Recent content by chez

i plan i getting on of those vortech's the MP40...by the way this site is great and all of you guys are also. i feel like i hired my own reef mentors everytime i have a question someone on this site has the answer or great advice. wish i knew about thi the frist time i tried doing this. well...

i do have two tunnzes in the tank for extra in tank movement.

My return pump is a sequence hammerhead rated at 5500gph. My question is how do I figure out the turnover rate of the tank? Do I take the size (300gal) of the tank and divide it by 5500? This tells me that the water in the tank gets cycled through 18 times ever hour if my math is correct. Is...

Question? Has anyone heard of a product called “reef pods”? Well I was told that this is good to seed your refugium, will help grow copepods…then I was told to just pour some DT’s plankton in there and that will do it better. Needless to say I did them both so I guess I’ll see and will update...

So let me make sure I understand...it's not the watts I should be concerned about, it’s the power that is being consumed that is the problem. So a whole unit may seem to be more efficient simply because it’s all in one but the truth is that it may use more power because of the ballast is working...

good point!!

Should I add miracle mud in the refug of a tank that is cycling? Will it help the tank in the cycling process?

Right now I have 2 250w mh and 4 pc retro's but i want to add t5 ho...thinking about like 16 total on the sides and inbetween the mh for more lighting without all the heat. So I hope...

Will the coralline algae grow with just 3 65w power compacts on them? I dont want to put on the 250w mh yet...trying to save energy.

I just wanted to show my new tank, and tell about the great deal I got on 300 plus lbs of liverock for only $100.00. I didn’t belive it either until I went to pick it up, and he didn’t ask for any more money. The best part is that there is no aptasia on any of it, some of the coralline algae...

Scripps pier in La Jolla not sure of the address just google map it.

Well I boiled all the rock that I saw had aptasia which was just about all of it. I do have about 80lbs that I didn’t and it does have all that good stuff, and I have it all in the same tank. I am going to buy more liverock either from my LFS or on line. This should add all that good bacteria...