Recent content by jmanz

Tank has been sold. Thank you everyone for your interest

tank is not drilled. as for cleanup crew couple of snails sand bed is filled with a kit from Inland Aquatics 2 years ago and the popluation has grown since then i think there are a couple of hermits still around

The lights are PC's. The bulbs are 50/50 smart bulbs. I can send you some pics tonight. At work and left them on a disk at my apartment.

Moving out of the country and need to sell my tank. 29g oceanic tank w/ black wooden stand 2 custom sealife smart lamps 45w each bak pak hang on skimmer marineland H.O.T magnum filter approx 15 lbs of live rock (been in tank for 2 years) 3 inch live sand bed - plenty of life - seeded 3...

dont have a sump so i will check out the LFS thanks for all the advice

FYI I am having the same problem and have a shell graveyard. BUT i just caught a mantis roaming on the bottom of my tank which I had never seen before. we'll see now that he has been caught if the next batch of crabs can survive

guess i will flush him then. feel kind of bad for the little green guy.

just caught a mantis crawling across the bottom of my tank. heard these guys were bad - anyone out there have an idea of a humane way to deal with it? he is small so should i just let him back in the tank?

I have 2 objects that are about the size of marble sitting on my sand bed. They are grey and look like miniature brains with a hole on the top. can quite see what is inside without disturbing it. it also has this gluey stringy mess stuck to the top of it and waving in the current. I have...

bought an emerald crab in anticipation that he would knock out the bubble algae in the tank. instead he just eats other stuff off the rocks and ignores the bubbles. after reading several messages on this board it seems uncommon behavior. anyone have any ideas? maybe he isn't a emerald and...

Just curious Why are more and more people staying away from Hermits?

I have a couple of small clowns, a cleanup crew of sm blue legs and about 2 dozen assorted snails. Also just added a san sifting star and a tiger tail. not much at all. you mentioned that you have a 8.0 ph morning and 8.3 at night. Is that where you want it to be? I was targeting 8.4.

Thanks for all the insight into PH flucuations. I have been using a calcium supplement but I a new to B-Ionic. Can anyone give me some insight on what it is and how it is used? all the information has been greatly appreciated

thanks for the help. I will raise the dkh and check the ph throughout the day to get a better read. would adding kalk help in this small of a tank or is that overkill?

I am a new reef keeper so forgive me if this is in the wrong bulletin board. I am just in need of some expert knowledge and thought this was the best place to post. I am having trouble keeping my PH at 8.3. The thing I cannot figure out is my Alkalinity is steady at 5.0 which should act as a...