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i did the same for my tank and it seemed to look like the thing melted... i tried to vacume it but they just wouldnt come off so i bought a pepermint...
my wife bought me one for my birthday also... but i had to take it back being my tank is only 2 months old and i really didnt have enough food yet...
Alright IMO this is the basics of saltwater tank setups. REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DO THIS but after lots of research and doing it the hard way...
i keep my tank at 76 seems to be working well with my fish and corals
i have the same issue i bought a pep shrimp but my emerald crab ate it lol kinda shocked me a bit
alright well i will agree with everyone else R/O water is the best solution to filling the tank to start off with many tap water supplies are dosed...
thank you all for your advise i will try to remove the rings little at a time and see how it goes. i will be open for any words of wisdom i can get...
steve you are right i do have the rings in the canister filter i have cleaned the filter everytime i have done a water change using tank water from...
to answer about the water i use RO water all levels are tested and are fine before i add it to the tank but the nitrates just dont seem to drop im...
a few more pics of the corals. my clown (nemo my 4 year old named him lol) is hosting my mushroom coral
some more tank pics with white lights on sorry i have to use my cell cause the pictures my digital camera takes are too large to upload
some coral pics in my blue light
right now im using a ehiem canister filter seems to be doing well i also have a octopuss protien skimmer. the tang is a baby right now and loving the...
I started my 40 gallon clear view acrylic reef tank 2 months ago i was STUPID and rushed when first setting it up.... i filled the tank with 30lbs of...
i just started a 40 gallon reef tank 2 months back i have already had problem after problem lol my main problem now is high nitrates they are at 20...
my wife hates fish wont eat them or anything lol. at first she really didnt care for the idea but now she is really getting into the corals and what...
I just added my fish a couple days ago. My skimmer is working well pulling a brownish water out the nitrates just seem to stay at 20 ppm they don't...
I normally only change it when i do a water change. my main concern is that after a 50 % change it went right back to 20 ppm again a week or less...
I currently have a 40 gallon acrylic tank which was started at the end of october of 2010. It has 1 white t5 bulb and 1 blue bulb. Current temp is at...
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