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Thanks guys, Ill keep playing with it and see how it does. Is it possible that since all my fish are so small they just dont produce much waste?

I just tested my water and I'm pretty stoked. pH 8.0, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates 0! I have been seeing nitrates between 10 and 20 the past couple weeks and now they dropped to 0. Im seeing slight algae growth on both my sand and base rock, but the snails and hermits are keeping it down to...

Its an octopus bh-100f. I had it up and running for a few weeks before it sucked up a butterfly and I dropped it trying to get him out ( hence the "incredible" thread). Its been up and running for a couple hours now so Im sure it will need to break in again.

It did fill up once with very light tan water. The cup was probably way too low at that point, but it hasnt filled up since. I will try setting it up high and let it run its course and see what happens. I have 5 fish in the tank ut all are very small. Biggest is just over and inch. Also have a...

I know the exact height varies from skimmer to skimmer, but where do you guys like the level of the bubbles after putting the cup back in? Do you make it so the bubbles are around the middle of the overflow tube, up near the top so they can readily overflow, or down near the base? I havent got...

Well I repaired the skimmer. I used weld on to glue the broken piece back in place, as well as glued a patch piece of acrylic on the bottom. It holds water no problem and shows no sign of leakage or water intrusion between the 2 pieces. It has been going strong on the tank for an hour now (under...

The weld-on 16 seems like the ticket, I did some research and people have successfully repaired similar things with it. Im having a heck of a time finding out where to get it though. Their website doesnt list their distributors like most do. Anyone have any ideas where to look? I was thinking...

Cool, thanks for the help guys. Can anyone get me a brand name of acrylic cement and where to get it? Im not familiar with the stuff.

Well today started off just lovely. I get home from work at 830 and check the tank. My foureye butterfly is in the intake side of my skimmer:frustrat: How he managed that I have no idea. I proceeded to get the skimmer off the back of the tank and pour the water (and the houdini butterfly) back...

You are right about them being beautiful. They are very cool to see in the water but unfortunately they eat anything and everything that they can fit in their mouths.They are going to be a problem for many years to come and even though more people are being proactive about the problem by...

They are going much deeper than 200, one was recently spotted from a small submarine in 1000ft. off Nassau, Bahamas. Hopefully they do not make it up your way, Im nervous about what the reefs here are going to look like next year.

Gotcha. After going through the whole shipping thing Im sure it would be cheaper to buy them at a pet store then for me to send one out. Anyone that wanted one locally could just go out and catch one or pay a local kid a few bucks to do it.

You know I thought about the whole selling thing, but for this event they all needed to be dead on arrival. The organization that ran the derby does a lot of research and what not so all the fish we measured, weighed and probably dna tested and stuff....oh and filleted and fried:mrgreen: It...

We hit roughly 50 individual spots over a range of around 10 miles. We got them mostly off individual coral heads and rock piles. This year is the first year Ive seen them off of here, but we've been seeing them in the bahamas for the past 4 years or so. Unfortunately I think they are here to...

A few friends and I participated in a lionfish derby yesterday down here in the Keys. As some of you know, lionfish is a non-native species to our water and they are doing a pretty good job of wreaking havoc on our reefs. There were prizes for most lionfish, biggest, and smallest and although we...

The skimmer dd stop spewing bubbles today. Next time I will shut it down while doing a water change and see if that helps.

Yes I did leave it on. Next time I will turn it off while I do the change (if it isnt in a dumpster by then:mrgreen:).

No, reef octopus bh-100f.

Nope, only reverse osmosis water with the salt pre-mixed in. Im ready to smash this thing my fish are freaking out:pissedof:

This skimmer is really getting on my nerves. It finally started working alright without blowing millions of microbubbles into the tank about a week ago. I just did a 5 gallon water change and the damn thing is blowing so many bubbles the entire tank looks cloudy. Ive adjusted the air valve from...