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Vibration leading to stress fracture?
Maybe mount the skimmer and return pump on egg crate?
I've always used Petco buck a gallons to build sumps from 20g to 55g and never had a problem.
I'd call corporate, explain the loss of time and money, and ask if they've switch manufacturers?
OR email them...
Running softies only, haven't checked my numbers in about 8 months.
(I actually have a xenia tank I've never checked numbers in, nor have I done a water change in a year on it).
If coral in main tanks is acting strange, I do a slightly larger than normal water change (say 40% as opposed to the...
NO NO NO!
KILL THE FLOORMAT!
I used the same type floormat under my 60g shallow as I had/have a wood floor and figured it would help protect it.
It acts as a wick for every drop of water lost during a water change, it absorbs every splash.
And it dissipates the water throughout itself
After a...
So far...
$15 2.5g jar from HomeGoods
$7 heater from Dr Jim
$7 dry rock from Dr. Jim (curing now)
$6 for airline and stones
Have eyes on a $40 light
Have some aragonite sand in a bucket somewhere.
I should come in at approx $75 for all equipment.
Now thinking about building a simple countertop...
BAH! All good, and a few I'd like to vote on.
But...
I've been procrastinating.
Now I'm ready.
Just gimme a few...
Edit...
At 5:43PM we had 6 hours, 58 mins.
It's 9:06PM and the poll has been closed for 56 minutes.
Think my computer time isn't jibing with the server.
My 2c...
Ammonia.
Clowns are sensitive to it. I added a clown to a tank many moons ago.
Blenny fine, anthias fine, corals fine, clown on sandbed died in 24 hours.
I'd check it asap.
Trimming back a couple baseball size pieces of cheato. Mixed thick and thin variety, loaded with pods.
I'm in Brick just off Jack Martin.
If no takers by Friday its hitting the trash.
8 year old thread ;)
Regardless...
I use a snail mix. Some use hermits. Hermits will ALWAYS kill snails, so best one or the other.
I use Nassarius for the sand bed, cerith and micro ceriths for the rocks, margaritas for the glass, and astrias for everything in between, with a few bumblebees...