Recent content by ggoodrich

I don't currently have a black light, but I will try to get a pic somehow. I've not seen any of these worms the last two nights, and I fear they all committed suicide through my overflow/sump/return pump. Hopefully there are some left, and they are just biding their time. I'm pretty novice at...

Well, it isn't quite sub-$200, but the Euro-Reef 5-2 is about $228, and I've heard lots of good things about them, enough that I bought a 5-3 for myself.

After seeing lots of recommendations for Mag drive pumps, I bought a Mag 9.5 for my return. It pumps around 950gph I believe, and I paid $70 at MarineDepot.com for it. There is a Mag 12 also, don't remember the cost or flow rate. My pump has been working well for about 3 weeks now and doesn't...

As soon as I see them again, I will. I fear that most of them went over the overflow on my pre-drilled All-Glass aquarium. I may be able to suck one out of the filter in the sump with a turkey baster and drop it in my tank. I looked tonight after lights out, and I didn't see any of them...

I noticed some "worms" swimming around in my tank last night. The tank is in the process of cycling, and has 90lbs of LR from Gulf-View (I believe it is Carribean?). Anyhow, they are about 1" long, and have two distinct parts, one part stays mostly straight when they swim, and is...

I think I'll go with a "shallow" bed for now and see how that works out. I won't have to worry about "isolating" the deep layers that way. Thanks for the info!

A co-worker of mine knows the author of macquarium personally (good friend of his twin), and he recommended the software to me. Ironically, the guy now lives in seattle and works for M$. I've downloaded it and started to use it, but as I'm just getting started in this hobby and with my tank...

Thanks much for the quick reply. So, you think that even though my substrate is not the consistency of fine sugar that a 3" layer would work? Or should I go a bit deeper? I'm still not certain whether or not I'll do it, but I'm really trying to be well informed and do things the right way as...

I'm setting up a 75g FOWLR system. It will have approx. 120lbs of live rock. Right now I have a shallow substrate layer, about 1/2" - 1" coralife aragonite (about 1-2mm, some pieces larger). I am running a Euro-Reef 5-3 skimmer, 24gal sump (about 12-14g water in it). My tank is in the early...

I thought that once the nitrate level had dropped it was okay to start adding livestock? What I'm reading in this thread is seeming to tell me that I need to wait for algae blooms and then the algae receding first? Why would one have to wait for the algae to recede? I wouldn't think this...

I also got 60lbs live rock from Gulf-View that has things on it that look just like that tentacled thing in the picture. Quite a bit of life on it, I just hope that I can keep most of it alive. I'm new to sw, and am doing water changes, but my ammonia was at 0.6 (0.06?, whichever) last night...

This red and white fluffy looking thing is actually growing on some sort of a mollusk (I'm guessing). Just wondering for certain what it is. It hitchhiked in on some aquacultured rock from Gulf-View. Also, any ideas on what this "mollusk" is? I purchased 60lbs of live rock from Gulf-View...