Recent content by dug5921

old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway 24

also, i have reduced ammonia to .25 with water changes, will do another 8% change tomorrow, and will continue every few days until normal. what can be done about a 'burn'??

first off, thanks for the responses ok, 75gal FOWLR, tankmates are 2 domino damsels, 1 sailfin tang, and 1 foxface rabbit. no one bothers him, except one of the damsels, and i am sure he will take care of that problem if necessary. this is a fairly new step-up (2 months), and he has been in...

my lionfish developed cloudy eyes earlier in the week. i had a huge (.5) ammonia spike, and i think that had something to do with it. i think he is having a hard time seeing when i offer him food. any solutions??

i am in the (very) early planning stages of a larger reef (wife wants fish-only for her lions, i want peaceful/full blown). i'm thinking 72x24x24 180gal. my questions are: would 6-96watt pc give me enough light for sps? i'm thinking 4-10k, 2-actinic (summertime gets pretty hot, i have no...

i would prefer to keep our fish nameless, but my wife does not agree...guess who won? Antennata Lion - Simba Foxface Rabbit - Roger Sailfin Tang - Mustafa (from Austin Powers [please help...my legs are very badly broken]) Red Brittle Star - Spike

Set Up Date :1 Oct 2001 Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume):75 gal Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume):None yet Live Rock (Mass):40# Fiji, 20# Jakarta, 20# base Live Sand (Mass):40# Live, 40# Crushed coral Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod): CSL Powercompact / 2-65 watt smartlamps / 12 hours Protein...

gator: what kind of corals do you have success with under you current lighting?? sps or softies?

SPC: thanks for your advice. i have been leaning more towards a tank-type-tank, and away from the rubbermaid. i think it will be sturdier, and easier to work with (since i will not be drilling holes. as for the pump, the mag isn't much more expensive, and gets alot more recommendations...

anyone else?

i am looking into building a sump for my 75gal. its been up and running for a couple of months now, so drilling is out of the question. this is my plan (so far): 30 gallon rubbermaid (not sure about how to make the baffles yet) cpr overflow (600 gph) rio 3100 pump (900 pgh@0 head)[i'm...

i checked at my local grocery, and their "fresh" shrimp comes in frozen 20# bags. it is also treated with sodium-something to preserve freshness. i stick with frozen krill, brine shrimp, and silversides for my lion, and frozen herbivore blend, spirilina flakes, and something called 'marine...

get a job at your LFS!!

i bought a dozen hermits a couple of weeks ago, and i always get a few empty shells for them to grow into. i saw a little (size of a corn kernel), lime-green thing (?) inside of an empty shell. didn't think anything of it at the time, but when i can home today, it was crawling on the side of...

i, too, am considering a rubbermaid sump down the road. does anyone know how you would go about setting one up (baffles, etc.)??