Recent content by shawnth

Hello, I was wondering if anybody can help identify what this may be. I'm not sure exactly when it happened (it may been gradual) but my Midas Blenny started to have a dark spot on one side only (photo attached). It seems to be fine.. swims around normally and seems to have a healthy...

Thanks for the advice guys I feel better and will try this out.

Hi, I was wondering if I can get advice in the easiest way to turn live rock into dead rock ? The story is I bought a bunch of live rock (33 lbs) from auction on the cheap and during delivery because the guy didn't pack the rock properly it arrived with all the water drained and rocks...

I meant to say I ordered 15 kg more of live rock from auction. Unfortunately the delivery man just brought it over and due to poor packing all the water ran out and the rock arrived completely dried up so I've had it resent back to sender. Its too bad it would've been a great deal for the...

Okay since both of you say so (I have no clue from where I got this idea at this point).. so I've moved the heater to the sump and it looks much better. I got delivery of an emerald crab and some snails, it was nice to see the crab immediately start to go to town on the rocks. Not so nice...

Hi thanks for the feedback. By base rock I guess that's the same thing as dry rock ? Given how expensive live rock is I've looked around but looks like its a foreign concept here where I live (Japan) as no online stores carry it and the actual physical stores I've visited don't carry it. Only...

It's been around 6 weeks since I've started setting up my aquarium, given this is the first time I'm setting up a tank I figured this would be a good place to post my progress. I doubt it'll be too interesting to follow as I'm a beginner and will be buying really the basic stuff but if you see...

Thanks a lot guys, I'll give this a try once my tank finishes cycling.. still a few weeks more it seems.

Civicdemon, i'm sure a dumb question but what is the sponge in your sump drawing for ?

Something like the following (attached drawing)

Ah I forgot I need a light (duh). The compartment A in my drawing is a box that can be removed... I'm thinking maybe then. - Get rid of compartment A, extend the overflow pipe into compartment B. - But a filter sock on the overflow pipe (given I would no longer have a filter mat). - Place...