Recent content by nuff40

hey BC....sounds good, 12 hours of MH supplemented with actinics...good program david

not to argue with anyone, but from what I understand garlic increases the slime coat the fishes produce, thereby preventing the ich parasite from attaching. david

the critters you added will not cause an increase in nitrates or ammonia that you will notice...most inverts don't. Fishes will increase the nitrates, ammonia appreciably due to the waste that they produce. As always, be careful and patient in adding critters...too many too quickly will spell...

Used lava rock in my 55 without any problems....no diatoms, no cyano, no critter deaths. Takes a while for anything to grow on it, but it will populate. Got mine at a local stone mason for 25 cents a lb. david

looks like a very nicely growing hammer coral. david

nned a little more info....what color is it? is it slimy looing? does it appear to have funnels at various places? does it have a regular or irregular growth pattern? david

if these are hydroids (do thye resemble a tiny jellyfish?), then they should be fine. I had them in my seahorse tank, and was told by Dr. Ron Shimek that they would not harm anything. Never did see any larger than a pin head. david

I used plain old KMart Play sand in my 55 reef without any ill effects whatsoever. It's not white, but it is $2.50 per 25 lb bag!!! Yes, it is silica, but so is the glass that the tank is made of....if your worried about diatoms...don't be. It wasn't a problem for me, and I have read of...

the 4300K bulbs, will not be strong enough to keep most corals, clams, macro-algae, and other light loving critters. Now for the quialifier on the above statement. I used a 4300K Metal Arc MH bulb, standard tar ballast, 400w, and had great success with light loving corals, and a mertensii...

Try using garlic with each feeding. Had an outbreak of ich and started unsing garlic and no more ich. The fish loved it after getting used to it, and refused any foods later that were not soaked in garlic. I used Nature's Resource garlic tablets, crushed one tablet, soaked the foods in the...

The magic potion that you request is non other than Garlic. Many hobbyists have used it, including myself, and had great results...my tank was free of ich after using it during an outbreak. Continue to feed it daily and you should see no return of the ich. Do a search on Garlic and determine...