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I would start with some 'easier' corals. stay away from sps right now until you handle softies/lps for awhile. What corals are you looking to start with? If you treated your tank with copper and would def get a good copper test kit to see if there any
How bad is your tap water? If you have really bad tap water you could burn a RO/DI unit quicker than normal which then increase replacing the filters. I have good tap water (like 12 TDS out of the tap). I still use a BRS 4-stage RO/DI unit. The kit for this unit is $30 and last me about 3...
Guys,
I seem to be having an issue with algae in my 36g tank. Tank has been running since April. I have a hang-on-back fug but I don't believe there any cheato left in there (I think it all died and I pulled it out). I am running carbon and for the past month I been doing weekly water...
just playing around a little. Decided that this one panel on my dashboard looked bare to me so I added some system stats. I still need to clean it up but it displays how long the system has been up since the last reboot. I also getting the temp of the pi as well; I might code it if the temp...
just like anything in the market its base on what someone is willing to pay for it. For example while at RAP I wanted a rose bubble tip. There were many and I mean many tanks that had rose bubble tip nems but the prices ranged up to $80. I was not paying that much for a nem. I finally found...
I went about a week with my sump offline (was re-doing the plumbing) and had no ill affect on my fish/corals. I think you be ok but like @ecambero said make sure you have the water moving
You got to be freaking kidding me!!!! Was putting up a curtain rod for my mom and the end cap came off and landed right on the touch screen :mad:. At least the screen still works.
I agree drop the temp to give you some flexibility in case of error.
Now about evaporation.
I find that depending on how much your heater needs to kick on affect the evaporation rate. I noticed when I was in my apartment and now at my mom's when the AC is on I am topping off much more than...
I have not had luck with gluing so I use the Instant Ocean Hold Fast epoxy and it works well for me. Now I do not remove my frags from the plug. I cover the plug with the epoxy and then hold to the spot I want it for count of 7 to 10 and it normally good. Once in awhile I might have to do...