Recent content by salt-rookie

Very nice tank! I just love firefish, but all of mine went carpet surfing. Keep a tight lid on that tank!

I still use Salifert.

How big is your sump/fuge? Generally speaking, I have always used the rule abot 6X turnover per hour in a sump/fuge. That would make the answer yes, its too much.

Your alkalinity is a bit low, should be in a range between 7-11 dKH. My millies are huge and have PE that looks like hsircuts in the 1960's I do feed golden pearls a couple of times a week, but skim agressively when I feed. I do this so the foos "passes through" the water column. Millies are...

While I agree with you Favia, I burn XM 10K SE bulbs and I run a 13 hour photoperiod. I run my 2 X 6 foot URI Super Actinic VHO's for one hour alone before and after the 11 hour halide photoperiod. I selected XM 10K on Magnatek M-58 ballasts because that was the best PAR I could get on my...

Very beautiful fish!

I've had great success taking local hobbyists maricultured corals and keeping them for a couple of months to color them up. What lights do you burn? How long is your photoperiod? Do you feed? How agressively do you skim?

An ATO should replace the evaporated water in real time, and should have NO effect on the pH. Only pure water evaporates at an assumed pH of a neutral 7.0. The incoming RO/DI water should be very close to that. Replacing it in small amounts in real time eliminates what you should really...

As a general starting point, try 6 drips per minute of effluent to 3 bubbles per minute of CO2. If you have a heavier draw on calcium, you can increase and lower it in a 1:1 ratio. This is a good starting point. The course media does better for me. Also, are you dripping into a sump with...

I use the Level-Loc Marine Depot and Premium Aquatic sell them, or you can order them direct from their website http://www.gapproducts.com I have had mine for 3 years, never had a single problem.

That just stinks!

All I hear is the industrial grade refrigeration fans built into my canopy to pull the heat out.:splitspin

I'm new too. Nice tank! I love my 6 foot tank! 18" front to back?

I have had firefish...they are beautiful, but I have 5 tangs in my tank....They went carpet srufing. I love my tangs more, so I'll admire your photos!

I've been in the hobby since Christmas morning, 1963.....