Recent content by krullulon

yikes -- this should totally be the fun part! if you think trying to figure out where to get live rock from is trouble, you might indeed want to bail now cuz you ain't seen nothin yet. 8)

My pep has kept my tank totally free of those pests since I put him in last summer. :D

I'm constantly surprised at how much happens in my tank. In addition to the above there's so much other stuff going on pretty much anywhere you look -- a healthy tank has a ridiculous amount of life and activity, from worms to snails to sponges to brittle stars to tiny copepods and amphipods...

i have to say that i totally disagree with this... i have 5 fish, 3 shrimp and an RBTA, all have unique personalities and each one has a name: Alpha -- this is my orange bar fairy wrasse and was the first fish in my tank. he's the largest fish i have and he keeps the peace between my mated pair...

one suggestion: chop up the frozen food and mix it with tank water, use a turkey baster to suck-up the slurry and release it at different levels in the tank. this will get food at different levels of the water column at the same time... alternatively, you can try feeding your fish until the...

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm -- excellent DIY comparative study of 250W MH lamps with extensive pictures of the differences in lighting color between K variants and manufacturers that will at least give you a basic feel for some of the variations.

COOL!

the folks at wet web media recommend 5% water changes twice a week -- http://www.wetwebmedia.com/scottsh2ochgart.htm they haven't steered me wrong yet...

i'd strongly suggest moving all fish into your quarantine tank and treating them there for 6-8 weeks. let the display tank run fallow for at least 6 weeks to break the cycle -- you can leave your inverts in the display tank. under no circumstances, however, should you add medications to your...

apologies -- that was a mis-speak on my end... yeah, what ChrisRD said. :oops:

yep, that's what i mean by "conditioning" the water -- circulating overnight should do it. hmm... this is a tricky one. 20% water changes added directly to the display tank is fairly significant -- that's 15 gallons going directly into your system, so that could be causing some stress to your...

if you have live rock you don't need bioballs... bioballs provide surface area for denitrifying bacterial film, and that surface area is handled by your LR and/or live sand in a reef tank. bioballs generally don't serve any useful purpose in reef tanks IMO, and this is especially true if you're...

most folks i know don't dose iodine... as others have said, do regular water changes and you'll be fine. my cleaner shrimp happily molt about once every 2-3 weeks with no issues, and i don't use any supplements.

what % of total volume water are you changing, and how often? also -- how are you doing water changes (e.g., adding to a sump, adding directly to the display tank, etc.)? how closely are you matching salinity/temp to your display tank? have you changed salt brands? are you conditioning the new...

i'm getting more algae than i ever bargained for -- i cured my 120lbs of LR in my display tank, and hoooooo-boy, i gots me some algae. the good news is that it's cycling through various micros quickly, and i also have a huge diversity of macro types... and heck, i don't mind the micro so much...