Recent content by cmm1970austin

Thanks so much for posting the photos. My wife and I have kept a tank for a number of years. Our interest had waned until about 3 months ago. At that time, we began to rehabilitate our tank. We improved water quality, fed sensibly/regularly, and controlled nuisance growth in our 150 gal...

I just installed Geismann 14000K "Coral" double ended bulbs over my tank. It was a really nice upgrade from the 10k's I have been running. The color rendition is absolutely fabulous. Not cheap, but really nice.

I have been running 2 Mag 11 pumps and a Mag 9 for many years now. I have found that the ceramic shaft that the impeller rides on will calcify. Doing a water change the other night, my Mag 11 would not start back up. It seemed frozen even though it was running just minutes before. I took the...

I have had the LiterMeter running for 4 weeks now and I am pleased. The installation was neat and clean and the tank chemistry has stabilized nicely. I was able to bring the Calcium and Alkalinity up very easily following a 25 gal. water change on my 150 gal. tank. My inverts have shown...

I have had the best luck in two separate infestations with copperband butterfly fish. This would be my best recommendation of the methods cited by bubbashrimp. Mike

How do FIghting and Queen Conchs do with a pistol shrimp in residence?

I am looking for information and/or advice from those of you that have kept or are keeping pistol shrimp with gobies. The symbiotic relationship is a very cool display and I was thinking of adding a pistol shrimp to live with my shrimp goby who is a resident in my tank for over 4 years. With...

If you check in the instructions for use at TwoPartSolutions.com, you'll find a reference to use of "baking soda" in this section: Part Two: Alkalinity. (Recipe 1) Take your one gallon jug and full it 4/5 full with filtered water and slowly pour in half of your bag that says High Purity Soda...

I just ordered up the gear to retrofit my 6 year old 150 gallon tank with the TwoPart Solution system using a LiterMeter. I have grown tired of the fickle nature of the Korrallin and Precision Marine Calium reactors that have given me fits over the years. Anyway, I don't want to generate...

I am trying to get my newly installed PM Calcium Reacotr tweaked and I was hoping some of you could share what the effluent kH is that you are getting with your reactor running at optimal setting. At this time, I am getting a kH of something like 28-30 with about 60 bubbles per minute and about...

A local shop owner suggested that I use queen conchs for detritus control and clean up in the sand be instead of hermit crabs. Any of you support this recommendation? Should they be used along with hermit crabs or will the crabs cause harm to the conch? Help me out with experiences relating...

I just got to the other side of this very problem and the answer was the second copper band butterfly. The first was not very hardy and would not eat anything. I let the fellas at my local fish shop know that I wanted a hardy big eater when they got one. Well some months later as my aptasia...

I have found by looking at the two pendants online that the housing dimensions are the same between the 150W and 250W fixtures so maybe it would be just a matter of moving the ceramic holders.

Need some help. I own Ice Cap 250-MH electronic ballasts and PFO Mini Pendants. If memory serves, the mini pendants are 150W. My question is, since my ballasts will drive 250W lamps, will 250W HQI bulbs fit in the 150W Mini Pendants? That is to say, are the bulbs the same dimensions? If...