Recent content by billyzbear

The high reading could be from test kit or you could have added to much. Do you a referrence with your test kit. I had this happen once, it's the only reason I'm saying anything about it. DSB's are like 4"+. Do you have a clean up crew? Could the return from the skimmer let bubbles out...

The base and top is held by Aquamend or something like that. It is used to repair tanks. The "T" is 1 1/2" and the pipes in and out. The clear peice of hose is 1", it just fits through a 1" slip bushing and is attached to the becket. On the other end I opened the 1 1/2" pipe a little so I could...

Here you go, hope I do it right.

This is my second skimmer and this time I wanted to try a Becket injector. I put it together differrent than all I have ever seen. I shot the water/air straight into and up a 6" dia. tube, reduced to 4" then a 4" to 2" adaptor and about 3" of 2" into a collection cup. Because I want to fit this...

Do you have a vent in your collection cup?

Yes, it will work. If it doesn't decrease your water going in or increase the size of the bulkhead. On mine I only have a 1/2" line into a plastic pipe with holes drilled into it. I get no noise and no bubbles. From my testing useing a Durso pipe is as soon as the air was out of the line it...

I have a fug above my tank for the same reason as you. In front of my bulkhead I have a screen, no elbows. The bulkhead is 3/4 then I have a ball valve then it opens to a 1" hose to a elbow, then another elbow, then just to water line in tank. The first time I set it up I had a 3/4" port and...

So you think the lyretail are peaceful enough for the tank? I did want a purple tang but they are the most aggresive tang that's why I'm looking at the blue caribbean tang. The clowns are really mellow. The chromis I used to cycle the tank after 4 weeks of running. The clowns seem to swim...

I have a 3'x2'x2' 90g tank with a 25g fug and 30g sump. Tank has been up for nine weeks. I have one 400w 14k bulb for lighting. There's 150 pounds of LR and 90 LS. I made a DIY skimmer with a quiet one 4000, cup need to be cleaned daily. 600g overflow with a quiet one 4000 return and a mag12 on...

Thanks for the replies. I have had my older tank up for 7 months with the fug on it for 5 months. It's a 32g. The new 90g tank has been up for 7 weeks now. I put the fug on it 3 weeks ago. For the first 3 weeks I was changing 10g every 3 days, after that 10g a week. All water is from LFS. Soon...

Not really sure why. I have a 65w Light of America light above it. The macro algae that is in there doesn't seem to be growing as much. I did have to move it. It was down for a few hours and switched containers with only half the sand. The sand was 5" deep, now more like 2". I hooked it up to my...

I have a 32g FOLR tank now. I'm setting up a 90g 3x2x2 tank soon. I have a 400w 14k bulb to lite it. Monday I'll have 150 pounds of LR and LS. The quetions are about circulation. I was thinking of putting to Maxi 1200's in the top outer corners or maybe a closed loop system, not sure how to...

The new tank came with a crab that is really dark red almost black. It has six legs I think and two big claws and looks real mean. Any idea what it is or good place for me to look? I didn't see it at a couple online retail shops.

I just have to say, I got the new tank. It's 3'x2'x2', the guy was telling me it's 100g but I think it's 90g. I got a long way to go but I got the light already for it, a 400w 14K bulb. It came with live brown sand, I'm not sure if I'm going to change it or not.

That's useful info thanks. Right now I only have two clowns. They are picky eaters, only certain brine shrimp. The ones they don't like the pods fight over. I can even starve them and if the brine shrimp isn't the right one they won't eat it. I really would like to get the mandarin. I will have...