Recent content by rnoreef

I have an automation system on my 300 gal reef. I work for a commercial temperature controls dealer and have used my ddc controlls to control all my pumps, lights, hood temperature,top off, and heaters. With the ddc controllers I have analog inputs and outputs so temperature control is not an...

I wanted to keep a few softies and some lps. I had a plate coral and it just kept inflating itself no matter where I put it. Then it up and died one day. I checked the water and it was fine. I didn't know if I had too much or not enough light.

I have a 12 gallon eclipse like nano reef that i've had for about a month or two now. I was thinking about adding a 96watt quad pc light to it. Right now I have the stock 15w fixture with a 10k tube and I also shoehorned another 15w actnic tube in it. It looks pretty good now, but I still...

I have a diatom XL diatomaceous earth filter that I've used in the past on my fish only tanks that I've used to polish the water. I've been told that it takes out alot of nutrients, but after about 8 hours of running it the water is unbelieveably clean. I've heard people complain about them...

The reason you didn't get any reading is because you need a clamp on meter to read AC current. A normal voltmeter will usually only read current (amps) in series with DC amps. You can purchase the clamp on meter for that sperry meter from that page that you set that link on your post. If I...

Ok, but I've been gloating all afternoon, and I have to share the news, I just scrapped the plans for the 125 gallon because I just picked up a 300 gallon acrylic tank from a guy that was selling it locally for $100 bucks. I don't really have the room for it in the house, but for that price I...

It tastes like rotten meat if that means anything. It doesn't seemto like it when I licked it. Maybe I should take a bite of it.

No it is stationary. It doesn't seem to be growing, and it feels rough, I thought that sponges were soft. Maybe someone stuck a piece of velcro on my liverock to mess with me!

Have some hitchikers here that came on some liverock that i'm not sure if I Should remove them or not. The first one is like a pinkish transparent pearlesce slug looking thing that has two holes or mouths on each end. It doesn't move or anything. And the other one is some kind of black thing...

Well from the infinite wisdom from the owner of my lfs told me to use the 400w mh I have laying around for my 12 g nano. seems like overkill to me. I was hoping to keep a reef tank, not a beach tank. So out of complete boredom tonight I decided to add another 15w fixture to my existing 15w...

I was hoping to jump in here since you already had this thread going. I have a similar setup, a 12 gallon regent tank ( cheap ripoff of an eclipse I purchased at walmart) that I kept an octopus in a few years back. How much light is too much on a small tank like that. It has the 15 watt...

Well Unfortunately right now all I have available to me are 2- 400w metal halides that were free, and a couple of old 4ft flouro's 1 10K and 1 Actinic. I was planning on incorporating them into a custom hood with a custom made cooling system. Is it really possible to have too much light?

I was thinking about using a CPR bak-pak Dual pack to start and then eventually adding another as my tank fills with inhabitants. I figured without alot of fish in the tank I don't really want to skim out too much.

I was looking at keeping some leathers, ricordias, zooanthids, gorgonians, sponges and a few anenomes. I'm only planning on adding a few fish if any. I've had fish before, so I'd like to create a sucessful reef enviornment before even thinking about adding fish to it. Do I really need to add...

I have been crusing this site for the last few weeks gathering info, and now I have my head spinning with all the different ways of keeping reef tanks. I have had FOWLR tanks in the past with some degree of sucess, but i had no idea on what proper filtration or lighting to use. I have a 125...