Recent content by Arvin R

Wife and little one are more than welcome to come along if she decides to!

I would not even buy a new red sea after seeing clients and friends/club members deal with leaks. @L/B Block in my personal opinion I don't think this is true. Many of the leaks I've cleaned up were first owners with the tank professionally installed. The latest had a pinhole leak right...

Nutrients definitely are not the contributing factor to the fish dying. My nitrates have been 170+ppm and phos have been over 2.5ppm (no I did not mess up the decimal place) and all fish were fine.

Let me know when you're ready for a frag. I was growing a fairly large piece and pulled a stupid and dropped it while I was transferring it to a new frag tile. So now I have a lot of it to give out. Most a multi branch and still a few inches long. It grows really well for me under LED/T5.

I would definitely agree that over feeding seems to be the main issue here. Take the auto feeder offline (or tune it to drop the right amount of food but make sure to monitor it closely ans observe a few feedings after making the change). That along with staying on top of water changes and you...

Thanks! Hopefully sometime within the next year I can gain some functionality back. My display tank is suffering a lot due to this. Frag tanks are cruising along nicely luckily.

Thanks. Herniated S1/L5 from a car accident back in Oct of 2024. Been a lot of ups and down with recovery. No sciatica anymore thankfully but still a lot of lower back weakness and pain.

I had to stop taking new clients for maintenance at this time due to back problems unfortunately.

Floating front glass is not a bad design in itself. My Lee Mar which has probably been wet for around 15-20 years is floating front panel. I do very much dislike red sea stands and have a feeling that may be part of the issue as they are unevenly supporting the bottom of the tank and can cause...

I've got some red monti and some blue/purple stylo for ya for free if you can make it out to Castro Valley.

Sorry for the late announcement everyone but Kay's Coral Cove will be there to support this frag swap tomorrow! We'll have our frag swap special for anyone needing corals to join in on round 1 picking. 3 pack for $50. I'll be back later today with a preview video if anyone wants to cherry pick...

We'll be there and will have our frag swap specials of 3 corals for $50 for those who want to purchase corals for the swap! Sorry to hear. Get some rest and heal up!

Yup!

What type of coral is he looking to keep in the classroom tank? How experienced are they at keeping coral/maintaining a tank? I have some coral I could donate if you or they can make it up to Castro Valley one time!