Recent content by BCReefer

whoa! how come this is the first i've heard of this? i've done a little reading and some people say never dump the water in, others dont even mention it. the main reasons i've found in 15 mins of research are parasites from LFS water and ammonia build up in the bag. I can't imagine the...

yup, i put the sealed bag in the tank to adjust temp, then let water in 2 or 3 times to the bag to get him used to the new tank water. then when i let him in i dumped the whole bag full into the tank. both my powerheads point slightly up towards the surface, and the protein skimmer return...

Hi all So I've been letting the hair algae grow a bit in my tank because i like the look and i've been planning on getting a lawnmower for a while, so i wanted to make sure he'd have enough to eat once he came. so I got one on saturday, acclimatized him nice and slow, released him into a...

yep i tried a peppermint shrimp before, i didn't see him munching on them though. He would hide under the rocks all day then as soon as he smelt the food coming he'd race out and snatch some food before a fish could. I'm guessing one day when i was gone my roommate forgot to feed em and...

So I had a few aiptasias hanging around before the summer so I got some aiptasia X and went through the tank every day for a week and killed any of them I could find. it was looking clear when I left a couple months ago, but as they started coming back my roommate tried using the stuff, and I'm...

Ah cool yes I use tap water conditioner/dechlorinater. Good to know, i'll keep up the RO since its cheap and post in a while if it makes a dif. 25% water change are you mad? corals would not be happy

Just started with the RO, but the tank is mostly full of tap water at this point.

Once a week, usually 5%, unless the chemicals are unusually bad, in which case i do 10. I just tested phosphate again and i didnt see the faintest bit of colour (0). That makes sense, if the algae are starved for phos they'll take it as soon as they can get it. Well he'll have a feast for...

So alot of locals around here say using tap water is fine and they've never had algae problems but I've been dealing with green coraline for too long now and want it to stop. I can't afford a RODI unit right now so I'm pursuing other options. Its cheap to get huge jugs of RO water from the...

yup. its like he's hit cold water, its shrunk and gotten harder. that's the analogy i've been using too :p

so its been like a month now and the toadstool still cant support itself. Everyone except lilfish said it would only last a few days. I would be alright with letting him come back on his own time but it was the home of one of my clowns, now he's bullied his way into the other clown's home in...

I have 2 tank-raised clowns, and i coulda swore they were mentally challenged for the first couple months, just swam near the surface in the same place next to their favorite rock. finally last month they figured out the soft corals feel good to swim against and one started hanging and...

I've got quite a bit of hair algae coming in, which i quite as long as it doesnt overun the place. That's why the next addition will be some kind of blenny. I know the old standy lawnmower eats the stuff but i was just wondering about other blennies that do the same. and obviously it needs to...

Hi all, I just found out my ph test was off, probably expired. so by that logic the rest of my old master kit is gone and i need to get a new one. i have newer reliable (nutrifin) tests for nitrates and phosphates, but the calcium one really sucks and i want another. so what i need in a test...

cool! the other day it looked all balooned up, like it wasnt expelling as quick as it drank. I have another powerhead in the mail in case he's not getting enough flow. It just seems odd that nothing in particular triggered it and he's acting completely different and not looking healthy at all.