Recent content by trc1299

sen5241b, i checked for copper yesterday, twice, and had a zero reading both times, and I have checked for the stray voltage and have nothing to ground. i have looked at the Drip method, and i am probably going to try that for my next invert

Little, you are right about that Damsel, it nips at just about everything I put in the tank, and won't stop, the tang is currently about 1" long, how long do I have until I need a larger tank? I have 2 fire fish, what else is easy ( or so) to keep that isn't a pain to other fish?

both the same, using the floating bag style, the second one lasted longer than the first but died in about 5 min... i bought a blue tang yesterday, my yellow tailed blue damsel is a pain in the butt

Reef builder from Seachem (carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride and sulfate salts of sodium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and potassium) Reef Buffer from Seachem (nothing listed) I used about 2/3 of a 250g bottle and stopped adding when I didn't have the desired results. Buffer will bring the...

THanks, I had used some bottled spring water from the local grocery, but I won't make that mistake again.

update, tested the Mg at 1120ppm

The entire tank, and assembly is/was new, from lights to base, kind of a package deal, i did clean out the tank with some tap water, but that was it, rinsed the crushed coral, (but not the live crushed coral) i have taken the water over to be tested, and i just keep getting "ideas" about the...

ok, after reading a bit of this forum, i am in over my head, but here it goes... I had a 35 gallon octagon tank with a cleaner shrimp, yellow tail damsel, and 2 fire fish, i did damn near nothing to the tank and it ran fine ( I thought). well I got a new 60 gallon cube, bought from a local fish...