Recent content by rmor22

Do you think I would be better off puchasing the drinking water (right next to the distilled)? It has this listed on the label, Carbon filtered, reverse osmosis, UV, Ozonation, & microfiltration. It is easier for me store and manage the gallon jugs. I have no place to mount a RODI unit and...

Thank you Stuart. I ordered some today off Ebay. Righty, thanks for the offer. I went ahead and ordered some today. I had to remove all the dead caulerpa for my refugium and I wanted to replace it as quickly as possible.

I have not , but the Reef Complete I have been adding contains Magnesium and Strontium for this very reason.

My grape Caulapera crashed for a second time in my refugium. I woke up to a clouded tank. I ran some carbon, removed the Caulapera, and performed a water change. (Nothing else was affected.) I do most of the items I have read about to prevent this but this is the second time. I run lights 24/7...

My 75 tank has been set up since 1987 and a couple of years ago I started adding live rock (a few pieces at a time). After one piece, a huge hair algae outbreak occurred. I battled this for over a year. I added a refugium, new bulbs (6700k to 10k), and I switched to Walmart distilled water. (I...

This is a basic DSB question but I have not been able to locate the answer. Do I mix the different sizes together or do I layer with the smallest on the bottom to the largest on top? Do you think a 32 Watt PC would be enough for the macro's or should I go with (2) 32's? I had the acrylic sump...

I am setting up a 16"L x 9"W x 16"T refugium for my 75 gal. Presently, I do not have a DSB in the main tank. I want to add a 4" DSB to the refugium and grow macro's. I have looked into purchasing the substrate, but I do not know what to buy. CaribSea produces about a million different...

It will not be lighter on your electrical bill. Current * Voltage = Watts. You bill is determined by your kilowatt meter. Your lamp will draw the same amount of watts at 220 or 110. The higher voltage is for high current items so the wire sizes and breakers are not huge. This is how power...

I have used Instant Ocean for years. I usually mix the salt, drop a heater in, and put a powerhead with an airline for aeration. I wait at least another hour and make sure the temp and salinity is correct. I then proceed with the 16 gal water change on my 75 (once per month). It says on the...

When I was new to the hobby, I added something (can't remember what) to treat the fish. My green starfish lost all of his legs. He would move across the tank and his legs would fall off in pieces. I slipped food underneath him until he grew his legs back. He is doing fine and that was...

My vote is for a Flame Angel. I kept one for 9 years in a 30 and my current one (3 years) in a 75. They are very hardy fish that eat almost anything. And you have to love their color.

I love my green serpant. He is 13 and has only caught two of my fish, a red lipped blenny (6 years ago) and a blue damsel (2 years ago). I think I was slack about feeding him during these times!

I have a 600 on a skimmer and a 2500 as a return that have been running great for 14 months with no maintenance . After reading about the failures, I believe I will change the 2500 to a Mag 9. I can't stand the thought of loosing my occupants to my poor judgement.

Yes, they were more black and shiny.

I saw a really good looking piece of live rock at my LFS but it had a 5 or six grayish-blackish sack like substances on it. They are about silver dollar size. Does anybody have an idea what this could be? Do you think it could mess my tank up? It has been at their place for about 3 weeks and...