Recent content by barbra

Naw, it wasn't a DHL screwup. Blackcloudmeadia - holy moly what a detective effort! Thank you :) I will say that since I put in my claim to Paypal he has made a refund to my account. No explanation, just the money. Suitable. I really doubt he is a hardened criminal, probably just very...

I ordered some WYSIWYG corals from him last week. He offered to ship DHL for Sat delivery for only $5 more so I went for it, thinking Sat delivery was a pretty good deal on my schedule. I got a confirmation from him directly that they would ship that evening. I stayed home all day on Sat...

I wanted to warn people of the bad experience I just had with puresaltwater.com. Buyers beware! His WYSIWYG is not WYSIWYG, that is if he ships at all....

If you are looking to cover the intakes on pumps in your tank you may find that those sponges are really big and ugly and are always getting clogged. Another approach is to go to Michael's (the craft store), head over to the embriodery and needlework section and buy a sheet of perforated...

If you change an entire bank of lighting at once you may find that you need to reaclimate your corals to the new intensity. I would place a piece of eggcrate over the tank for the first few days until the corals get used to their newly brightened sun. Actinics are good for a year too, but...

If you both are speaking of red cyano outbreaks then the answer is to increase your flow and remove your nutrients. Lighting and other factors may be involved, but with cyano flow and nutrients are the first places to look.

Algea is frequently caused by nutrients in the water. If the algea is not eating it can't survive. You mentioned that you are running a wet/dry filter. They are notorious nitrate factories and algea loves nitrates. I would suspect that immediately. Also, in regard to the lighting, I didn't quite...