Recent content by girodave

A good way to feed nori is to soak it for a few seconds, then rub it between you fingers underwater and it will flake out. My fish would not eat it from a clip either. Fish don't like clips. Once they learned what the nori was, they started to grab it from my hand. Dave

Does any one have a link for frozen fish food recipes?????? I did a search and I seem to come up with nothing... I have seen great recipes here before!!! Thanks Dave

I am nearing the finishing stages of Building my tank. Everything went great until the float valve and RODI filter was turned on. First, one of the compression fitting blew in the middle of the night and flooded my bathroom. Second, everytime I fix small leak a new one appears. Finally, the...

I just set up a 180 that is 72"x24"x24" I love it. I had it built with one overflow in the center. I like the rock to build out towards the front on the sides. But, the tank I wish I could have had, is a tank that would seperate two rooms or extend a hall way. My friend has a 200gal tank...

I found out that the ball are not lead. I took my Magnet glass cleaner to chech if the balls were magnetic and they were!! So, I took the magnet and hovered over the sand and collected a ton of balls. I started thinking of the water main I had replaced a month ago, and decided that if the...

I need help. I just put my glass hydrometer in my sump and the 1 1/2" bulkhead that is attached to my pump sucked it in. The pump made a wierd clicking noise, so I unplugged it. I detached the pump and found the hydrometer with the end broken. The red temperature fluid line was not broken...

Frank, I am building a 180 as we speak. I have a a center over flow as well, but am using one 1 1/2" overflow with two 1" returns. I am using an amp master 3000 which claims 3000 gallons at zero feet. It was a lucky perfect match. My water level was a half inch from the top when it leveled...

I would really consider getting seaswirls. They can make a boring tank come alive. Everyone that comments on my tank says they like the way the corals move. What are all the powrerheads for???? Pumps for filters or creating flow in the tank? If you can, I would increase the overflow and...

Once again I turn to the pro's. I just had the cabinet installed and I don't know what to about the side panels that cover the side of the tank. The cabinet is ten feet long by seven feet tall and you can only see the front of the tank. When I slid in the tank, I noticed when I look in the...

Sunny, You can make a Reef out of a 1 gallon fish bowl. I have a Truvu cube which is about 4 gallons. I have had this tank for six years and have it full of live rock and various plants, mushrooms, star polyps and gobies. I put in a small false percula clown and it lived for 4 years. I think...

It's time to turn to the pro's..... I have a three stage Captive Purity RODI system that is not working correctly. When I turn on the water, the waste water will not stop running. Is there some kind of valve within the system that shuts off the waste water when the clean water line is...

I talked to Snayo Denki and they one they recomended for AC was the 109S024UL. It has a db rating of 40 and 83 cfm. I have not checked out the panaflo yet. I was recommended to push not pull by Sanyo.

I have a cabinet being built for my 180 and need to start thinking of what type of fans to use for blowing air out of my sump and hood area. I will be blowing air from two locations within the cabinet and ducting it out of my house thru one pipe. I don't want to have all the humidity in my...

I am running two Ebo Jagar 250watt heaters, one in each can. The temp is now at 75degs and seems to be fine right now. I thought I would add some more smaller powerheads to help water flow over the rocks on the bottom.

I am curing 250 pounds of rock in two 55gal garbage cans and have them connected with bulkheads to recirculate the water. I have an AquaC EV400 skimmer on it and a Rio2100 in each can for circulation. I am having quite a lot of die off (black stinky film). What should I do to the black...