Recent content by Bleeding Blue

Bestill my beating heart. That is a beautiful tank you got there. Why are you going to take it down? (Maybe I just misread your original post, but I thought you said you were going to be taking it down.) Also, what is your maintence schedule like? M

HClH2OFish That is a pretty interesting name. What made you think of it. Anyhow, your question here is a little unclear. I guess it all depends on exactly what you are looking for. The live rock you speak of will do more for your tank than add little critters, it will offer a natural for...

Supa, Hippo offers good advice, and I agree that RO/DI would help too. If your problems persist, you might try running a high quality activated carbon for a couple of days each month. Also, do you skim? A skimmer might remove nutrients quicker than macro. Mike

cole, It looks good so far. How about some specs, and some plans of what your going to stock it with? M

I could do the same when my tank was in the temp controlled building that Matt is talking about, but now that I have moved my tank home, it goes through close to a gallon of evaporation every single day. Quite a difference from the gallon a week that I was used to. M

I could do the same when my tank was in the temp controlled building that Matt is talking about, but now that I have moved my tank home, it goes through close to a gallon of evaporation every single day. Quite a difference from the gallon a week that I was used to. M

The bioload sounds fine to me. It is all of course dependant on the amount of upkeep that you plan to do. An empty tank requires no upkeep, but is no fun, and an overstocked tank is just a nightmare. You might want to consider what sort of inverts you want to keep in your decision about the...

My dirty little fantasy is to plumb a seahorse setup into my reef setup. I think I could have five gallons, or less that turned over water from the sump of my eclipse. I don’t have any fish in the eclipse setup, and I know that it could handle the extra bioload. I could use a restricted...

Adam, I think everyone here agrees with you. It just helps prove the need for threads like this in places like rdo, so we can eliminate such needless waste. P. fridimani huh? I've been looking for a fish to put in my eclipse six. How are they on personality? M

What kind of lights? M

aidyb, You sell yourself short. It made me smile. Mike

No external sump for the pumps this time? M

Mmmm...plankton reactor on a twenty gallon tank. Sweet. The tank looks great, but now you will have to start designing your grow out tank. M

I see. Couldn't you just lower the water level in the sump. If worse came to worse, I think I would just get a big rubbermade container, put my current sump inside it as a a fuge, and go on my merrry way. M

The only advice I can think of is that you might want to start with new sand. If you have the time to have both tanks running at the same time for a little while, you could seed the new sand with the old and avoid all of the supposed problems of DSB failure. However, I am not completelly sure...