[What do I feed a plate coral??]

Am I supposed to hand feed this thing?

[Rockwork and an Engineer Gobie]

Do I have to worry about my rockwork with an engineer goby? It seems like he's doing a H-E-double hocky sticks of a lot of digging and I don't want any of my rocks to fall against the glass and crack it!

[adding live rock]

I agree with dchild.......use the water from a water change on the existing tank and let it sit for a few days to avoid too much of a shock to the system.

[Converting part of sump to refugium]

In all the reading I've done about refugiums, the most popular opinion is to have 7-10% of your flow going through the fuge. This gives the fuge enough time to take all the bad "stuff" out of the water and put all the good "stuff" into the water to go back to the tank. General consensus is also to have "raw" tank water going to the fuge rather than skimmed water because your fuge inhabitants thrive on the bad stuff in the water.

 

Please let me know if there is a better way because I'm about to convert my 30g tank into a sump/fuge and want to make sure I do it right.

 

Thanks,

Steve

[live rock at my lfs]

I actually have about 40# that has a lot of coraline on it......it's really purple. I'm asking $4.00 lb if anyone is interested.

 

Steve

[Little Teaser]

Mike,

when I had a cyano problem I just took my fishnet and drug it along the top layer of the sand to get rid of it. anything on the glass I just scraped and let it go down into my fuge. Once I got the tank out of the sunlight I had no more problems.

 

Steve

[40 lbs Live Rock for Sale]

I have 40 lbs of live rock for sale. It's been in my tank for 9 months and has a lot of coraline algea on it (lots of purple). $4.00 lb.

[Lighting (Visual Check up!)]

Count me in on a bulb order when the time comes.

[Purple Fim Algae]

I think the problem with the Cyano is 2 fold:

 

1. Lights on for too long.....I have PC's on my current tank and I had that problem. I cut them back so that the actinics are on for 10 hours per day and the daylights are only on for 8 hours per day.

 

2. Stop using well water - use RO/DI water to make sure your not adding anything that will help the Cyano thrive.

 

Good luck.

[The New Guy]

Welcome to WAMAS. Let us know if we can help you out in any way.

[Purple Fim Algae]

I used to have that problem a lot. I cut my lights back to 10 hrs per day and moved the tank away from my back door. I was getting a lot of sunlight on the tank and it was growing out of control. Now I have no problems.

 

Steve

[How many gallons do we manage?]

Updated:

 

90g Main Tank

20g sump

[lighting for 72 gallon]

Dano - I'm going to be selling a 6mo old Coralife Aqualight 4x65w with 4 lunar lights at the beginning of April. I'm selling this with the control center power strip for $200.00 if you're interested.

 

Steve

[Cheap Substrate]

Steve,

I'm getting a new tank at the end of the month and will have plenty of live sand. My 55g that I'll be selling has about 100# of the aragonite crushed coral in it as well.

 

Steve

 

Man we have a lot of Steves here!

[120 g Reef Tank for sale]

Robin,

I am very interested in this setup......it is exactly what I'm looking for. Could you please e-mail me at steveoutlaw@verizon.net with all of the specs (type of skimmer, return pump, everything). Is it a glass tank? Any scratches? I'm in Woodbridge so I'm close.

 

thanks,

Steve

[Trying to Create a Refugium]

Steve - Sorry it took so long to reply.  When I say getting the glass cut locally I'm talking about baffles to go into your 10g.  BTW, what type of overflow did you get?

[Trying to Create a Refugium]

Oh, almost forgot.  You can measure and get glass cut locally for your fuge so you can set it up the way you want.  it's like 5.00 per piece of glass.

[Trying to Create a Refugium]

Steve- I just finished a sump/fuge for my tank.  I got 2 amiracle overflow boxes (U-tube design 600gph) for $35.00 on e-bay.  I also got a mag12 off e-bay and used an SCWD.  It is working like a champ.  E-mail me at steveoutlaw@verizon.net and I'll send you pics.

 

Steve

[A Horror Story]

I am still a newbie but have to give my .02.  :D

I've been using the Hagan Aquaclear powerheads for about 8 months and they run as smooth as a baby's butt.  I also have a maxijet 1200 on my Aqua C and it has performed flawlessly.  I'm getting ready to hook up my sump and got a mag1200 for the return pump because I've heard nothing but good about those.

[Skimmer move]

I was under the impression that you couldn't overskim.  The skimmer can only take out the nasties in the water.  If there aren't a lot of nasties than your skimmer cup just won't fill as fast.  I use the remora on my 29g and it does just fine.