Join 3reef now to remove this notice and enjoy 3reef content with less ads. 3reef membership is free.
too bad you cant run a motor off the poop goo in my skimmer sorry about your lfs, omard
JSfish - advice from another newbie - the cheapest answer is to put a ball valve on the return line from the pump back to the tank. Most aquarium...
-1. i'd skim from the start. i did with my new tank, a 75g with LR only at first, and the cycle took about 3.5 weeks from first day to back to all...
why super skimming? i'm running a 75 system with 20 gal sump on an ASM G-1. It pulls a good puddle of junk daily, and nitrates are 0, despite lots...
I just developed "da hair" big time - 4 month old tank so i think it's part of getting started. I put in 2 sea hares, and they're mowing away...
Basement! Wife didn't think i could do first tank without a flood or two. As usual - she was right. Now the kids and I end up hanging out in the...
are the returns themselves vortexing? i recently redid my return system - the return outputs are a little close (about 1.25 inch) to the surface of...
sorry to hear about your troubles. it sounds like good advice from everybody here, but also the question is - what to do now? i'd say plan on doing...
my tank is pretty new (4 months or so now). I started dosing calcium about 3 weeks ago b/c despite switching from instant ocean to IO reef crystals,...
so, i'm curious. how would sg drop, if not using ATO? did you recently do a water change, or any other idea on how the sg would fall like that...
wow - nice ID on a small pic, geekdafied. thanks
I was doing some late night tank watching last night and saw this TINY critter crawling up the glass. My tank has only been running for 3 months,...
Tank is now 3 months old. 75 gal with about 10 various snails. I noticed this little guy last night.
luna - newbie here trying to learn a little. if you do have a fuge on a system like this, how slow should flow thru the refugium be? thanks. doog
omard-thanks. dead cowrie is out of tank now - stinks too. fenner's book had said many cowries are good for reef tanks. i still can't tell if this...
omard, why is cowrie not a reef tank choice?
I've had a 2 inch cowrie in my 75g tank for the last 2.5 months. he's been very active throughout the day. in the last 4 days, things have changed....
wildreef and mission, thanks for the help. i thought that chromis were unique to the damselfish group and much less aggressive/territorial? are...
Hi, newbie here. I've got a 4 month old 75g tank c 20g sump, 110 lbs live rock, 2 fire shrimp, 8 snails (turbos, cerith, and a cowrie), 2 hermits,...
Separate names with a comma.