Recent content by ReelNorth

With the emperor & Koran, definitely either/or. Not sure on the snowflake either. As I research more and more about eels, they use up a disproportionate level of the available bio load. I do really like the tangs, like the blonde naso, powder blue and sailfin. triggers are the picasso...

Tank is NOT setup yet. I am getting it drilled in the next week or so, and then Putting in 150 lbs of dry Marco rock with 30-50 lbs live rock. i will feed it to cycle (dead shrimp), and spread the algae to the new dry rocks. I will then get the sump going after the main tank has cycled. Sump...

Maybe list: picasso trigger or blue throat Nasso tang snowflake eel Koran Angel Longnose Hawk Foxface Emperor Angel sailfin tang

cant say I love puffers (yet lol) So I guess I could do a humuhumu, blue throat, or whatever triggers, I guess as long it isnt a queen trigger (I know they are monsters) Thanks for the reply

Ok, I am going to start with fish only, which was my original plan anyway. I would very much like to get a humuhumu (picasso) trigger - they are by far my fave of any fish. I had a question about compatible fish with him. I also like the butterfly fish with the long dorsal. Of course I also...

so what are you saying? Clean it really really well>? Thanks

I am converting my 75 gallon tank into a sump. I was thinking today that I have dosed it with malachyte blue for some ich I had (freshwater) Can I still use the tank as a sump for my 220 reef?

Going to be moving the africans over to the 75 gallon tomorrow so I can drain the 220. Then I need the guy to come in and drill it. I will do the overflows and all that. In a couple weeks, I will get the RO machine and some salt, so I can get the tank some water, and then i will get about 100...

great article! QT time is 4 weeks minimum, or not even worth doing

this one? Super Reef Octopus Space Saver Skimmer With Bubble Blaster Pump 300 Gallon

Thats what I thought. I think the whole trick to not totally screwing up a reef tank is a billion questions. I called the local distributor for the marcorock today and I think i saved another couple hundred. Going to do the sump this week or next likely to make it all seem more real I want...

sweet. by doing the sump myself, and not using all live rock, and if I get away with 500 or so for a skimmer, I saved 1500 bucks today. You guys are awesome. I have almost all my big malawi haps sold off. Next goes 2 of the canisters, I will keep one and dump the media into the sump as a...

So for a 220 I would go up one size to one good for a 300 gallon? Looks like it really works Do you use an outside airpump for those? Like one to run sponge filters in freshwater tanks?

Ok UPDATE Went to the LFS today again, anf got some more pricing. Im going to buy a lot locally, because then I have someone to cry on when i mess it up lol (you all are helping alot) I will be building my own sump with fuge (75 gallon) to save me about 250 dollars (after the glass is in as...

I found a shop that will do it for 25 bucks a hole, sounds reasonable to me. I will get the plumbing and ball valves from them. They have skimmers also that run upwards of a grand, but I think something in the 700 range would do, right?