Recent content by tbraun

Thanks for the suggestions. I currently use RO/DI water for top off, occasionally mixing with Kalk depending on the Ca level of my tank. I think I'm going to go with 1.021 for my WC for a while until it comes back down to 1.026. Do you think it would be safe to take out a gallon of tank water...

I have had my tank running now for 7-8 months and I have kept the salinity between 1.026 and 1.028. All this time I have been using a hydrometer to measure salinity. Recently, I acquired a Reflectometer. After calibration, I decided to test my water and it said 1.031. I didn't believe this could...

Here is a picture of my standpipe and return from the top: and side: Mine seems to be a little different then yours. My return pipe is 3/4" from the bottom and the hole through the overflow looks to be cut for the 3/4" as well. The waterfall I sometimes hear is caused by the syphon break...

Yes, on occasion. But not all the time. I'm not sure what makes it go away, but I will take a look when I get home. Sorry for the confusion. Tim

Thanks for the pointers. I will have to check them out.

Rockaway, NJ... Northern NJ. I know of one, but they tend to be a little pricey. They also tend to favor fish which require a larger tank than mine. Willing to travel if I need to.

Thanks. I do plan on adding more fish, but I haven't found a decent LFS to purchase them from and I prefer not to order them online.

Yes. I ran into a small problem because the pipe size I picked up from Home Depot was a little too big for the area inside of the overflow. The elbow extended out a little too far, so I had to shave it back with my miter saw. I ended up dry fitting all the pieces and haven't had any issues with...

Thanks everyone. I believe you are all correct. After looking up Hydnophora, it looks exactly like the frag I have. Thanks Again, Tim

When I first setup the tank, I heard a horrific gurgling noise from the overflow. I found that removing the foam block from around the standpipe did wonders to reduce this. Ultimately, I built a Durso standpipe and have since solved my gurgling issues completely. If you're interested, you can...

Here's some tank stats. Hope I don't miss anything: Hardware Stats: Tank: 75 Gallon Reef Ready w/ corner overflow Sump: Custom designed 10 gallon tank with Refugium Return Pump: 800 gph Quite One pump Protein Skimmer: RedSea Berlin w/ 800 gph Mag Drive pump Lighting: 4x48" T5 Fixture w/ built...

I received the SPS at the last meet. It was very graciously given to me, but for the life of me I can't remember its name. Can anyone help me ID it? It's in the middle of the pic below, hiding in my branchy rock. Thanks in advance, Tim

Well thats comforting. I was thinking that it was a mating thing of some sort.

I am somewhat new to the hobby and I've never seen this before. My Torch started to open it's mouth very wide and this white frilly stuff came out. It stayed like this for a bit, around an hour or so, and then went back to normal. Any idea what it's doing? Should I be concerned? Heres a full...

I would like to send a big Thanks out to TR for being so gracious. It was truly more than I expected. Thank You, Tim