Recent content by Vaportrail31

I am new to the hobby and just started my 90gallon tank. Which skimmers would you consider I cannot afford to spend 500.00 and i will need an HOB. Thanks in advacne for any help I look forward to my rocks arrival later this week!!! Thanks, Vaportrail

I drained the tap water out of my 90 gl., Friday. AFTER RE-FILLING! I noticed that "we" , me and my help! :roll:, Shifted the tank while adding 120lbs of sand!!!!!!!! Sooooo, after much un-necessary work Sunday I refilled the tank using one 402 powerhead :x which was SOOOOO S L O W ! ! ...

Well, The tap water here is crazy hard 18DKH. I am getting mixed reviews on the water change. I hear that my tap water could cause algea issues a year from now. If this holds true wouldn't I be pulluting the astrnomically priced sand? Also i bought an eheim 2227 (wet/dry). it is basically a...

Hello All, I recently set up a 90gl added water and salt using TAP water. I'm impatient at best and did not utilize the industrial RO/DI available to me at work. What are your opinions on draining refilling and staring over. My sand came in today and I dont want to add it if your opinions...

Once again my impatience got the best of me. I have access to an industrial RO unit which can make hundreds if not thousands of gallons per day. Will my up-coming water changes not "cleanse" the water and eventually remove all of the tap water? I have added salt and hate to 86 all of the water...

CVP thanks so much for the prompt replies, snowman I appreciate your input also. My tank has been running 11 days today, water only! (wanted to see if the eheim could handle the bio-load of city water :D ) I have decided to go with a DSB 2-3 inches and live rock which I planned on adding in 3...

I have a cannister wet/dry eheim model 2227. (not so confident about it) No sump so I will need a hang on. I plan on adding one more powerhead also.

Any suggestions on skimmer type/manfacturer can't afford Deltec...

Any suggestions on skimmer type/manfacturer can't afford Deltec...

Just posted yesterday ABOVE about green algea covering existing dead coralline. I found a very small patch of new pink frowth last night :lol:

I will be acquiring a skimmer soon. I rushed into the filter deal; had I to to it over again I would get get a sump. It is an eheim 2227 wet dry which uses their Eufenstraben (crazy mis-pelled) no bio balls.

Do you think it's okay to add sand over existing remnants of coralline on tank bottom. it is white with the previously mentioned algea?

I appreciate your replies: I have not ordered rock as of yet I was trying to decide about the LSB. Now that i know I want to go that route I thought that I should add sand, allow it to settle (all pumps/filters off I assume) and then add 100 lbs of rock over the next month (2 paychecks) :oops...

I'm shooting for 2-3 inches of sand i've heard of as much as 4-5 inches and others that say 1 to 1 and 3/4 is fine???? Any creative ideas on adding to full tank?

My friend that sold me the tank is fond of the Berlin glass bottom method. I decided after much consideration that I prefer the look/filtration benifits of sand, so i thought i would add approx 130lbs 80lbs aragamax and 30 or so oooolite dry.