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How much did you feed them? Those colonies use up the whole bag? I try to feed them once in a while, I end up rotating which organism gets feed. With the mysis I go with the shotgun approach, which is more or less random except I noticed the bubble is right in a feeding current which makes it...
Hey thanks for all the pics :), I think almost everyone has to figure out how to "dial" in their sumps.
I am using one Mag 12 on mine. (120 4x2x2ft) My problems were a few actually. First I used flexible tubing for the overflows so with a bend in the tubing it would "flush", I don't know if it...
Nice setup for sure. The gargling/flushing/annoying noise might be from drain pipes that are not straight etc. How about a sump picture....a lot of us are very interested in equipment. Less flow will be quieter not louder generally speaking.
This is just my opinion...I wouldn't want that many hermits, sifting stars, brittle stars, or emerald crabs.
I would go with something like.
Scarlet Reef Hermits 5
Blue Leg Hermits 10
Astraea Turbo Snails 10
Nassarius Snails 10
Nerite Snails 10
Cerith Snails 10
Peppermint Shrimp 2
Sand Sifting...
I have two different pumps one Toms Aqualifter...about as cheap as you can get(aware that sometimes they die on ya but the cost at 10 bucks its all good), and one powerhead type pump that I use for water changes. Two buckets one RO and one SW and just unplug the top off plug in the salt water...
If you have a newer furnace it will remove the humidity from the air, now you probably are not running either the furnace or the AC so your air is more humid. That would certainly account for some of it. Have you changed the position of any power heads...less surface agitation would create less...
I am not sure if the system I got will work well for your tank. Without looking for your thread if you have a sump I would recommend the Reef Fanatic it works great ... I have the duel sensors setup in the sump one is the "on" float and the other is the "OH CRAP" off float. You can also put one...
Yes Ca is good start. Auto top off is so much easier if you do that you will be super happy.
I got the Reef Fanatic controller from Prem Aquatics last group buy and it has made my life much easier.
Next I want to get a controller also either the AQ Jr or the new Lite version Neptune I think it...
Where do you stand? What sort of tank do you have?
If you have a reef ready tank then.
Musts: Lights, return pump, heaters, powerheads and a thermometer.
If nano leave out the return pump.
Next I would say would be a skimmer.
It might help you I have one running and well not a huge difference that I notice. But, when I used Phosban in my nano it made more of a difference honestly. I think my fuge is working better now....of course my fuge is the size of my old nano ;) so that is not fair.
Looking at it I sort of...
If you nitrates and nitrites are zero then get another ammonia kit ... could be something as simple as that. If everying looks good then maybe the kit is bad.
I think all the diminutive angels are similar. My pygmy never bothered the zoas...the hairy mushrooms once in a while, I think he wasn't too bright and thought they were worms. ::) Flames are beautiful though too. If you don't feed them they maybe would pick more, but that goes for the lot of...
I guess I knew that part but was trying to think of the how it actually works...like what happens inside the bulb ??? much like what happens inside my head when I type before I think.
I love this question.
There is absolutely no right answer ;D. But a whole bunch of good ones.
First I commend you for figuring it out first. We have all probably have had a fish we wish we didn't get.
OK well he has calmed down since the upgrade but you get the idea.
Other suggestions for...
Wow lucky to have such good pod type growth.
PC lights need to be changed after 9 months...T5s you can go about 1 year.
I cannot explain the exact way it works but after about 9 months the bulbs just seem to promote the wrong sort of growth.