Recent content by dirtydrew

well i do have a couple of corals in there now. So should i start testing for those? where can i find what the test results should be at for a reef system? i have always went and had my water tested at a shop and they just tell me what to do and left me pretty blind on what was going on.

im pretty new to reefing and have been told a lot of different things about water testing parameters.now what should i be testing in all and what are all of there parameters? i have been testing PH, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, and salinity. i plan on keeping mainly softies ,but a little of...

i just have a few little areas about half the size of a finger nail. it was there when i got the rock. the rock was from another tank. i tried killing it by scrubbing and curing it but it stayed. i do my water changes, use rodi water, water level are all up to par, i have all of the equipment...

i cannot remove any of my rock. i have a little bit of green hair algae. what is the best way to i of this?

i have a 45 gallon 24" deep reef hex tank. i have the rock in the center of the tank going straight up. now i will be putting 24" 24 watt t5 lights in and want to know how any lights i should put for a full reef tank with all types of corals? thanks

ok so you got me on t5hos.so how many lights should i go for? there going to be 24" long and 24watts per bulb in a 45 gallon hex tank. i want to be able to put all corals in my tank. do you have any recomened brands of bulbs, light bulb configs" all 50/50, half actinic etc." and different brand...

Why t5s over pcs?I inly have 24"s of bulb space and need the wattage for a full reef tank. Thanks

I have a 45 gallon reef hex tank. i am going to be running 6 55watt pc lights giving me a 7.3 watts per gallon. i have a ice cap ballast what will run 4 lights and another ballast which runs the other 2. now I will be building the ice cap and want to know is there a difference between square pin...

they get dirty and "basicly" you cannot clean them, but check out the diy articles on the net and people are oppening them up and cleaning them by making a door. pretty cool articles out there

ha ha ya i know but i was bored and i thought it would be good for future reference

go buy a rod of acrylic about 3/8s or whatever size u feel would work cut them a few inches long and use them as dowels

ha ha ha! that would be a sight to see, 80 fish in a 55 gallon saltwater tank! I would never even think about that in a saltwater system.

My name is Andrew and this is my first saltwater tank. I have basically have always had a tank of some size and just kept stepping it up. I got pretty big into fresh planted tanks until my 55 gallons tank co2 regulator busted in the middle of the night and killed all 80 fish and shrimp...