Recent content by wwinters

OK I know this has been covered over and over and over but I wasn't really paying attention because I didn't need a new skimmer. :oops: I am looking for a skimmer for my 50G tank with 20G sump. I know there are some really bad choices out there and some good ones around the $200 range I just...

Why use background at all, you ask. Because the tank is new so there's not any coraline algae on the back and the light from my sump is leaking into my tank at night. I could cover the back of my sump but I like it getting some good air exchange in there and my protean skimmer sticks out a...

I wasn't planning on spraying my tank! I would take the paper outside and spray the paper, then bring it back in and stick it onto the back of the tank. I think the oil sounds like a good idea, and if I get tired of the blue I can switch to black. Thanks

I'm putting a blue background on my new 40 G. and am wondering if there is anything wrong with using some spray adhesive on the paper then sticking it to the back of the tank? thanks Wendy

Is a 27w LOA (6500K) compact fluorescent enough light for the sump? I am going to use my old 18G tank as the sump where I want to keep some plants and maybe grow some pods. I also found the 65w (6500K) LOA but am wondering if I really need all that light/heat energy consumption under the...

The GFCI outlett and breaker are great ideas! "since you're going to end up running a cord into your stand.." I was considering not running a cord from the wall to the stand. Instead I was thinking of plugging the lights, pump, heater, skimmer and power heads directly into the wall...

We are moving the 18G tank out to the livingroom and while moving the tank I might as well upgrade to a 40G, and this time have it drilled and add a sump, and while I am waiting for the the tank and stand I should probably upgrade the electrical sooooo... Is it better to install a few wall...

I don't quite know what to think of the strange occurrences in my 2 year old tank lately. It all started when the leather that has been closed up for about 5 months, yet mysteriously holding onto life, started to unexpectedly perk up and is now extending it's feathery arms more every day( I am...

Julian Sprung gave me an ID on "Thing" I thought I would post it here for anyone interested. Thanks for all your help. "It is a sponge- a Tethya sp. Please see Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide. This genus is one of a few genera that literally can walk across the substrate. They do so...

If you click on the pictures you get a larger view. I haven't cleaned the front of ether tank in a while so I can't seem to get a good shot of them. This must be the first shrimp I have ever received as a hitchhiker that was not a mantis! "Thing" doesn't seem to have any shell, it is all a...

Well I got some great rubble rock at Jeff's Exotic fish. Along with all the great mushrooms and polyps that came on the rock I also found these. http://www.csulb.edu/~jwinter2/hitchhik ... hiker.html The shrimp is about 1 inc from head to tail. I first assumed it was a mantis but the eyes...

It reminds me of the Stinky River God that comes for a bath in the move Spirited Away. It is not as solid as an urchin. It's shape changes somewhat as it reaches for the glass on the tank. I really thought that it was some kind of sponge until I noticed the arms and tentacles and it started...

Well I got some great rubble rock at Jeff's Exotic fish. Along with all the great mushrooms and polyps that came on the rock I also found these. http://www.csulb.edu/~jwinter2/hitchhik ... hiker.html The shrimp is about 1 inc from head to tail. I first assumed it was a mantis but the eyes...

I am SOOOO angry. I added a few left handed hermits to my tank last year when we moved the tank to our new house. They were really aggressive so I evicted all of them but one. the kids thought he was so small and cute, and they really wanted to keep him... Now a year later he is big, mean...

Anthony Calfo recomends natural light in Book of Coral Propagation I I like his aproach to reef keeping and am looking forward to adding more natural light to my 2nd tank this summer. My corals love the few hours of natural light they get right now.