Recent content by redfishbluefish

Too early to say, but I'd be happy with equal quality. I purchased two Jebao's last October/November and they have run flawlessly thus far. This was before the Trump tax and I could buy three Jebao wetsides for the price of one Ecotech wetside and have money left over. I haven't looked at...

You have the luck of the Irish.....8 years with the same wetside! I have quite a few vortechs.....I think eight MP40's (only five being used now).....and I think four or five MP10's. I have but one original MP40 dryside, and that's because it's rarely used. I've had one wetside that only...

I can't vouch for the MP10, but I've started to replace my MP40 wetsides with the Jebao DMP40 wetsides....fits and works perfectly. As far as I'm concerned, the wetsides from Ecotech are poorly designed and constructed.

They are HERE....between your post above and just tonight on ABC 7 news with their report on yellow jacket wasps.....I find a nest just above the door to my pool shed. I've been walking in and out of that door all summer and never noticed it until yesterday. They are boldface hornets, not as...

A number of years ago I went with Bob @radiata to Sandy Hook to collect some algae he was looking for....I think to feed his fish. He was very specific, and hopefully he'll stop in and tell you what it was.

I do a DIY version.....because it's simply Calcium Carbonate. HERE is where I got my last order from. I do it after every water change (twice a month), after lights go out.

Love my five foot tank. People will think it's so much bigger than it actually is.

My corals grow like weeds. I used to take them to ACC to get store credit. I can't tell you the last time I paid cash for fish. I'd simply use the store credit. With ACC closed, where do you guys take your excess corals? What's a good LFS?

Looks like you have a combo of cyano, algae and diatoms. Can’t help with the walls, but here’s what I do about my sand. My tank goes through periods of when typically cyano shows up. Probably from my laziness of water changes, lack or reduced clean up crew, or who knows what. What I’ve...

BUMP. Someone needs to buy this fish! If I didn't already have two, I would have scooped this up immediately. It's one of my wife's favorite, with it's little fins that flutter around. Don't ask me why, but she calls them pony boys. And forget about aiptasia....they'll be gone.

When I first turn the skimmer on (with the air valve fully open), I turn the knob to the valve so that this newly created foam is at the bottom of the collection cup. In this picture, that's between the level of the lower (smaller) white ring and the bottom of the cup. I'll then let it run...

You're not getting off that easy....:eek:....I'm going to harp on water depth, regardless of what the manual says. I actually marked my skimmer so that I could easily adjust up or down when I first set it up: Try less depth and see what you get!

Does the chamber that holds the skimmer have constant water level....no fluxuations? The only other thing I can think of is how deep does it sit in the water. If it's too deep, it's more likely to run wild....harder to control Try raising it up. When first setting up I set the foam at the...

I have a set-iit-and-forget-it skimmer (SWC), but would never recommend it, for one, it's no longer made, but the main reason is the pump is a POS.....Atmann. That said, every skimmer I have had were set-it-blah, blah, blah, and the thing that I think made it so was that I'd always open the...

You say you're not handy, so maybe have someone help....easy cuts. The least expensive stand would be the design of RocketEngineer.....made with dimensional lumber. I would suggest a top frame of 2x6's with the rest 2x4's. Also suggest topping it with 3/4 plywood. Here's the general...