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Thanks! I wanted to do it the first time, but the move was a sudden thing and I just wasn't in the right mind frame to be dealing with it. This was...
I agree, your two main issues right now are the ammonia and temp. Either or could prove to be fatal if left unchecked. It sounds like you are on the...
Not much will eat bristle worms. You can try making a trap. Do a search/google, there are quite a few designs out there. But I would honestly look...
Looks great!
No, you can pretty much place them right on top of each other. Their defense will mainly be to try and overgrow/block out light from others. No...
They would make a perfect starter coral! My biggest patch I have started as a single polyp that hitch hiked on one of my 3 pieces of LR I used to...
Well, I have no idea with the DIY skimmer. But, you can always throw a valve before that as well. Run two valves, one on the return side to the tank,...
I agree, the cleaner shrimp is most likely not doing it. I would be willing to bet it is cleaning up the mess as they are dieing or being eating by...
Honestly, you could grow zoa's in a toilet if you added water and a light bulb ;) About the easiest coral you could get. Lighting/flow depends on...
IMHO the best pumps can be used dry ;) What kind of flow rates are needed? I take it you are building a manifold to drive the other sump equipment...
Pond pumps are a huge no-no. Most of them contain copper or bronzed based bushings/seals. These alone will leach enough copper into a tank to wipe...
peanut worm. Harmless scavenger ;)
Today, I undertook the task of tearing down the 40, moving it, then setting it back up. Had to do this as the 200 is going to occupy the area the 40...
Well, if you have cyano there is likely a few things off. You most likely do have nitrates and phosphates, it's just the bacterium are using them up...
Ammonia needs to be at 0. Also, the only safe level of nitrites are 0.
No, not by any means. What are your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels? Just my 2 cents, waiting 2-3 more weeks would give what, a 3-4 week cycle?...
Yes, it might be worth it. But do not run it 24/7 But I would not get 2 blue tangs. If the tangs are small, you can keep two tangs in a 75, sure....
Sounds like you actually had a camel shrimp to me...
Just by chance, what test kit are you using? And have you tested it with a separate test kit yourself (not at the LFS)?
Octopus, Aqua C Remora, or a Tunze are all great skimmers for smaller tanks
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