Recent content by Darren&Candace

Hello All, Was just wondering if someone out there could give a little advice. Recently bought a used classic recirculating skimmer (i think a 3000) and am having some issues with it - maybe .... first off it's in about 9" of water which makes the water return valve about 4 or 5" above water...

it is kinda sounding like it may well be hlle ... and now im trying to find cures .... is looking like everything else under the sea ... not so easy to fix I think!!

hello all, hoping that I can get some ideas on what we might have going on in our tank. We woke up this morning and after looking at our regal, he has black spots on his face - only his face .... I could draw a line from the edge of his mouth to the bottom of his eye and all of the dots are...

i'll try to get some pics on in a bit here indeed!! .... I'm just worried that if it is being sheltered too much by the mantle of the big clam that it won't get what it needs ... or that it will grow a little too much and not be able to open enough being wedged in the flutes of the big clam ...

hello all ..... so a couple months ago we bought ourselves a couple beautiful squamosa clams, and even when we got it, we noticed a little growth kinda thing between 2 of the flutes on the outside, now as time has passed this thing has grown and is about an inch long, and about 3/8" of an inch...

pics for sure ... I will try to get some good ones and figure out how to upload them again ... thanks for the words of wisdom!!

hello all, so our new additions arrived yesterday, and they are the cutest little babies ever!! only about an 1 1/4" long they are so cute mixed in with the tangs!! everyone gets along great which we are so happy for!! ..... a couple of questions though in regards to little creatures .... we...

so upon a trip to the lfs we were suggested to use something called 'medic' from polyplab ... for some help with the ich ... their word & and polyplab website both say its 100% reef safe and no harm to inverts or clams .... anyone had any experience with this product?? does work a little or...

thanks steve, ...... but wont the stress of moving a new fish into the tank ensure that it rears its ugly head?? or it can still be hit and miss ??

i'm sure some of you out there have some great advice to give me on this one ...... we have a Desjardin sailfin tang and a regal tang ..... the regal has ich spots on it and the other doesn't. We were told once that as long as he keeps eating (which he does very well!!) that he will be fine and...

thanks all for the great ideas ..... will do a little more research before we decide which to start with ... there are sooooooo many colors ..... is kinda like landscaping a backyard, hard to tell where to start!!! thanks all!!

hello all, so we're thinking that perhaps its time to start adding coral to our tank .... wondering if you people here have suggestions as to some hardiest of kinds to start with .... easy to transplant .. . easy to care for ... but still look beautiful .... also maybe some suggestions of ones...

Thanks Steve, He eats fantastic, kinda like a 16 year old boy at buffet world!! ... Will keep an eye on him and fingers crossed.

hello all, since our issue with the 2 cardinals, we have gotten a Desjardin sailfin tang & a Regal tang and they are enjoying life like they have no cares in the world!! In addition to that, our LFS got in a few, very few, Maximus clams - so we picked one of those up. Maybe different where you...

hello all, just wondering if I could get a little skimmer advice. we have a diablo skimmer that if I run on the 3rd speed setting it seems to bubble nice and, makes the beautiful skummy slime it supposed to and in general work the way I think it should. if I turn it up to the 4th speed, after...