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I run an coral life 29 bio cube as a "planted" sea horse tank utilizing live rock.. various macro algae as the main filter.. I removed the bio balls...
Fire up the grill...plop on a nice juicy steak.. grab a cold beer and stay off face book.. all will be right with the world..
I just completed my first year of keeping a reef tank( after 40+ years of fresh water fish keeping).. in October, I started dosing kalk after my...
I agree with the others on the ramp cycle...it's defiantly less stressful to the tank and it took the fish week or so to get used to it... as it...
O.K.... seeing I/we didn't want to hijack Todds "what have you done for your set up today " thread, it was suggested that I start my own about my...
Per your recommendation.. I moved the coral under a ledge I reconfigured and repositioned power heads to supply a little better flow to that specific...
you bet my friend...
because.. My tank lighting is moderate... the front lights consist of 2 t-5 strips.... the rear one is a 4' 2 bulb stip with a LED strip behind...
I know...like I said...I've done my homework...
Glad I'm not the only one to tinker ...non stop...funny , I never play ( or have played) with my fresh water set ups.. never saw the need... I added...
This is important.... until you get your nutrients under control that algae is your friend... by killing the algae, you not only remove a biological...
rebuilt my sump ( revision #4) added my Kalwasser reactor ( I've had it for 6 months).. added new switch set up for my ATO, high and low level...
vacuumed the sand.. scrubbed excess GHA off of the back side of the rock and cleaned the overflow ....did a 20-% water change.. cleaned the sock...
one thing I haven't seen discussed is hose size.... if your hose leaving the overflow is too small, you will have a back up and have trouble...
Vacuumed the substrate ( first time since the tank swap).. scrubbed a little GHA off the rocks and from inside the overflow... blasted the rocks with...
I'm fairly new to reefs but from my studies, it seemed like 78 -80 was the preferred temps for most of what I have seen, thus I have been striving...
The swap worked out perfectly.. it took my wife and I ...7 hours from initiation until the toast with an adult beverage .... I cranked the heat in...
you need to have a vision of what you want to create.. as amethyst said, create caves and over hangs for you fish.. but keep your platforms stable...
she was about 1.5" 5 months ago.. she's close to double that now... as much as a bully as she can be ( mostly if someone enters her cave or tries to...
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