turnoff my pumps several times a week for feeding,water changes etc, whetre did you order?

looking good!, could post pics/overall thoughts on the nano stream?, I'm debating between getting one of those, or just modify a MJ

I dont know anything about that tank or how much room is in the area your looking to use, pictures,dimensions,would help, is HOTB an option?

she's been a model citizen so far

got some "frags" from a local reefer today for 20 bucks a piece 8O :lol: 8O

thanks Len, hope your tank has a quick recovery

sorry man, I've had a slow cooked reef before too, and not to make you feel worse, but I'd remove the clam as it probably wont make it, mine looked fine, but werent very responsive, picked one up,gave it the smell test and the insides :cry: were already rotting

I've been there more times than I care to admit, wich is why I mount all sps frags now, they will eventually attatch on their own, but chances are slim in a display tank environment, between snails,crabs,worms, fish, hands, its gonna get knocked around in the lengthy amount of time it takes for...