Recent content by rs_joe

I may be taking a break from the tank for a while. For those interested, the kid that caused the mess has at least one incident every time he comes over. And whats better yet his mother doesn't believe that her son would do such a thing and said it must have been my wife or my kids that did it...

I just checked the ph high range test kit and it was as low as the test kit would go (7.4). I've never seen it that low before. I have some broad spectrum ph test paper and it is giving a reading of 6, but I don't trust the numbers because it is old paper. About the skimmer. My collection cup...

I have had my 55 gal. tank going for about 5 years with no major problems until today. It has a dsb, quite a bit of lr (unsure of how many pounds) a few mushrooms, lots of critters in the sand, and a damsel, a tomato clown, and a small grouper. A few weeks ago the grouper looked like he might...