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Cool, thanks for the replies.
lol that will have to be his name.
I have no intentions of keeping hermits I ordered all snails but unfortunately this guy was in there homeless. He is rather large compared to the...
Yeah thats the prob I don't have any extra shells for him to get in there all occupied.
I received another order of snails today and noticed something bunched up inside of the wet paper towel in the bag. Its a shell less hermit crab, my...
This stand is for a 90 gallon so a bit smaller in scale. Its all 1/2" oak cabinet grade plywood. I cut all the moldings except the 1/4" trim molding...
I know the feeling. I set up my discharge pipes with filter socks when I first started my tank because my skimmer was producing so many bubbles it...
4 would be plenty, the size of the ring isn't really relative for what your using it for. You'll more than likely maybe cut the ring off or customize...
That one would work fine, you'll prob want to clean it once a week or as part of your normal routine when doing maintenance.
The higher the micron the better. Almost any filter sock would work, you can just place a zip tie around the sock to attach it to the discharge.
I would say the filter sock would help you short term, and prob eliminate almost all bubbles. You'll want to figure out another way to reduce those...
Agreed, John is great. I received my cuc right on time and was even pleasantly surprised with quite a few extra snails than ordered. You cant go...
Recalibrating is very easy, just put a few drops of distilled water onto the refractometer wait a few seconds for it to warm to room temp and look...
I have the same Refractometer from marine depot and it does the job well. I find that it tends to need to be re calibrated often. For some reason its...
Thanks JJK, the tank is fully cycled I have not seen a spike to ammonia nitrite or nitrates in over 3 weeks now, and I check everyday. The tank is 8...
Just a curious question. I am getting my clean up crew that was recommended to me from John at reef cleaners tomorrow. How much of a bio load do...
Awesome idea using the heat sinks and thermal paste to draw heat from the lights. Mount a small pc fan on top of those heat sinks to draw air across...
So are we giving this a positive identification as cyano? Also the critters I have coming from reefcleaners state that they will eat cyano if that is...
Cuc is on the way. Should be here on Friday. That's about the same story with me colorado. I have just turned my lights on for about 8 hours a day...
Cycle is over has been for 2 to 3 weeks now. I have 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 5ppm nitrate and it has been that way for the entire period mentioned...
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