Recent content by rickb1

i poured some eggs right into the second part of my backpak. A few days later at night I held a flashlight to the tank glass and had a bunch of sea monkeys swiming towads the light. rickb

so where can I get one and how many watts? rickb

I heard these interfere with x-10 signals... true? rickb

all you need to do is have some patience. rickb

I disagree with your disgree of my disagree.... my dsb ranges from 1" (due to pumps blowing it out) up to 6", its a 20 tall so space is not an issue(but itis a small tank). There is definately a denitration zone as it has been up for 8 months and I can see the distinction of bacteria colors...

which one, down by red hook? and how much $?

which one, down by red hook? and how much $?

I would disagree, I have a 20 gallon and my pumps keep coming loose and have turned the DSB upside down several times and never had a problem.

Update #1 I did a 20% water change and may do another. Polyps are opening up but major damage has been done. None of the torchs arms are visible but I'm hoping something will come back. All the shrooms jumped off their rock but they are opening up a bit where they are. I definately had some...

HELP.. Now spreading to my mushrooms and polyps, the first head to be infected seems almost through the infection but alot of skeleton is showing I dont knwo if it'll make it ph 8.0-8.1 nitrate 0.0 ammonia 0.0 nitrite 0.0 calcium 450 alk 3.0 somebody must have seen this before. rickb

Woke up this morn to find two heads of my torch coral had been slimed with some translucent suff over the head. I need to go and will run some tests when I get back but wondering if anyone has seem this before? rick

no, one of the heads seems to be receding showing skeleton. I havent fed the torch directly ever. rick

its a good idea but not really necessary, it only requires a handful of sand to seed a tank. Its a good idea to keep a tank mixed with everyones sand but you'll only need a few punds total. rick

I'm just throwing this out for discussion/ideas, the manure would pose a nitrate problem I think but.. http://www.the-water-garden-and-garden-pond-place.com/Bog%20Garden.htm rickb

I'm just throwing this out for discussion/ideas, the manure would pose a nitrate problem I think but.. http://www.the-water-garden-and-garden-pond-place.com/Bog%20Garden.htm rickb