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before you big money on a sweet skimmer, or small money on a crappy skimmer, i would let your tank mature and get to know it a little. if you are testing weekly you should have a good handle on it after a few months. nitrates can be handled easily with water changes...if you are constantly...

thats how i rolled when i moved across town. only problem i see is a mention of trying to move a 10g container...very heavy, i would stick to 5 gallon buckets.

Dude! I think you are so right on, I think this tank was used for freshwater and this may have part of an undergravel system. Thanks for the idea of a closed loop I will have to mull on this. Sorry no pics, they have no bulkheads (although I haven't gone through the accompanying. Bag o crap)...

Hey guys, sorry if this has been discussed already, the search feature doesn't work (on my phone) and I looked a few pages through the archives but didn't find what I'm looking for. I recently inherited.a 150g acrylic tank with two holes drilled in the bottom, one on each side about midway...

if your tank has only been up since February i suggest the no anemome to stand any chance your tank needs to be mature, at least old, before attempting even an easy neme like a BTA

how long ago did you add water, and substrate? did you mix water before hand or in the tank? i dont see it taking more than 24 hours to clear up most of the way after your done messing around with it.

ah, thanks biff. anyway to get the part left on the rock to go away? i would like to keep the colony from spreading all over. i knew xenia would do this. i am prepared to do whats necessary to keep it under control but i dont know how short of removing the rock its on. which i mentioned is not...

it will take a week or two of adjusting before you find the sweet spot. once you add fish it might need to be adjusted too. just check it once a day before you figure it out to make sure you dont set it too low and it overflows.

How can i detach xinia from rock? i want to frag some to trade and the rock it grows on is large and part of the display so removing it is not really an option. i would like to remoce like half the colony, maybe 3 square inches, and try to get it to stick to a smaller rock to trade. i was think...

I have an octo HOB skimmer. ive had it for 2 years, and i rip it out and clean once a year. i did this about 2 weeks ago and since then it blows micro bubbles. if i unplug it and let it sit for a while it will not blow bubbles for 2 days but then will start again. its got 3 chambers, the...

came home yesterday to an empty cup, woohoo. so I'm looking around where is the neme? oh I see the plate coral found another snack (see my other thread for that one), oh wait there's snacks all over, where did all this tissue come from? where's my anenome? shredded to bits. I don't understand...

Heartless pigs. yesterday I came home to find a piece of my anenome in his mouth (see the other thread for that story). I'm surprised he hasn't taken a huge dump with all the glut this week. maybe he has a tapeworm.

when I got home from work the other day I saw my plate coral was all bunched up, instead of being flat he looked like a volcano. I thought that was weird but didn't really worry cause he does weird things all the time. later on after the lights were out I went around with the flashlight just to...

So I finally felt comfortable enough to get an anenome. picked a nice one out at the LFS, aclimated it for about 4 hours. and when it was time to move it to the DT I took the little cup that I used in my acclimation because I didnt want to touch the thing, plus this is how ive introduced just...

you try to start it and mess up, you need to empty out any water that did make it into the tube. otherwise it either won't work the second time or you will get a mouthful. I like yore idea, I even jam the tube over the outlet of my old maxijet. I do the same in reverse to pump my water change...

I'm having some people come over tomorrow to repair my ceiling. drywall, insulation, asbestos, and paint. the spot is less than 10 feet away from my tank. I'm thinking a plastic sheet and beach towel draped over the top. any suggestions? should I be freaking out?

thanks guys not bad for $10 huh?

sorry it took so long, and my iphone camera sucks.

so I got a small favia frag on a plug. LFS guy told me it grows it's own skeleton and I can just stick the plug right into the sand. should I follow his advice? glue it to live rock? put it next to live rock? thanks guys, I promise picks when I get home

I tried to introduce a new clown to my older clown and things did not go well! she tried to eat him! so i thrrew him back ito his Q-tank for a few days. then i bought a fishfry net and let him camp out in that in the DT for two days and when I let him out all was well! first pic is right...