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A sump is only as complicated as you want to make it. IMO not having to look at a heater is worth plumbing one up.
+1 I like the Brightwell. Don't take a scoop in your hand and put it in the water. It gets hot when it mixes! I don't know if it gets hot enough...
I have had a Coral Beauty for about a year and a half now. Great fish! Picks at the rocks all day, will eat mysis/flake/pellets out of my fingers....
Peanut butter jars are nice for holding larger stuff like extra crab shells or tooth brushes ect.
+1 on doing them one at a time. Anything you do to the water is best done slowly as Im sure you know. Clean one, then a water 10% water change in a...
Yes. I have a dual overflow 125. One drain in each corner with a gate valve on each to control flow/water level. Then I have my return (from sump)...
I have well water also and my TDS is around 300 at the spigot. I ran about 100 gallons through mine and the RODI output is starting to climb from 0...
Air hole in the standpipe could be too small. If you are using the durso type that is.
that was "no rinse" sand Read the "does not need to be turf algae" part, missed the "any algae will do" part lol
minus the damsel and add maybe a midas blenny?
Thats creepy! Ill never grab another rock without looking under it again! Get ur gloves on!
No live animals were in the tank at the time BTW.
My old 38g :oops:
Im planning on getting a few of the Reefbreeder units before too long. Just trying to figure out if I need a protein skimmer first or want a pair of...
I am running 2 36in TruLumen strips right now. The all whites (12k? I think). Coralline is plastered on my powerheads, back glass, and overflows....
Thanks Corailline. Ill have to pick up some test kits for those next time out. I just have the basics right now.
I use mine to brush my teeth... you know, on my overflows. : ) Works nice to get the GHA out from between your teeth... again, on the overflows!
Could my water being "too clean" also be why the small Xenia frag I have is not doing very well? I know there are a ton of things it could be but is...
Hey all, I have has my 125 up for almost a year now. I started it out with around 120lbs of dry rock and a few small pieces of live rock from my 38g...
Be sure to take some pics along the way! : )
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