Recent content by caino

Could someone please show a photo of the maxi jet on their bac pac with only the airline pushed into the intake. I have tried this but the screen on the powerhead won't let the airline tubing stay in place. Maybe i am doing something wrong.

does anyone have a picture of how they did the mod. A photo would help me greatly. thanks so much.

my friend's tank is having problems. he has lost several fish in the last few weeks. 55 gal. sand substrate. around 50 lbs. of live rock. aqua c skimmer, mag filter. sp. 1.023, all other levels at o. the ph which has normally been at 8.0 in the morning and 8.3 during the day has dropped...

sorry to hear!! it happened to me once due to my own ignorance. i tried to use an antique sewing machine base with a butcher block top as a stand. BIG mistake! the tank settled for around 4 months and then CRACK! what a mess. but it is in times like this that i found out who were my true...

what products do you use to remove chlorine from tap water? amquil,prime,etc. just wondering.

yes there is die off. Smelled terrible. like a good boy he has began his homework. I have never had a problem as large as this in my own tanks but was just trying to help this guy out. I have shown him how his equipment works and the very elementary basics. Now it is his time to read and...

sometimes stuff happens that is out of our control. He is not a reefer but was paying for services that he did not recieve. When the tank crashed he didn't know what to do and had no one to help. I was wondering if there was any hope for the live rock. I rinsed it off and placed it back into...

I'm trying to help some with a crashed tank. 75 gal, 2 canister filters, protien skimmer, powerhead. his tank crashed due to lack of maintience and to heavy fish load. He let the tank sit for 2 weeks with dead fish and all. I helped with a complete water change, cleaning of equip. etc. my...

I thought that I might bump this up and see I anyone had any other ideas. This fish that died in the past was a bicolor angel but that was more than a year ago. The rock beauty is still eating and showing no signs of stress. No scratching or anything like that. what do you think? thanks in...

I have a problem with my rock beauty. I've had him for several months with no new additions to my tank. water quatity is stable with no changes. All nondect. ph 8.0 the fish had some white Patches on his sides(not ich) I had this happen only once before in my early days. At that time the fish...