RandyC's latest activity

Thanks. I think I'm good for now.

If I grow them to adults, I'll prolly feed and gut load them with spirulina powder. Plus I have this on hand from other fish "projects".

Oh and if you're close (Castro Valley) and want to pick some up, I have too much, feel free to bring a jar and grab some. Today would be...

I just started hatching brine shrimp for wrasses and copperband in QT. They are actually really easy to hatch. It's so easy to do, I'll...

Yeah, I never bother heating water and haven't for years.

I wouldn’t let heating water stop you. I used to do 100 gal at a time on my system of 360 gal and would lose 3-4 degrees. No big deal...

:D Strainer didn't even work...more reason to get rid of it. Need to make your weir width smaller it sounds like too.

Yeah, I'd just remove the strainer....extra work for not much gain...no bueno.

Just curious as to why you use a strainer for your main drain pipe. Are snails and fish getting through you weir? Even if they did get...

Purely space..things are starting to get cramped under the tank. I underestimated how much room I need for maintenance. Opening and...

Any particular reason you chose to have the reactor outside vs. inside?

A few updates... With the weather warming, Temps got to the point where opening a window wasn't enough and we got the AC going. Shortly...

Add a float switch to turn off skimmer if the 5 gallon bucket fills up.

If you have a trident that strategy will work. Also, a pH probe will alert you faster as it measuring in almost real time vs trident...

You know, after all these years and reefing, somehow I've never come across this. There are actually anemones that can swim. Man, could...