Recent content by smlacy

Hey, I've had my 29g tank set up for about 8 months now, everything's doing mostly great. I just noticed (yesterday) a cluster of extremely small black dots on my rock, several of which were crawling around. I'd say they were in the range of .2-.4 mm in size, much smaller than a grain of...

Do you have any Nerite snails? I have some, and thats exactly what their eggs look like. Steve

Sure, no problem. Go here: http://slacy.com/gallery/album58 I built my own hood and mounted retrofit kits in there. Its been working quite well. http://marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CL2311 (but with all Actinic, not 50/50 like they normally sell them) And the Halides here...

I have a 175W Ushio 10k over my 29g, with about 100W of actinic supplimentation. Its nice to have some actinics that are bright enough to be my "main" lighting for hot days where I can't run the MH. I have a well ventilated hood, and had a little trouble keeping the tank temps in check during...

Really? I've never heard of a fairly healthy looking fish die after a whole week of feeding, and looking pretty good. The shop I got him from swears that they're "all net-caught" to the best of their knowledge, and he seemed really serious about it, so I don't think it was cyanide poisining...

Hey, I got a Purple Firefish exactly one week ago, and I found him suddenly dead in my tank last night, being eaten my a fairly large hermit. I think its very unlikely that the hermit killed him. I'll be testing my water params tonight, but all my other life (hermits, snails) seem fine. The...

Its all up to you. Most people consider actinics as "cosmetic only".

I've seen that happen, and my recent experience with the red legs is that they really don't do that much. They seem to just sit around all day, sometimes doing some sort of "king of the hill" type thing. Are they primarily nocturnal? Astreas and Turbos on the other hand seem to be active...

Yeah, surge devices are nice, but too much noise & hassle for my little 30g, especially since I don't have a sump. Anyway, yes, the MJ's are 160GPH. I guess what you guys are saying is that maybe its just fine... Right now the tank is still "settling in" so it doesn't have any corals in it...

Yeah, they seem a bit strong, and I was just curious as to what criteria people use to choose circulation pumps. I'm looking for something to give the tank some movement, but not to really make it look too chatic and turbulent (like it is now) I've tried repositioning, but that doesn't...

Hey, I've had my 30g set up for about 6 weeks now, and am realizing that the 3 powerheads I'm using for in-tank circulation (hooked up through a WaveMaster) might be too strong. (Or, to put it more correctly, they might be stronger than they need to be) They're Maxi-Jet 600's. I'm sure that...

I'm not sure what to tell ya. Maybe there's something about yours that is defective, cracked, or otherwise broken. There's not really any upgrades, (other than the Mag that you already have) and there's not much more to adjust other than the cup height. Have you e-mailed the guy from...

How do you have it set -- high or low?

Almost certainly an amphipod.

Bingo, these things are more complicated and robust than you think. They're medical "enteral" (in the stomach/intestine) feeding pumps, so they have many safeguards to make sure that there is really something in there, and that its really dripping. I have one now, and the pump will not run...