Recent content by Wheeldog63

DOH, I wish ya'll woulda caught me about 2-3 months ago. I had to tear down my 2 picos, the first was one of those little aqua vases, an the otehr was a 3 part beta box thing, if ya got to a major store ya'll see them. I had to tear them down due space issues(I know, I know, yet somehow I...

Am I the only one who is wondering if it may be just as cheap to get and acrylic tank made with the concave bow on the front at that angle?? after you spend the money for the tank, new glass, cuting etc. you would be close to a new acrylic tank made to the size you wanted it. ~Kelly

Accually the tank raised variety of the "Black Percula" are A. Ocellaris, even though many sites such as live aquaria and marinedepot live list them as A. Percula(confused yet:P ) There are Darwin Ocellaris, I believe, but have not heard much about them, the black Ocellaris' on the market out...

Ball Pickling lime here. Works Like a charm, I have also used Mrs. Wages though, and it works too. ~Kelly

I have to say that I am and will untill treated otherwise, recommend the RO systems sold by Filter Direct. I have had my own personal one, 6-stage RODI in operation since around x-mas. I have 3-400 PPM coming in, with about 10 after the RO and 0-1 after DI. I have not had any problems with...

Try the filtered water at Wal-Mart, I know my local one has pretty good water quality, the system says it runs RO/DI carbon, uv and a few other things. I tested mine with my TDS and it was pretty low. BTW 279 is unreal for RO/DI, I would let the shop know and if they don't change then inform...

Yeah, SD is HORRIBLE at clouding the tank, mine was cloudy for close to a week or so, something that can help is if you are in the process of cycling the tank, add your LR and then toss a few fresh,raw,untreated shrimp like you would find at the grocery, and let them disolve, this in essence...

Sea Dragons, I wish we could get a good base of CB specimins, seeing as they are so beautiful, but Australia only allows so many out to aquariums every year, although they do require a fairly larg tank if I am not mistaken. I would also second the cuttlefish vote :D ~Kelly

Yeah these fixtures are made by Lights Of America and are great 'fuge lighting. ~Kelly

One thing you might want to consider if you are going to make this a more agressive setup, or a heavily stocked system period, is you may need to upgrade that skimmer, I am running that same setup AC-EV240 with a Mag 18 on my 180 Reef(total about 210-220 gal) and I like it, but I think it would...

Yeah that would be the one :D Thanks for posting the pic, I couldn't find one easily enough. I doubt you will see a T. rosewateri for sale because its my understanding they have only been identified by their shell, I think Knopp's book has some information on it. If anyone can prove me...

Yeah, they technially aren't comming out of no where, but they can reside deep in the LR or hide in spots you can see and go from there. ~Kelly

2' heh :lol: I will see if I can dig up the T. Gigas at the Wikiki aquarim, if I am not mistaken, its in the neighbor hood of a few hundred pounds and in the wild I believe these things can get to be the size of VW Beetles. Truely a beautiful clam to loves of the Tridacna's, I would love to...

IMO that fish-list has way to many fish on it, if it were up to me I would settle on the 2 percs and then either the purple firefish or the lawnmower blenny. IMO the firefish would be better. The dragonette I would definately not recommend in this small of an aquarium as they are almost...

Sounds good, the one from the pump to the sump is vital IMO, so you can remove the pump and not drain your sump. The one from the drain should remain open at all times unless you manually need to close it for repairs or something. One other thing is KEY in plumbing, UNIONS, and lots of them...