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i leave the back alone, it will eventually get covered in algae. (long eventually). although, you can see the fishes color better with a black or blue background. i would have a professional window tinter to do it (if its a show tank).
if these guys are trained well enough so there is no friendly fire i would be willing to hire one as a missionary. i cant afford any collateral damage toward my other tank inhabitants.
i have a single ended light set up and use 175w 14k iwasaki bulbs. i am very pleased with them. they do make double ended bulbs with higher wattage but im not sure how good they are cause not many people on this forum use them. my actinics are 420nm super actinic vho's. whether you are using...
i wont cure live rock unless its the summer time. i bring some plastic containers outside and do it there. before this i did it in the basement with the windows open, and it was ok.
my friend bought a used bullet 1 with the gate valve mod, and he never got it to work right. i had a precision marine hang on skimmer and i had problems with it constantly. im a bit nervous about the pm kalk reactor im getting but the concept seems simple. save yourself the trouble and sell it.
i like crystal sea, i dont know anyone else who uses it though. i bought it from absolutely fish in 2004 and have been using it since. animals and things has it in 150 gallon buckets for $40. does anyone on here use or know anyone who uses crystal sea marinemix?
ive read that they eat coral polyps, or new coral polyps but i was on ora's website looking at their products and their sites states:
"...The Peppermint Shrimp is famous for eating the nuisance aptaisia anemone. In a reef system, the shrimp can control the spread of aptaisia by eating the...
im such a jerk, the whole time im looking for this guy b-line on the forum, i met bill at aquatic obsessions a week or two ago and i thought he said his user name was b-line, being the idiot i am i didnt notice the b-lange and put the two together that i heard him wrong.
the glue is working...
ive got some felt filter socks of various sizes, 100 and 200 micron. they feel like the regular coralife purflo micron, felt im assuming. ive saved my last couple and was wondering if it is even worth washing them. til now ive been throwing them out. if you wash or reuse them how do i go about...
just inspect the equipment and have whoever youre buying it from hook it up in front of you. i bought a used reef devil skimmer and it has a slight leak, its not even really a leak but it beads at some seams, silicone has not fixed it and i have to use it in sump instead of out of sump like i...