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for Fish only 1.023 is a good number, but for any coral i run 1.026-1.027
not much of a description but I would agree most likely pods
picked up a couple of new corals today. a Bubble coral I've had my eye on in the store for a while, and a purple and green frogspawn that my wife...
I did not realize any controller had remote control functionality already, that's pretty cool. I've been waiting for my reef keeper to get this...
what kind of rock? and was it rinsed? it it was rinsed aragonite rock I would not expect hair algae (maybe some diatoms from initial silicate...
its probally ok, if you want to be super safe you can replace it, but i wouldn't worry about it if he just drank some.
I've definitly seen rock in other fuges, more rock is just more biological filtration, its only like 4-5 lbs of fist sized pieces so removing it...
IME things like turbo start will reduce your cycle time by as much as 50%, but there is no way around having to cycle your tank.
that should be fine, i had 2x 250 HQI over my 55g + 4 HO T5 actinics and everything did fine even though it was admittedly more than i should have...
so i looked at my fuge today and noticed its got a ton of bryopsis in it, probally from the live rock rubble i put in it. should I be concerned...
the UV steralizer is only going to kill things that go through it. for the most part your bacteria would be colonizing on your rocks/bioballs/sponge...
a reef keeper elite. basically it just cuts/restores the power to them to turn them off/on.
in a pinch they work, although i don't know that I'd recommend long term use. The one thing to note is most of them don't remove the ammonia they...
I had the exact same thing happen except mine is a center overflow thats against the wall, so i had to take the canopy off and get the ladder out....
thats one big LTA, what do you feed the thing?
I have an electronic solenoid valve on my closed loop controlled by a Reefkeeper elite controller. i am not really sure what all the benefits of it...
I had 2 of the hydor evolutions in my old tank (new one has closed loop) they were on a 30 sec wavemaker rotation and even then they made no noise at...
So I introduced a new foxface rabbitfish to the tank today, and my existing sailfin is picking at it a bit. I fed just now and that has distracted...
my SWC cone 160 skimmer came in today, and I am so amazed with it. I ordered it based on some reviews written on the forum. its only been an hour...
most tangs will eat dried nori, so that is always an option. I don't think ive ever seen anyone want more algae. ive also seen alot people just...
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