Recent content by danny254

I wasn't too impressed with the sps corals I bought from garf. And they come on HUGE plugs. The purple zoanthids were no where near purple (I understand lighting makes a difference but I keep one of the frags under 10k halide and the other under VHO 10k+actinic) But still.....

Nice peice, by the way.

yep, Motipora cap.

Maxi-jets are good, I havn't had any problems myself with rios, but I hesitate to get more, because people always seem to have problems with rios.

Is that being used as a broodstock tank or something?

And at last here's some montipora cap. frags waiting to be glued to a rock.

Here is a closer pic of the pendant and sump, the lamp is a 10k ushio mounted about 8 inches from the water.

I finally got done making my pendant thats going to hang a 250w single-end MH in the stand. I made the pendant from some polished aluminum I had lying around from when I ripped out the SE over my display and replaced em with double enders. So I had most of the old reflectors to play around...

You should wait for the new cycle to happen before you add any snails or anything. About what to remove from the rock once it's in is hard to say because you never know whats gonna pop out, so I would just wait for the time to come to worry about that.

That's sweet! Are those three different sizes of sand in all the sections.

Canada www.hellolights.com is a great place for MH, PC, and VHO ballasts, bulbs and everything. This is where I get all my MH bulbs marine depot is good for MH ballasts but are expensive for bulbs. www.ahsupply.com is IMO the best for diy PC setups and bulbs www.championlighting.com is...

What is your current magnesium level, because that will play a big part as to how much calcium stays in the water. And also it would help to know your carbonate alkalkinity level, because if thats really high it might have something to do with your calcium. All of these elements have to be...

I noticed the other day, on the fine print of an Instant Ocean bucket that it says something like use 1/2 cup per gallon to get to 1.020 -1.023 @ 75 degrees Fahrenheit

How bout get a 100 lbs of dryrock, if you already have 50lbs the 100lbs of dry would cover pretty quick with coralline and all the other goodies. That will save you a fortune. Go to www.hirocks.com As for the skimmer I personally use an AquaC EV series but as I hear Euroreef, MYreef, and PM...