Recent content by hart.thomas

the reason i want a sump is for the extra 15-20 gallons, the room to put all my equipment somewhere other than the tank, and water quality from the extra filtration.v i was just reading alot about a algae scrubber and it sounds like a great add on to a sump build. with my dimensions can i build...

yes, and idk what that is lol. im completely new to anything with a sump

hi the cabinet IS 11inches wide 14 1/2 inches deep and about 29 inches i want it to be 24" tall. i made a scetch of a sump i want to make can u guys tell me if it will work or if theres a better idea for this thanks...

im not good at waiting lol so i bought the own i posted before i saw your posts. hopefully its not to much. and can i really take my blue legged hermits out of the water? and would a 3 gallon with some rocks be good enough for 6 large hermits? also i purchased the package without the hermits...

thank you for that website. i found this option is it a good idea? it seems like alot to piut in a 39 gallon cube tank but it says its for a 37 gallon cube Quick Crew w/Hermits (37 Gallon ?Cube?)

ill have to look at that i wasnt sure where to get it. and i just learned my hermits can live outside the water? if so ill make a half water half land little tank for them and take them out of the tank. but what do i get?

hi so if anyone has seen my posts ive never really had very good luck with this. right now we have no fish we have like 6 BIG blue legged hermits about 5 times bigger than the tiny ones u buy at the store. and a coral banded shrimp that is maybe 2 or 3 inches long and thats it. we have a cyano...

thanks everyone for the suggestions. my girlfriend is very set on the clowns. so only 1 dwarf angel? i like the flame one and the bicolored and the coral beauty is one better than the others? i also want to get an urchin. and an anenome. im going to get rid of the condy anenome. whats the little...

Can I get the bicolored Angelfish and the coral beauty? We are for sure getting s black clown fish and an orange clown fish. And ya I'm sad but I have to get rid of the starfish.

Hi, some people might recognize me from all my questions. i recently had a large issue if a slimy algea and thought it was my crushed coral substrate so i took everything out and scooped out the crushed coral and added fine sand instead. there is a layer of whatever is one step up in size...

Thanks for the replies but our coral beauty just died and the girlfriend wants to dismantle the tank and get rid of the livestock. So I'm done for now it seems. But maybe I'll be able to try again. We have just had to many problems. Thanks for the help though

The ammonia was slightly up I think it was .25. The ph was 8.4 and nitrites and nitrates were at zero. And phosphates were at zero what can I do to remove the algae is the an invertebrate or chemical I can use?

I put flake food in the tank twice a day. Water source is tap water run through a Britain filter. I don't have the money to buy ro water every time I need to do a water change. Last time I checked the parameters everything was pretty much at zero. I'm going to do another test now and post the...

so my tank has been setup for a few months now and this algae has been growing for awhile. it has now basically taken over the tank and i dont know what to do. can someone please help

how long would i leave them in the bucket? and i was thinking about buying a big tote instead of a bucket.