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You don't really have a clean up crew (CuC). That needs to be added/established before you start adding fish... I've got around 200 snails (6 or 7...
Mythbusters tested the idea of a bull in a china shop... they ran around and didn't knock much of anything over. it was amazing... Not all that...
Having only one type of snail won't do you a ton of good... a good variety is key - different snails for different tasks... just a thought.
the redesign looks sweet
i buy old SCSI drives on eBay and rip them out of there...
good luck
I have seen baby golden apples before, but they never last long... IME, nuisance FW snails are the small variety. Golden Applies are about size of a...
btw, is that you in the avatar?
might be hard to find folks that have used both to get a fair comparison... I have and use the aqua medic. Here is a copy/paste from a post I made...
make sure you have room for a mag float. beyond that, it depends on what types of fish you want. There's not much swimming room, but there aren't...
I use this one. My first one lasted me about 6 months. This one is going for about 8 so far. But for 20 bucks or so... frickin awesome. image...
bama meant get a refractometer ;) IMO, you don't know what your SG actually is. I agree it's probably high, but don't think you know what it is, so...
I have (experience too) with only 1. Aqua Medic Reefdoser Dosing Pump. I like it. I don't know much about the others, so this isn't comparison per...
I don't have any problem to be solved here, so not really sure what the solutions were for... ;D I get what you're saying. I dose for lost...
I only do water changes a couple times a year and this seemed like a good way to me too. This water is noticeably discolored compared to siphoned...
sponges are filter feeders. if they're exploding there is an excess of nutrients. You can either reduce your nutrients or be thankful they are...
similar situation as you. i just ignore them. if i find they are irritating a coral i'll break all the little stems around it until next time......
there are cons to covering - mentioned above. your goal of reducing evaporation *may* be reached by this slightly, but absolutely not fully. I...
not disagreeing with above, but IME with vista, I would first try the easiest thing that I found works well. unplug it. flip the power switch on...
straight to the DT. directly into a PH breaking the surface up area
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