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The green hairy stuff is only growing on the part of the skimmer where the water comes back into the tank, so i figure that's better than the...
I've got some really great purple coralline algae growing in my tank, but i'm moving in a couple months. my question is, when I empty the tank...
so I used to have a cyano issue and one thing I did to combat this was to keep my lights on for a shorter time... my question is if I leave my...
I had a cyano issue. I doubled my flow and changed direction of it. Blacked it out for 3 days. Sucked it all off the sand. Reduced feeding. It's...
I use a REEF OCTOPUS BH2000 (it's an HOB skimmer, i also do not have a sump) on my 55 and it does a great job. I used to run a canister filter also,...
so i'm thinking of getting a pair of clowns. (possibly for breeding, possibly not) what i'm looking at getting is a premium picasso and a premium...
so i made the mistake of trying to add a new clown(spoticintus (sp?)) to my tank with an already paired up black ice pair(also much larger) i knew...
You're looking @ a 55gal tank with 80lbs of sand and 70lbs of rock.
Thanks! :-) i still have a few things if like to do. I'll.take better pics soon.
am I the only one who genuinely likes the look of having lots of rock and lots of sand on my tank? seriously, lately i've seen pics of tanks that...
It'll be a coupe weeks before i do this. If it does no harm to the fish, great! I guess I'll try it out, and if salt creep becomes an issue, I'll...
Like one of those "bubble wand" things? Did she end up having to clean the tops frequently?
I don't have a sump at the moment, but i do plan on upgrading from my current 55 to a 90gal soon, and then using my 55 as a sump/refugium. I'm just...
The main thing i hear, wrong with using glass tops, like i do, is, gas exchange. But, I've cut out sections and glued down some mesh, and i have a...
Salt creep shouldn't be an issue, i have glass tops that i clean every week when i do water changes already. Looks like I've got a new project!...
So i have very porous rock, and i was thinking of drilling a hole into it and placing an air stone in it. but i read things online about air stones...
Ok. I get it a little better now! :-) thanks! I have a bathroom that i rarely use, so I'll probably set it up in there.
so let's start out by saying i know NOTHING about this subject, other than the fact that every week i'm going to my LFS and buying 15gal of pre-mixed...
Maybe i could just DIY it and extend the inlet & outlet so it reached down further?
yes, stepho, I was. sorry about that. what u are saying is exactly what I was planning on doing(having my HOB skimmer on the refugium portion of my...
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