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i test regularly and keep it logged. dKH 13 stable since early September Ca 440-460 stable since early July Mg 1480 stable since late July pH...
if you read a bit of nitrites and/OR ammonia, then it was not done cycling... both need to be stable at 0 for a couple weeks before you can really...
angel's are too big, but what about Dwarfs? I was thinking maybe a flameangel... Any ideas if they'll peck at it? well, without the corals... I...
if you have nitrite readings, then you're cycling. Are you still cycling?
you win, everyone above got it wrong! any, and I mean ANY reading of nitrites or ammonia is a fish and coral killer. most can tolerate low...
Yip. This is his baby.
I'm going coral shopping this weekend. So I may have an opportunity to pick up a fish. I have a 55 gallon with 2 clowns and a blenny. I don't...
as long as it's getting slow to moderate flow it doesn't really matter. Sometimes I keep it in my skimmer and sometimes I keep it in an HOB filter...
not speaking for all petco locations but I have buddies (2 buddies, 2 tanks, 2 petco locations) who got rock from petco that killed their systems....
Not sure why nobody else commented on this. Good luck with the clam.
I tried other sites in the beginning but found them difficult to navigate or pissy or arogant and unhelpful. 3reef is my home page (I never had a...
I agree with Guitar man. Also, no, you do not need to use dechlorinator to rinse things off - I never have. But you do need to use it if you're...
don't mind at all. my main goal is a crocea. (I wasn't asking about this in this thread though ;)) my secondary goal is one of their 3 or 5 SPS...
yeah, that's a good point watching for best coloration as they get moved around. thanks for the tip!
That is what I was thinking... my lights aren't in the same ball park as these. It's not like I have to put them at the top straight away - but just...
these are the lights they are coming from 3x400w 15k XM bulbs 3x5' URI Super Actinic
that's rad. looking forward to the pics.
checked my params today. same as always. so if i don't have anything come up I am going sps and clam shopping sunday in support of the economy ;D...
I hope to be picking up a variety of SPS frags this weekend and want to ask about acclimating them to my lights. Here is the scenario: LFS: The LFS...
nerite snail eggs specifically most don't make it, but I do get some that occasionally do. Self sustaining population. Awesome. (fish do eat...
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