Recent content by tikki50

I have a 42 gal 36x12x22 and I plan on removing the brace. It can't possibly be doing anything since its bowed upward and not pulled tight. My glass is pretty thin maybe 3/8". I have heard you should have thicker glass to do this but then again I do plan on reinforcing it with a canopy.

With a tank that size your bio load is very light. I run a remora on my 43 and I have 4 fish and still cannot produce much skimmate which is fine because my water parameters are great. I wouldnt worry about it just yet. Just let it run. Do you put your hands in the tank alot? Oil off your hands...

Get a GOOD skimmer this time. I have a remora aqua c and I dont really care for it. Its on a 43 gal and it cant produce 1 cup of skimmate in 2 weeks. Personally I would go with an in sump version, maybe the aqua c 180 or something. I think with skimmers bigger is always better.

It was suggested to me to use special blend to help battle cyno. I just added the stuff yesterday. No water changes no nothing. The only thing I did was removed my carbon. All special blend contains is bacteria basically to start the cycle of a tank, but from what other members told me is that...

I was planning on getting a mag 9.5 and wanted to ask you some questions. What size is your overflow box rated for? What size return line are you using ¾" or 1"? What size tank is it running on? I only have a 43 with a 20 sump/fuge. So I would have to throttle it back to only 600 gph or so. I do...

Yes once aquacultrued it grows fast I have 3 stalks in one month all from a frag. I kow have to place rock rubble around them so they dont continue to spread. It was the frist softyI put in my tank. I suggest making sure they are healthy before purchasing them from the LFS. Then when you...

I have a 40 gal with a 20 gal fuge/sump works good.

go with the pro it comes with a mag and for an extra few bucks you get twice the skimmer.

most muchrooms do this while acclimating to an environment its a display of shock. Usually they are fine but something sure makes them sick

I just monitor my levels and keep accordingly I also add idodie and use seachem products. Reef complete, reef plus, reef builder, reef calcium, reef advantage, and phosban. Only been setup now for 3 months and half the rock I put in the tank was dead (no life) and now is covered, Im happy with...

some brine shrimp. Mine appear to eat my coral but they steal the Cyclo-eeze right from the polyps, those little bastards! Whne I put a new rock in the tank maybe with some coral attached to it, they pick over it right away. I do feed them but no that much. I have blue legged and red legged...

Give it a few days and if the coral doesnt open by then you have a problem. Other than that I wouldnt worry about it.

calcium deposits maybe. I know I get baby feather dusters growing on the indside of the tank a lot too. Couold be eithe rof those. Look for a read tip some where and that will tell you if they are alive. - BTW make sure they are not pods either, these actually move.

I use the sea chem brand and it works great.

Have you changed your lighting at all? I have just witnessed the same thing. I added some corals and had to increase my lighting for only 4 hours to 10 and its totally bleaching out my coralline. Mostly the lighter colored coralline. I would guess your seeing little white specs all over it less...