Recent content by carpediem

I just ordered some chaeto so I'm going to give that a try. A lot of good opinions in that thread. I'm going to stick with the current 10K light with the chaeto and see what happens. If that doesn't work, I'll lower the kelvin on the light and try again.

Yeah, that was what I was really hoping to hear because that was the only thing I could think of to try. It really looks kind of burned out.

Thank you Len, that was an awsome read. I've been running the fuge under 24/7 principles and have no luck getting the macros to grow. I'm not sure, even after reading that thread, what benefit switching to 12/12 would give me. Perhaps I'll just look for a nice batch of chaeto and call it a...

I have a 72 gallon setup with 65 pounds of live rock, a red sea skimmer, and a 20 gallon sump refugium with 5 - 7 pounds of miracle mud. Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate are zero, pH 8.3, calcium is good. All fish (Hipo tang, yellow tang, flame angel, gobies, clowns, damsels) and limited inverts...

Okay... 90 gallon NEW setup. No living things in the tank except for live sand. I bought sea salt from someone I know that is producing his own products. Each bag came with a small pouch of calcium to be added also. I added the salt when I set up the tank and reached the desired salinity...

Will do... Thanks for the reply!

Hello All, I'm looking to set up a tank to cure and hold live rock. I do not want to add any fish or inverts in the tank. 75 gallon tank Eheim cannister filter 300 watt heater 48" dual light strip Will this setup provide the filtration and lighting necessary to just cure and hold the rock...