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So I was cleaning my tanks yesterday. I have a 2.5g tank in the girl's room with one fish in it. Their tank was in need of a good cleaning but I did too big of a cleaning.... lost their fish. Talking it over with the wife and the girls we are going to upgrade their tank from a 2.5g to a 10g...
Today I am doing my tanks' maintenance. I just got done doing a watch change on my 36g Cichlid tank (only has one at this moment). I will be doing a water change on my girl's 2.5g tank soon and then addressing my display; 54g reef tank.
Tomorrow taking the girls for the swimming lessons...
@trio91 started the conversation on maybe updating our website. If you would like to be on the committe please comment in this thread and @kschweer will work on adding members to the web committee forum.
You don't need to know what is going on in the below picture to be on the committee...
Ok guys. I am slowly working on the design to pipe my tank so I can use my DCT4000 return pump. I plan on adding a manifold to the return line for my BRS dual reactor plus add a spare hook up. My question is what about on the drain? I like having my BRS reactor going into my filter sock (so...
Guys,
I have been thinking of this topic for awhile now and just seeing the other post made me want to bring it to the group. I know we done the "where are you from" thread but I would like to do a "where do you shop" thread. I am not looking for this to turn into a dump on one store or...
Today my brother was over for my daughter's party. We got talking about my tank and I was telling him about my new pump. I also told him I plan on pulling the hoses out and putting in PVC. He suggested that I should look into PEX. It seem like PEX is a neat system and I should be able to...
Today I did a large maintenance on my tank. Replaced the GFO, the carbon, swap filter sock, clean skimmer, water change, etc.. As I was powering everything back up my main return pump did not turn back on. I was concerned that it took a dump but pulling it out and doing a very good cleaning...
By any chance does anyone have a Kessil A360 control cable that they no longer need/want? Either for third party or the Kessil controller? The reason I am asking is I am thinking I might be able to control the light via my DYI controller. I need to cut the cable and see if I can wire it up...
@MaxDamage984 gets first dips but I have a tub of some old 'live' rocks that has been sitting in this tub for 7+ months now. These were the rocks from my first saltwater tank and when I upgraded I ordered all new rock (was going to run both tanks). I did take some of my old rock to add with...
What does everyone feed their fish? I been using Omega One Marine Flakes with Garlic to feed my fish. (now I do sub frozen fish food on the weekends) I am about out of the Omega One and looking to get more food. I wonder what everyone use? Im not sure I will switch seeing how my fish are...
Guys
I figured I would use this area to show my DYI controller, issues, bugs, and progress as it slowly goes. Unfortunately at the time of writing this I don't have access to get screen shots but will upload some later.
Description
Being an IT guy I had a friend suggested using a...
Guys. I just picked up some PVC for a project. Now its not a big deal but I was wondering if I could paint them to make them look nicer? If so what type of paint do I need? Please note that some of the PVC will be sitting in my sump so it needs to be fish/reef safe if I do paint it.
Thanks...
Anyone doing any work to their tanks this weekend?
I have some projects on the list but not sure how many will get done.
* I will be doing a water change on my mix reef tank as well as on my tropical tank.
* Test my tank's water
* Do my schedule maintenance on the filter and other...
Good morning guys.
I wanted to get everyone's thoughts. I would believe that I have phosphate and nitrate even though they test low. My phosphate jumps between 0.00 and 0.10. My nitrate is around 10.
I have a tight sump but was thinking of creating a small refugium but not sure. Here are...
I have a 54 gallon corner mix reef tank. This tank has been running a little over a year. I have been doing saltwater for just under a year and a half (started with a 36g before moving to the 54).
Equipment:
Lighting
1 - Kessil A360WE connected to a Kessil controller
2 -...
Hello everyone. Thank you for letting me join. I live in South NJ right near LBI. I have been doing my mix reef tank for just over a year now. Look forward to interact with other NJ reefers.
Here is a picture of my tank