Recent content by apples

I would stop the water changes. And if possible wipe the algae out of the tank instead of swirling it around in the tank. It might be time to add a ro/di unit to your setup. Your make-up water and change water shouldn't have too many silicates (very popular to add to faucet water). Or you...

Sorry, this is just my opinion, but, I think your trying to squeeze too much into a small space. You will have to have the lights a minimum of about 8 inches off of the water surface. If you don't have a cover for the lights or a lid, maybe even more. I small splash can cause your lights to...

Cool, its exactly the kind of opinions I'm looking for. I don't know where, but I did read somewhere that silica sand is ok to use, I know that soft bodied animals won't like it, but I only want to use it on the bottom half of my sand bed. I have enought sand now to coat the new tank with...

Um,I think your talking about a sixty long right? Four feet long. I think this tank is too shallow to add anything more than 175's. I am running two 175's and 2 110 vho's and that is plenty of light for this tank. I can pretty much grow anything including sps with no problem. I get almost...

Hi there, I'm new to this group, but I've been keeping my tank going well now for four years. I'm about to upgrade my tank and am interested in getting opinions on a choice of substrates. I will need about 80 to 100 pounds of new sand to cover my new tank. I don't want to spend too much money...