Recent content by timClement

I'm interested in mixing up some DIY food, a-la Bob Fenner's recipe in The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. He mentions adding "1 ounce liquid multivitamin preparation (or specialty aquarium supplement)" to the other ingredients. What would be the appropriate liquid vitamin or aquarium...

I'll try again with the pics... Before: Now:

I have three T. crocea in a newly established 180g tank. I came home this evening to find one of the clams significantly paler than yesterday, and getting worse over the last few hours. Refering to Daniel Knop's book on clams, it appears to be a case of generalized bleaching. Knop suggests...

Well, I rethreaded the joints, this time with several layers of tape, and spread some silicone on as well. I'll let that set up for a couple of days, and then test it all out again...

I finished the plumbing on my 180g reef-to-be last night and filled it with tap water to test everything out. The tank sits on the first floor, with the sump in the basement directly underneath, and 1" flexible PVC connecting the two. I found three small leaks at various points, all threaded...

Hi All, I'm working on setting up a new 180g, and I have some plumbing questions. Any help would be much appreciated. 1. The skimmer is an ETSS 600 Pro, driven by an Iwaki 40RLT pump. I'm planning on doing the whole tank with flexible PVC. The outlet on the sump and the inlet on the skimmer...

House of Fins in Greenwich has the most impressive selection of livestock that I've ever seen at an LFS. It's an easy off/on from I-95, exit 3.