Recent content by Richison

Depends on how new your tank is, but mine run for 10 hours straight. You are pretty close to 10 hours. I don't turn my Actinic of seperate, but that's me. I only feed my fish once per day. Anything else is over feeding and will raise the phosphate levels in your tank.

Yea I have that damn test kit as well. Takes me like a half an hour to do the test. I'm not sure I'm doing it right either since I never get any reading above zero. The calcium part of the test works fine, just not to sure about the Strontium part. I know it should have some in there because...

I just got mine from http://www.liveaquaria.com/ And I couldn't have been happier with the livestock and the packing. They even have a 10 day guarantee on the livestock incase they die during shipment or 10 days after. Great service. Check them out. I ordered 46 various snails and hermits...

Well I guess it depends on how much algae you have. I recently bought about 46 various hermits and snails for my 100 gal, and they are all quite busy cleaning. I use to have to brush my rock every 5 days or so, but I don't think I will have that problem now. They don't really keep up with all...

Oh it does, but it would take me forever with that process. :lol:

I've just been lightly brushing the rock with a toothbrush. If I use the power heads it just mixes it around and settles back on the rock. I'm sure my fish are wondering what the hell is going on. :lol:

I suggest reading this article. It has some great info on ich. Part 1: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.htm Part 2: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/s ... /index.htm

It is clear now, but that sand residue is everywhere still. Tonight I'm taking out the sump and pumps and giving it a complete cleaning. If I so much as move one of the pumps in the sump, an instant cloud appears.

Why's that?

I just figured if I stir it up then it will be less likely to get milky if something disturbs it. Cause the other sand is less powdery.

In another topic I asked if I should stir my sand after adding 50lbs of South Down to it. The SD is a bit finer than my current sand. One person suggested that I not stir it. Why should I not? What are the pro's and con's? Anyone think I should stir?

Well my main goal is to rid myself of the cyno but I will move them up enough to prevent blowing the sand. I just want to make sure I get enough current going thru there. I was also hoping that by staggering them I would be able to create a circular flow through the whole tank. Personally I...

I just bought 2 new power heads (900's). I bought them to increase the circulation in my tank to battle the cyno. Question I have is: where is the best place for me to put them. I currently have 2 power heads and my water return at the top breaking the water, but nothing below. See...

I bought a bag 2 days ago and it looked very similar too. Red white and blue bag. It just said Old Castle for the company at the bottom. And the bag says Caribbean Play Sand.

Nope didn't rinse it. Based on the advice here I just added it. I tried to use a PVC pipe but as soon as I pulled it out, it clouded up. It doesn't seem too bad today although my live rock is completely covered with a layer of light sand. I guess I will brush it off tonight which will make...