Recent content by mach1ray

Well folks, I have had great results since taking the advise offered. I took all the media out of the canister and now use it for a bit more water volume and water movement. On days I do water changes (now doing them weekly) I put in the sponge media only to clear the cloudiness and then take...

After some debate and research I decided to go with the Reef Octopus 2000 hub skimmer. Nice unit. The one i have just isnt cutting it and as of late has baad reviews.

Leaning towards the reef octopus. Any other suggestions?

I have a 75 gal tank and prefer not to employ a sump, so what do you all recommend? I've looked at: Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Blue Hang-On Skimmer AquaC Nano Remora Protein Skimmer with Maxi-Jet 900 Pump Eshopps Hang On Tank Protein Skimmer

I need to try that bottle trick. I have a greedy tomato clown. I can see him now banging against the bottle lol

I'm with Bees, let them grow!

Will do Adam. Thank you all for your input. Gonna have to fight the urge to buy any new coral now until I find my dream home

Only thing I'd be taking with me is about 8 pcs of coral, 4 fish and as much of the cleaning crew as I can bag. Not too much of an inventory. The live rock (in a cooler), tank and stand will be sent with the movers. Substrate will be purchased in FL. Sounds as though freight was the way to go...

Wow, that sucks. Guess I will have to part with them. My problem is I will only be at the new address a few months while house hunting which means breaking everything down again a few months later. Might as well setup fresh after house hunting. Too bad. Any one interested in some coral?

So 3 hours bagged will be that devastating? How do the lfs and internet vendors do it?

Good catch Sarah. He said due to the livestock he has to feed more frequently. He made it sound as though we should be swapping out our substrate every now and then.

Its that I am attached to my livestock and would rather do the freight as Dennis says. Ok I take that route and when I get to my new place I should not dump any of the old water into the temp tank right? What other steps should I follow? Thanks Dennis! I intend to fly southwest to Tampa.

I've had my substrate in my tank for years now. Never changed it but have added small portions at a time due to syphoning during water changes. I've read on another forum of a guy that changes 20% of his sand every 6 to 8 weeks as a way of reducing phosphate. He uses dry sand as phosphate is...

I will be moving to FL start of next year and instead of sending my live stock via FEDEX or with the movers, I thought why not check it in on my same flight? My thought is, prep a substitute tank in the new place about 1 month prior to the move. The day of the move, pack my live rock...

Did a search and couldnt find it. Must've been pulled just as fast as it was put on the shelves.