Recent content by jerseyguy1996

Hey I wonder if this is him. http://www.youtube.com/Jasonanatal

I am going to be moving from an apartment in Jersey City to a house in Bayonne in probably about a month. I plan on taking advantage of this move to set up my 50 gallon reef tank the way I have always wanted. I plan to drill the back and install a C2C overflow. This all may take a little while...

I did this and it works great. It is nice to be able to remove the baffles when I am pulling the skimmer to clean it or changing the filter sock on my overflow outlet. Here are some pictures of mine. I have since added a third baffle in order to control bubbles coming from the skimmer. I used...

I am on my second Foxface Rabbitfish from Absolutely Fish that was fine for about a month and a half and then went downhill overnight and died. I have 3 other fishy inhabitants that are perfectly fine that have been in the tank since it started. From what I have read after a few google searches...

I will try these suggestions and let you know what happens. Thanks everyone for all of your help!

So I guess a good question to ask would be this. If I did bleach the brains by exposing them to too much light and subsequently moved them into the shade, would they be expected to color back up in the shade or would I now want to slowly start introducing them back into higher light in order to...

I've never done a phosphate test. Are brain corals particularly susceptible to phosphates? I've never had a problem with anything else in the tank. I also do regular water changes to try to keep the water as pristine as possible.

At the fish store they were under VHO's as well but his VHO's are quite a bit higher above the tank than mine. I also don't know how long they were under the VHO's in his tank.

Flow is from 2 MJ1200's pushing water horizontally across the back of the tank. The streams are directed towards each other to hopefully give a hint of random motion. There is also some flow from my return pump which is a mag 7 with about 5 feet of head.

What size tank is it? 50 Gallon AGA with 20L sump How tall is the tank? 18 inches tall How far above the tank are the lights? about 4 inches above the surface How many watts and what type of bulbs are you running? 3X95 Watt VHO's 2 URI Aquasuns and 1 URI Superactinic Do you know the particular...

For those that have it under Metal Halide. What color brains are they? I have heard that the red ones do better than the green ones under higher light. Is it possible that maybe I should allow them more light or is somewhat shaded areas still going to be better for brains?

I don't understand it. Mine is under VHO's at the bottom of the tank. They bleached out within a week of putting them in the tank. The water conditions test very well. PH 8.2, Amm,trite,trate all test 0. Calcium 420, alk 10. Temp fluctuates a lot and I have been working on that. It floats...

I have a favia and an open brain that are just not doing well in my tank. I have tried different things from flow, to lighting and they just will not regain any color. Are there any successful brain coral owners here that would be willing to give me a hand in figuring out what I am doing wrong...

Definately expensive but I have always had really good luck with their livestock. So far everything that I have bought from them is still alive and well (knock on wood).

Okay I just got this today. Took about 5 minutes to hook it up. Seems to be working great. Shows 117 ppm TDS going in and 0 ppm TDS coming out. This ebay store mailed it out the day that I purchased it and it got to me about 3 days later. I bought from this seller because shipping was free. It...