Recent content by McMatt

Anything can be used as a shim. Just get some small slender cuts of wood and wedge it up under the stand where it's unever.. Ever tried to put cardboard under a wobbly table leg? Same thing.

Well, I just lost my bubble tip to my maxijet 1200. He was sucked up WAY in the intake. Does anyone know where I can buy some type of foam pre-filter thing for my powerheads, or have any ideas on how to protect from this happening again? Thanks!

I use this. It works great. Ok.. Everyone is afraid of it over flowing, but let me explain how it works. The aqualifter stays on all the time, making a continuos vacuum in the overflow chamber. The water flows down to the sump and is pumped back up by a return pump. if your sump has...

Ya, saltwater is a great conductor. I have a fluvial canister filter.. Well, one day, after doing some maintanance on it, I hooked it back up, primed it, and plugged it in.. The return line to the tank decided to pop off of it, and I had a jet of water coming out of the filter, and the return...

Ok.. Any ideas on what might have caused them to stop producing solid pellets an start producing large clumps of string like feces? Just curious.. Haven't changed feeding.. They eat flake and the Sea veggies by two little fishes.. Just curious.. Not happening with the other fish in the system...

I've got a blue tang, and a sailfin tang, and both seem to be pooping out long thin strings of feces (I wish I could get a picture of it, it's more than one string at a time) that seem to cling to their anus. Then when the feces is finally released into the water, the two of them both feast on...

Hmm.. Ripped his gills out? Ate the brains off your snail? Seems like a good horror movie. Mr Shrimp: Hey, come let me clean you mr snail! Mr Snail: OK Mr Shrimp: MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! Anyways.. Guess I should quit posting while i'm drunk.

Don't know the solution to this. My Condi was hosting a porcelian crab. I decided to move some rock one day, and the anenome closed up. Mr crab went and hid in the rocks, and dissappeared never to been seen or heard from again. Never found a body or anything. I think it was a mob hit. So...

Hey guys, I'm new to this board.. Looks like a lot of great topics to read. Anyways, my question: I was speaking with the owner of the LFS the other day about my tank setup, and he tells me I should remove any charcoal/bio filteri media i'm using on my tank. Here is my setup: 55gal, 260w...