Recent content by Captain Ron

Are you still having this problem? If so here is how I cured the same problem in my tank. I would recommend doing as many of these steps as possible 1. water changes of 15 to 20% *WEEKLY* 2. adjust your skimmer so that the skimmer cup fills at least half way up every 2 to 3 days. (it may be...

Sounds like you are doing everything right. Assuming the canister isn't causing any problems, you are cleaning it weekly after all, then the only think i can think of other than the passage of time is adding a skimmer. If you add a skimmer I would try and adjust it so it at least fills half the...

I'm not sure how large a pinch is, or what food you are using, and unfortunately I'm not an expert on coral feeding (I usually don't directly feed mine at all), but if you are feeding your corals daily then you may be feeding them a lot more than necessary and it could definitely be contributing...

Wow! That tank is awesome at algae growing. What, how much, and how often are you feeding?

Sounds like your water change and canister cleaning schedule is good. Some things I can think of: Blasting the rocks: Also even if you aren't over-feeding now, the rocks could be releasing phosphate now into the water that they have been accumulating in the past. If so this will continue for...

Sure no problem. So if I understand: 24 gallon tank. No nutrient export (out of the tank) other than water changes? Any skimmers, sumps, canisters, filters, or anything else attached to the tank? What is your water change amount and schedule now? Livestock: 1 clown, 1 blenny, 1 urchin, 2...

I can't give any advice on feeding, but as for nipping something in the bud before it gets worse, I highly recommend water changes. I'm not sure how many or how much water you may be doing but if algae has started increasing I would consider doing a 20% water change weekly. I would also suggest...

Okay I haven't been on in years, but I have started (inherited) my 2nd tank (90 gallon) last year, so I'll take a stab at this. I know it's been a month, so if you are still here and still have a tank set up, could you post a brief status report on where you are at with the tank?

Thanks for the reply. The tank has been moved now and I re-used the stand. Everything seemed fine as far as I could tell when I looked over the stand after the tank had been moved off of it. I guess time will tell.

In a few days I am planning on purchasing a neighbor's 90 gallon setup (fish, rocks, coral, sump, equipment, the whole running system) and get it moved a few doors down to my place. The person I am purchasing the setup from says that the stand is 2 years old and he "Thompson waterproofed it" and...

Thanks for the responses. I have a homemade LED light fixture consisting of 24 cree 3watt LEDs, I think 14 blue and 10 white run off a typhoon controller at about 70% mounted 2 to 3 inches off the water (no lenses to focus the light) and my water is 22 inches deep. I wish I had a light meter and...

A few months ago I purchased a 1" diameter yellow plate coral and put him on the sand bed. For the first few weeks or so he looked fine, but then he started not puffing up much (looked more like colored bone than fleshy coral). I went away for 2 weeks and left the fish auto feeder dropping some...

Thank you for the advice. Its been 1 day and my corals look fine. I figured Alk swings were worse so I had the Alk doser on the Neptune Apex and the Calc on a cheap timer (ran out of outlets. probably going to pony up for an EB8 now). I did add a little baking soda water yesterday. I just...

I noticed tonight that my timer was stuck on and overdosed calc into my 37 gallon reef tank. I estimate about 10oz of ESV calc solution ended up being added. I last measured Calc and Alk 2 days ago and they were 9.7 (before I added about 1/2 tsp of baking soda to raise it) and 400 for the calc...

Thanks for the info. Glad to know it is normal. I measured today and am now 8.75 and 415 with my magnesium around 1320. I think I will wait a day or two and then measure and dose 7.5ml again (or maybe 5ml) as I am just starting to figure out what to dial in.