Recent content by kevvin27

Is it better to have the lights on the scrubber turned on when the lights on the tank are off or does it matter?

Hey SM, I've been having trouble with my scrubber since I installed it in my new tank about 6 months ago. I took the screens off of my old tank and they were pretty old and starting to grow more red turf than green hair. I read somewhere that the redish brown algea will grow on older screens so...

I usually feed mine 2 or 3 times a day but what's your setup like and how long has it been going for?

I feel bad for posting this link because you already have so much to read, but it's for a thread about algea scrubbers which can be used in conjunction with skimmers and all that other expensive equipment or by itself... Yeah, I'm a little biased towards them because they are cheap and imo work...

I have a green bta right now that I've had for almost a year I think. It started out in a 28 gallon and only moved a bit when I first put it in the tank. Since it's been in my 33 gallon it's moved about 5 inches in total but only from one side of the rock it started on to the other and that was...

I thought the bulbs were supposed to be 2700 k to 3000k?? If this is wrong could it be the likely cause of brownish yellow algea growing or is that more likely to be a lack of iron?

I started out with aquaticlife mini skimmer on my 28 gallon. I thought it was ok but what bothered me about it was the amount of noise it produced,even after breaking in, and it put a lot of micro bubbles in the tank. It was the only skimmer I ever owned so I don't have anything to compair it...

I had cyano for a couple months about a year and half ago and the only advice I got was to point a power head at it and reduce feeding to minimal amounts. That still didn't help and I was having to suck it off of my corals daily which was a losing battle. Finally I went to the lfs and got a...

They reproduce by splitting like that. I'm no anemone expert but I'm pretty sure they are happy and healthy when they divide. I have a green bubble and about 3 weeks ago I accidentally tore mine in half when I was moving rocks around. Luckily both pieces of it survived and are looking really...

That's what I thought it looked like but I wasn't sure so I thought I would ask. Thanks.

Awesome tank man, I'm planning on doing something very similar, overflow/scrubber wise, with a 35 g in a few weeks. How do you remove the algea screen for cleaning?

I actually didn't buy them. When I got my first pieces of live rock there was one that started to grow and now it's multiplied to 4. They used be a nice bright green and had a few small white spots but it's only been in the last couple weeks that they got this bad. And no I haven't moved them...

Has anyone ever seen this on button polyps before? The parameters got out of hand for a couple weeks and there was a bit of a hair algea bloom. I've just gotten that cleared up and also the lights were old so I just replaced the bulbs yesterday. Could one of those have been the problem or is it...

Sorry for changing the subject. I should also add that I have a 28 g with 3 small green chromis, 2 medium sized oc. clowns and an eyebar sifter goby (2-3") and they have all been healthy and free of any diseases or parasites for over a year now. Going to be upgrading to a 40g tank soon though.

Is your mandarin living off pods only or does it eat food you put in the tank?