Recent content by RacinRabit

I just moved from OH to southern NM and I am setting up a new 125 gallon tank to house live rock with fish only (the liverock and fish are being flown out to me once the tank is ready). Any suggestions on lighting? The tank came with a 72" light fixture containing 2, 36" daylight bulbs. Thanks!

Ironically, it is his maintenance guy who says to name my price. He will no doubt tack on a 10 - 20% handling fee. :?

I am relocating from Ohio to southern New Mexico in July. My problem is that I have a 55 gal and a 255 gal saltwater tank (both are fish with live rock only). I have had the fish for years and they are large, fat and very happy. After much heart ache, I have decided that it is unwise to try...

I am in exactly this position now - except the tank is in my office and I have a client coming over for a meeting tomorrow. The 300 gal tank gets cleaned first (clients always ooh and ahh at the tank) and then my desk gets done. If my tanks look clean, it sends the message that I know what I...

Kent makes a fabulous extension handle scraper. It has wide pads available as an interchangeable attachment too. Well worth the cost - I have a 300 gal acrylic that is tall and I can reach every spot in the tank for cleaning (from a ladder of course). :lol:

Lucky this time .... make sure he can't jump out of the tank anywhere. I had a small lunar wrasse jump out a tiny opening in the back of its 55 gal tank one night and found him (somewhat crispy) under the tank in the morning! :?

It is not a question of being lazy - it is one of logistics when the tank is fully established. You can't just transfer the water and tank occupants into another 100 gal tank while you tear down the leaking tank and reseal it. May be possible if it is a small tank but I don't know too many...

How about resealing a glass tank that starts to leak WHEN IT IS FILLED with fish and liverock that are all doing well? When you read the package for the aquarium silicone, the first step is to empty the tank. What if that is not an option?? :?

I have FWLRO tanks and make up my own salt water using our well water and Instant Ocean salt. We live in the country miles from any development and our water quality is pretty good and is not treated as virtually any water coming from a public water distribution system is. I do check it prior...

The method all depends on the size of your tank. For my 300 and 55 gallon tanks, I use a combination gravel washer/siphon system that connects to a faucett in my basement (by Python) to clean the tank bed and remove the desired volume of water. Water and detritus are sent directly to the sink...

My Foxfaced Rabbitfish is particularly fond of the squid tentacles and a saddle wrasse will chow on the squid too.

Schedule 40 refers to the wall thickness of rigid PVC pipe not flexible tubing. Flexible PVC has a number of trade mark names such as Tygon.

I have a black laced moray that is now almost 2 feet long (she is in a 255 gallon tank). She thrives on a mixed diet of squid chopped up into chunks (tubes and tentacles) and peeled shrimp. I only have access to frozen foods, so I thaw chunks of the squid and feed her pieces using long-handled...

Have you considered 3/4 filling a water bottle (adhesive and labels removed), freezing it, and then letting the bottle float in the sump as a cooling medium? Being in the bottle, the water will not mix with the saline water in the sump, yet it will help with the warm temperatures in a...

Yup - the mag 3 is what is recommended by the manufacturer for this skimmer. You will not have any problems with the mag 3 pump - mag pumps are very reliable and quiet.