Recent content by AndyB4784

Euro-Reef RS 135

You can find plain old dried nori at the asian market. Almost all nori sold at the regular supermarket has seasoning on it.

I'd love to see the Elos display. They have some killer stuff. Hope to attend with some of the guy's from Preuss. Although I'm not sure how many of us they are going to take (aside from Kirby, Steve, and Rick that is).

Try pointing the PH at each other from opposite sides of the tank. This will create a lot of good random flow as the water jets slam into each other.

Hurray research. A Lawnmower blenny isn't going to eat much besides algae (and if it does it's not meeting it's nutritional requirements).

oh and I forgot. A good thermometer is a must.

Probably the two most important monitors are a PH monitor (because as we all should know PH test kits are a complete waste of money) and an auto top-off. The AT is really important if you want to use Kalk (otherwise you will have BIG PH swings when you top off). I would suggest the Tunze...

The bubbles are indeed nitrogen gas. It is the result of critters from your sand bed eating waste/food from the top of the sand and then expelling waste beneath the sand. The anaerobic area beneath the sand results in the nitrate being converted to nitrogen gas. When the bubbles travel up and...

I'd have to disagree that Koralias are better for the money. IMO they are big and bulky as well as having a more laminar flow. The way the water is pushed through the front it seems to have a very narrow stream that is spread out only from top to bottom. Just my 2c but I'd go with the nanos.

They really suck I know several people that have had terrible experiences with them. They always had a terrible reputation.

What about the tunze nanostreems? They are black and far superior to either a maxijet or an aquaclear.

impossible to kill IME. I've tried Kalk pasting them and they come back. Same with xenia. I rip it out and throw it in the fuge and then it grows back. I've traded hundreds of dollars to the LFS from my $15 frag.

For the love of god don't use the water you transport the rock in for a water change.

I think you probably mean macro algae. I wouldn't recommend putting it in your display as it can quickly overrun the tank. The benefits of using macro algae on a reverse daylight schedule is that it will help you to maintain higher PH because even though there is no photosynthesis going on in...

You should throw it back in the ocean if you don't know what it eats.