Search results

Sharp looking tank. The plumbing looks clean too.

I have a 200 Gallon tank. It has been set up for over 5 years and is pretty stable. But in my 20+ years of experience I have never had a tank reach and maintain any sort of equilibrium. Maybe I suck? One must always be open to that 8-) Vincent...in my reef keeping experience, it is not that...

I used an automatic dosing system for years and recently switched to manual dosing. I had a few problems with the automatic system that turned me off: 1) Constant adjusting of the flow/dosing rate. This was really annoying. In my experience two things would happen. First the needs of the...

what do you use for lights? I had been trying to raise pods with a similar set up except useing no lights. I just kept the tank in a window. it didn't work out so well.

Can you show us your Pod and Amphipod set up? I have struggled with culturing myself.

Rather than waterproofing the room, I would make it a priority to be sure there is good drainage in the room/closet. If a catastrophe happens the waterproofing will fail and it doesn't really matter how you do it. Even in the case of a minor mishap (10-20 gallons) the most important thing is...

Took you guys advice and put a larger pump on the system. - EHEIM Compact+ Pump 3000 So now I'm pushing 792 Gallons per hour instead of 528 Pellets are tumbling nicely!

reef keeping is a mysterious and frustrating hobby 8-)

How long had the shrimp been in the tank?

You may have a point @mediumrare. I think the NextReef reactor is good but there are better and more expensive ones out there. The pump is also not overly powerful and might need upgrading. Jonmos75, thx for the pellet tip. I'll look into switching. The thing that has me scratching my head...

So I am having trouble with my bio pellets. When I first put them in they tumbled in the Media Reactor very nicely. But over time they seem to get gummed up. Steadily they tumble less and less until now they can hardly be seen to tumble at all. The water is moving through the reactor same as...

Bad picture but good growth. I'll get a better camera next time. And better lights

Nice Growth! Any chance you could give us tank shot and show where you are positioning the frag?

Thanks....Sunny Bird was awesome, my whole family still misses him. So friendly and sweet. He died about a year ago. You'd be amazed at how good they taste ;-)

Interesting stuff. Yea I'm not really to solve any problem by doing a lot of water changes. Like I said the parameters are all good and things are mostly growing well. I have an auto-dosing system for Calcium, Magnesium and Alkalinity...and I hand dose Iodine and Amino Acids and Reef Builder...

It seems that many people do just a 10% water change weekly. I do 20% change weekly. Sometimes I'll throw an extra water change in if I'm feeling motivated. I use home made RO/DI and Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. This schedule and amount is working well for me but sometimes I wonder if I am...

I can see you this Saturday at Ca Reef Co. What is a good time for you?

I am in...paypal sent

Sounds very analogous to my tank set up. Any chance you can post a screenshot of your color selection? Or do the Gen2 work like that?

Thanks Blu, that is interesting. I am poking through the Hydra Settings thread Hilgert started in 2013 right now. Its 105 pages long so its going to take some time but by page 5 folks seem to have the UV scaled back a bit.