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If you're having cyano problems you may need to address some other issues before adding sand. That should be a last resort.
That might work but you may have a small cycle after adding the sand. Some on here may have more info on this.
Cool tank.That big rock is awesome, goes all the way to the top! Be real careful about changing the sand, you may kill your fish if you do that.
Stayed at Sandals La Toc for ten days,very nice place!
I went to St.Lucia. Did lots of snorkeling on the reefs there. It was awesome.
Also, if you have your phosphate problem under control, just do weekly water changes and don't overfeed the tank and your algae problem should go...
I currently use a 2.5 gall tank for a fuge. Water t's off of my overflow pipe into the fuge then through a small overflow back into the sump. Works...
My LFS has some of those but they told me they were charging $15.00 a head!!!! Holy Crap that's expensive.
My previous tank was taken over by gha. Turned out to be my water source. I was getting R/O water from my LFS. Long story short, their filters were...
I use the 30" version on my 29 gall reef. It is an awesome light. The only problem I had was that my leds burnt out within three weeks. I called the...
My wife used to get mad at me for spending so much time on my tank. That was when I was getting it up and running. I spent alot of time actually...
Go metal halide, it sounds like you are getting a great deal on it and it would give you the most options as far as corals. Just do like everybody...
Gotcha, thanks.
Tap water is not good to use in a reef tank even with additives to remove chlorine.
Too much light maybe?
If you have baffles in your sump the floats have to be in the return pump section due to the evaporation only affecting the return sections water...
So do you just mix the powder with some tank water and then add it to your system?
I currently use B-Ionic 2 part to dose my reef. What are your opinions as far as the best two part to use and also mag supplements? I do not dose mag...
I was an aircraft electrician in the Navy for five years. Did two world cruises, one on the USS Nimitz and one on the USS Stinis aircraft carriers....
Maybe some company could make a reef/sand friendly vaccum. Suck in water and sand, run it through a sort of sand trap to contain sand that could be...
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