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Yeah carbon is more of a polisher, takes unwanted stuff out of the water to make it clear. Dont have to have it during a cycle. I did run some in...
I use straight tap water.. I will probably get an RO/DI down the road just in case.. especially if i move out of the city.
Sad about the torch mike... Evo: you probably wont want to put an MH above a glass top. It will crack it from the heat. I run mine open top.
LPS has whats called a sweeper tentacle. It is for warfare only. Very long compared to the feeder tentacles. It will try to reach out and zap other...
Frag them and trade them at the LFS...
+1 on stand and hood.. looks good
Nice..Welcome back! makes me want to do one now. What would you use for flow in a 2.5g tank? just the hob filter?
Went to the club swap meet today.. picked up a few corals and some home made reef food. Got a frag of tyree sunset and what they call localy "magic...
Yeah I thought it was a good idea anyway, she and our other geocaching friends loved it. It was really fun to pull up and see her walking all around...
What have you heard about overflow boxes? They dont function much different than an internal overflow other than they dont stop sucking if the power...
I have experience with making my own. I went to lowes, they had a 18"x24" piece of thick acrylic for $13. They also cut it for free. Had them make...
Holy crap! Thats rough
The only time you run into issues with this, is if you used copper based medications in the freshwater and ran it through the filter. Copper hurts...
Do you use RO/DI? GHA is typically due to TDS in water and phosphates. Phosphate remover wont help if you are constantly topping off etc with bad...
Welcome, they recommend chromis in odd numbers because they wont pair off and fight. Usually if a group of chromis "go bad" they pick on the...
Looks nice! I would put the sand in first.. then put water in slowly so it wont make a big mess.
I do not recommend crushed coral myself for lots of reasons. It depends on how deep of a sandbed you would want. I would recommend around 40lbs of...
Yeah sell him to another local reefer with a predator tank
Welcome! Good info above! I will not run a salt tank without a sump or skimmer. I just recently upgraded my sump to a 55g.. i also have pics on my...
Nerites or cerinths.. one or the other. Probably cerinths if they have the swirl. Nerites are large and black shells. That works! LOL nice! Sell...
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