Recent content by sdtrippe

:D Thanks for all of you input ...I feel better. I don't think the crabs or snails I have will bother the corals..But you may be right... Thanks sdtrippe

I have a fish only tank right now.It has been setup for about a year now.I was going to upgrade my tank with a better light and hope to get coralline covered live rock ...I have a lot of janitors such as redlegged crabs and bluelegged and 2 red emerald crabs and a lots of snails.They eat all my...

Hello I was needing to get 2 new powerhead for my sw tank.I have fish only right now but will soon be trying live rock. I still have 5 nitrates and trying to get a handle on nitrates.I heard you will need 0 nitrates for live rock.So that is my goal.But for right now I need to replace my...

But I noticed on this change I just did a few minutes ago ...I checked the sw(in the 5 gal bucket) and it did not show any nitrates...But if I check the fresh water before chemical (declorinator)I get bearly a ting of pink still has a beige color.Does not make sense to me....

Okay I did check ...And you right it does have a trace of nitrates.But is not even 20ppm its is ting of beige and pink.Nothing as far as nitrie and ammoinia Thanks goodness...So I guess the only thing to do is either forget about or get a ro di filter....I should have thought about checking my...

City water. I changed the filters 3 days ago. Thanks sdtrippe

Hello I have tried for 5 days of water changes(10 gal. a day ) to get my nitrates in check.But I don't think it is possible.I have a 55 gallon sw with fish only.I have had my tank set-up for 8 months now.I have always had 40ppm of nitrate.,I want to get live rock and coral someday.But I can't...

The rubber maid sounds like a good idea. How much room should I give the lr in the rubbermaid? In other words do I have get a 55 gal for a 100lbs of LR?

Hello I have a 55 gal with dsb. and 4 damels.I have 48" 4 X 65 watt lighting system.I am new to sw and I was told that all sw aquariums need live rock .But my problem is that I was worried about my having to cylcle again while the live rock is in place .Or should I place a fews pounds at a time...

:D Hello I have been into sw for 1 yr now with 55 gal tank with 4 damels only, and just changed my cc to dsb...I haved started the seeding with cc from tank previously in a nylon stocking .One stocking on bottom and the other in my bio wheel filter...So I work very slow. But I wanted to learn...