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Hi Damon: mixed reviews on making live rock, I made some with portland, oyster shell, and rock salt for porosity. I made some a year and a half ago,...
We discussed the high Mg method at our last club meeting, none of us had had positive results after running +1700 mg. I have had a bit of trouble...
Satisfied 29g biocube owner for 2 years here: I agree with the divide and conquer idea. Remove all of the media bags, filters floss etc so you can...
"If you think of your aquarium as being like a stereo system (pay attention now, I am not kidding), nutrients can be equated with the power (on/off)...
Hair Algae: will grow when nutrients are in your system. These nutrients can build up. Have you tested for nitrates and phosphates? The fact that...
Excellent! I too love the many rock grottos and ledges. Try drilling and rodding sometime. Then you can REALLY open it up. Good job!
Hi Karie! Read read read. Lots of studying, Q&A, of course 3reef is such an amazing resource and we are all here to answer any questions you have....
It is so hard to be patient. I kept fresh water for many years and in hind sight I really did not understand WHY I should wait. What is a cycle...
Kitty litter user here. Walmart, red bag, put 3 inches (un-rinced) in my refugium center chamber, put a thin 1 inch layer of aragonite on top and...
Are you going fish only? You might want more live rock. It is hard to get enough live rock and substrate in a Bio cube. The sumps are not adequate...
Light does not enter the back chambers unless you put a light behind your tank. Verify it has a viewing window (mine had about 4 inch square viewing...
Is your chaeto growing? You will begin to get nice amphopods and copepods multiplying, crawling on the glass of your sump, all good indicators....
I have a 29 BC and have experimented w/ trying to grow things in the sump. I have a small viewing window in back that I enlarged by using a razor...
REALLY nice! I like the open rockwork. Are the rocks drilled and rodded?
Excellent! I scratched my head with the mushrooms and anemone, then figured it was a background, looks really great. I have been one year in the...
Sure Duck, use your wifes socks, she won't mind. Lot's of good info. I will have to try the piece of paper. I bought the 200 micron socks from...
They also make a Teflon tape paste. Goop on threads and both sides of gasket. I inherited a bulkhead nut wrench. Just a cheap H-shaped pressed...
Are you sure you have enough nutrients in the water to support chaeto? I mean, most people grow chaeto in the fuge to scrub the nutrients which...
It would not hurt to add another shrimp, I think instead I would try a single damsel fish, and just feed normally. The shrimp jumpstarts the...
I am having trouble getting to Big Al's, when I tried to find it, I kept getting "bi gals", I assure you that is NOT the same thing.
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