Recent content by Gdbyrd

For koralia pumps, how would you do that?

My dad bought one of these from a LFS...they actually charged him for it. I wasn't there to stop it from happening. After he broke down his tank he gave me all his rock, so that one star fish found his way into my tank. After 2 years I started seeing a few here and there. One night I...

So now that I'm putting together my first large tank, with adequate lighting(cebu sun by hamilton), I realized I've really taken a liking to my clownfish. I picked up two ORA Black Snowflake clowns, and there's nothing I'd like to see more than them diving into a healthy nem. But I know very...

Working extra to scramble some money together for this tank so I just got a chance to dump some shrimp in there last night. How long should it take for ammonia to be visible on a test kit? Just wondering when I should start testing and when it'd be considered clear if I didn't see any...

Rechecked today. Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0. I still have to acquire a skimmer and figure out a way to mount my lights. But I think it didnt cycle. Ill check again in a week or so when my stuff comes in the mail. Weird though isn't it?

Very cool, didn't know that.

How much water are you changing out? Not sure if it'd be better or worse in your circumstance..but when my nitrates were elevated I'd do daily water changes...maybe doing it twice a week or three times a week would keep your water cleaner...you'd just have to make sure salinity was exact and...

I'm looking real seriously at the RLSS R8-i right now. It has really good reviews from everyone that's owned one.

I don't anymore. I didn't have a seperate pump for it but I had it next to a large powerhead, figure it got some water movement there. I removed it because it was an eyesore. If I didnt' have a HOB skimmer already or had more room in the back, I'd have used a HOB refugium and been done with...

I'd really be comfortable in the 4-600$ range.

There are so many options and I really don't know where to start. I liked the EM300 but can't find it in stock anywhere. The SWC200 extreme looked great at first, but then I started reading reviews about the noise factor. There are the SROs too... I have a 150g tank with a 30g sump. I...

Ok. Scratch the zeovit system. It's going to take up way too much real estate. So I have an 11x12 area to contain a skimmer, slightly bigger may work as the refugium is suspended above the bottom area. So there's more base room. I'm looking at the EM300 by aquamaxx and the SRO2000-3000...

I found a bucket of rock in my garage I apparently missed. It smells to high heaven. Added that and some food(didnt have any shrimp) ill check it again in a week and see how things look.

Good call. Ill give it a go see what happens.

Thanks Dennis that makes perfect sense. How long do you think I should wait and should I start with CuC as is usual? I'm in no real hurry, I was just expecting it to be awhile.