Recent content by TomH

I believe that Liveaquaria.com has them in stock, for anyone who's interested (and, of course, has the means to purchase -- $189!!.) Tom

When you're speaking of a temp change of 1-2 degrees, it does change that quickly. The fan blowing over the sump of my tank has drawn the temp down 1.5 degrees over the course of a half-hour. Though "plummet" may have been a bit of an overstatement, when the temp has started to creep up, it...

In response to your first question. . . . I've got a 175 and a 250 about 5-6" above the water on my 72. I've found that with the apt's air conditioner set at 74 or so, all I really need to keep the water temp at about 80 is a 12" house fan blowing across the sump. It's really amazing (and...

What was the SG of your freshly mixed SW?

Yep -- I'd bet its a bad ground. I'd check to make sure that the grounding wire doesn't just "dead-end" in the housing. Does it trip when you touch the ballast housing or the reflector?

Home Depot sells a three outlet GFCI on a 36" extension cord -- That's what I use. Its designed for use on construction sites, etc., so its pretty heavy-duty. Also, I've not had it "false trip" . . . . yet (knock on wood).

Could you provide more info, ie. tank size and age, lighting, current (flow), test results, other inhabitants, etc?

Nope, no anemone. I guess I'll have to keep fresh batteries in the red flashlight for those late-night feedings. Hopefully I'll eventually spot the bad guy. Thanks for your help. Tom

Anyone????

over the past three days, I've lost (literally lost -- as in "nowhere to be found") the only two fish in my tank (a citron Goby and filamented flasher wrasse. No signs of distress were noted, and no corpses were found. All readings are normal on this 3-4 month old tank: Amm = 0 Nitrite =0...

LFS sponsored by TETRA perhaps???? :roll:

I ordered great rock from www.eastcoastclams.com. His prices are really reasonable too. Tom

FWIW, I had a bad experience with carbon a few years ago. I was running cheap carbon (aquarium pham, maybe?) in a canister on my 30g softy reef and had a cyano problem that wouldn't go away. It turned out that my carbon was apparrently leaching phosphates back into the aquarium, fueling my...

Has anyone ordered from them or had any experience with refurb'd dosage pumps. They seem to fit my needs pretty well, but I haven't heard of anyone using them. I'm anxious to hear some reports. Thanks, Tom

ROTFLMAO :lol: :lol: :lol: (Not at you, DOGMAI -- just at the joke)