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LOL, Curt - you had to bring up the nitrogen cycle. Just to make a comment about the nitrogen cycle....there is so much more to it than ammonia to...
Facultative anaerobes to the rescue!
Craig - what I meant was, when the draw from the plenum space is taking place....the water present in the aerobic zone will be pulled into the...
Perhaps the author was thinking about potential clog issues within his draw system. I have not read through the entire thread to see if he gave his...
hehehe....someone with about as complex plumbing as I have on my tank. One thing I see with his design, is there is no way to "funnel" the...
Sorry for jumping in so late on this topic. Inwall is correct about the Monoco plenum...nitrates converting back into ammonium then being broken down...
I'm going to sit back on this one now. Frankly, even though you feel that inch/gallon is silly....there still are too many fish in this tank...
I don't want to take away from the fact that there are too many fish, IMO, in this tank. I did a quick calculation of the mature sizes, and it is...
Oh gosh! Sorry - I am being misunderstood. My comment about not messing with tank chemistry was regarding the alk raising comment posted by John. I...
Dave, I agree. The calcium reading is high for sure. Considering natural sea water at 35ppt salinity (1.0255 S.G. = 1.0265 with a refract) has a...
For freshwater it is 1" of fish per 1 gallon. For saltwater it is 1" of fish per 5 gallons. I also believe that is mature size.
To get a sample out of the sand, you can create a little pocket with your finger and suck the water from there. One of my friends used a turkey...
First let me comment on chaeto (a type of macroalgae). It is a slow grower, and probably won't make a noticable dent in your phospates and nitrates....
LOL - lets see....most recently, I used Epoxy to try and put some smaller pieces of rock in my aquascaping....now I am going back to zip tie them...
Very nice clams!!
Bristle worms tend to be scavengers, so they will eat any bits that make their way to the bottom or on the rock surfaces. They will also help clean...
Good to see ya here, HAP!!
Sorry to pull up an older thread, but I wanted to thank Karlas for my newly bookmarked link. Along the same lines as the one above....here is one of...
Sorry for the fish loss - glad to hear the new stock are fairing well. How did you end up going about the move?
Whew! Good thing you have CurtSwearing in your banner, otherwise I wouldn't know who you were! LOL
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