Recent content by jer1198

no the wall has been repaired,haha ;D thanks for the welcome back, im not back, just thinking if i want to not much has changed as far as i can tell, my problem is i have forgotten alot of things if ya remember , my setup was kinda automated, its going to be alot of work, and cash to do it again...

hi everyone its been awhile since ive dropped in the site looks awesome im kicking the idea around for getting back into the sw scene just gotta do more reading, see whats changed, whats improved, ive forgotten alot ive sold most of my equipment, so im pretty much back to being a noob at this...

correct me if im wrong, but are the vortexs (sp) the ones that have the motor on the back of the glass, and the impeller on the inside opposite the motor?? im not sure if im gettin back in, but my 180 i have has had 2 gold fish in it for a year, so its kinda boring.

hey guys!!! havent been around for awhile, havent really kept up with the changes in the hobby, any help in that dept is appreciated. im thinking of getting back into the hobby. i need to buy some equipment though, anyone have anything they wanna get rid of cheap? i still have the 180 so its...

should this be in the for sale /trade forum, im not selling one, i need to buy one,and we dont have a "want to buy" forum? if this is in the wrong forum, can a mod move it to its correct location? thanks Jerry

lookin for a small mag pump for my kalk reactor. any one have one they wanna sell??? thanks for looking.

i like pinpoint, get theur ph controller, that way you can set it to turn on the ca reactor when it need to, if you have an endless suply of money, you should get a monitor, so you can monitor the PH value of the ca reactor effluent, makes if ALOT easier to set up. maybe others can offer their...

correction, when i was mainly softies, i checked my alk and calcium, once a month, now that my tank is bare bottom, and im a budding stickhead, i check my alk and calcium, every saturday.

the basic stuff, PH, amonia,nitrate,nitrite, never alk and calcium, once a month or so SG, when i think of it except when i do a water change (10% monthly = 30 gallons) i check the ph and temp 1st to make sure they are right

1st off, change your bulbs and do a 10-20% water change. raise your salinity up slowly to 1.025 lower your PH, (8.6 isnt deadly, but its better at 8.0- 8.4) how are you reading your salinity (swing arm thing, hydrometer(floats in tank) or refractometer) get rid of the wet dry, add a fuge with...

1st of all, we need to know this .... 1. age of system (when was it started) 2.whats in the tank thats slowly dieing 3.water parameters (PH,nitrite,nitrate,amonia,SG) those are the main ones for now. 4 temp of water (high and low) 5.type of bulbs, and age of them 6 just generally tell us about...

that last picture is my new wallpaper. awesome tank you have their Paul!! and you have a great "teacher" just follow his lead. great work Merv.

you have to use the balls, it breaks the water as it is forced over them, and causes even more bubbles. it usually takes a week or so to dial in the skimmer, so make 1/8 or so turns on the valve to dial it in, wait about 4 hours between adjustments

maybe we can have a group buy on llama spit, ill take a pint. anyone else??

this saturday is approaching fast. just want to make sure who is coming for sure to raise the tank into place? for those who need directions, here is my address. (easiest to mapquest it) 14 plantation dr little egg harbor, NJ 08087 if ya get lost (its easy to get here) my cell # for...