Recent content by rbdrainv

Ok so here's my current situation... I had my 45g saltwater tank set up and fully functional with fish and inverts up until the end of last august. Everything was fine until I began battling with an algae bloom that ended up getting the best of me. I returned all of the livestock which was...

So I've had my tank setup for about 3+months now. When I first added the live rock and sand I got the typical brown algae growth that eventually dissipated. I have since added 2 blue/green chromis, several hermit crabs and a snail, along with 2 cleaner shrimp. Unfortunately the cleaner shrimp...

Wow again thank you for your prompt and informative reply. I just checked and have a 16w 6500k "squiggly" bulb in a reflective enclosure for my refugium that I have now programmed to run opposite the main lights so that should be good now. I removed the glass canopy and checked out that link...

Thank you very much for your response. I did mean 1.025 for the specific gravity, must have had a little brain lapse there. I never saw the nitrites spike so I will be trying the raw shrimp in the next few days. I reduced my temp to 79 and will set my refugium light on a timer opposite of my...

Ok, I am extremely new at saltwater aquariums. I spent a number of weeks reading all about saltwater tanks to try prepare myself as much as possible before I started. I recently purchased a 45g bowfront with 30g sump second hand. In the sump I have a protein skimmer (that I've been adjusting...