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Question on Deep sand bed Tanks
I have reard some and read some about deep sand beds. does it have to be sand? Will crushed coral do? how fine or corse? How deep?
Replies: 11
Views: 2,837
Last Post: 04-26-2006 01:14 PM
by mutts
Forum:Basics
Substrate & Liverock
alkalinity
what else can i do to lower the alkalinity of my tank other then doing a water change? the test that i did said the the level was high. i know thats...
Replies: 19
Views: 4,502
Last Post: 05-18-2006 04:38 PM
by perpetual98
Forum:Chemistry
Calcium, Alk, Mg & pH
waterchange routine
How often does everyone actually do a waterchange?What percentage of the tank's volume do you change out?
Replies: 23
Views: 6,872
Last Post: 05-17-2006 11:27 PM
by tileman
Forum:Basics
Poll:
Salt & Water
Skimpy Skimmate
On my 75 gal I have a seaclone 150 skimmer. It seems to be working great. My parameters are all good Nitrate 0, Amonia 0, pH 8.2, Salinity 36ppt,...
Replies: 1
Views: 1,679
Last Post: 05-08-2006 02:30 PM
by Whoyah
Forum:Hardware
Water Treatment
Nitrate explosion
As a small fry in the big tank of reefhood I have found some very important answers to some very troubling questions by checking out different posts...
Replies: 3
Views: 2,077
Last Post: 05-19-2006 12:57 PM
by Fally
Anyone dose Garlic?
I bought a Tang today. An Orange Shoulder Tang, and I think I heard someone say that they dose garlic and it has kept their fish VERY healthy. What...
Forum:Marine Fish
Reef Aquarium Fish
Salifert Alk test reads 5.60 alk!
We have been having nitrate problems in our 24G nano Reef tank with 3" LS and 26 lb LR. Inhabitants are 2 small chromis, 2- 1 1/2"crabs, 5 tiny...
Replies: 11
Views: 3,754
Last Post: 06-01-2006 11:09 AM
by RWalston
Dieing Sun Coral
Over the weekend, the temperature in my tank hit 90degrees F. Now, I have a sun coral that is dieing. The tissue around a few of the heads is...
Replies: 7
Views: 2,228
Last Post: 06-01-2006 07:16 AM
by unleashed
Carpet Anemone "issues"?
I have a beautiful Saddleback Carpet Anemone (have had it just over a week now). The clown moved in almost instantly and 50%+ of the time the...
dieing hammer
I had a hammer that started looking bad thought maybe the location
so i moved it and the next morning it was almost all gone and a green cap next to...
Replies: 8
Views: 2,314
Last Post: 03-21-2006 07:02 PM
by davejnz
Nitrates
Just to get an idea, what are everyones nitrates levels looking like? Mine are between 10-20 ppm.... if i had to guess they are around 15 ppm. The...
Replies: 7
Views: 2,581
Last Post: 04-27-2006 08:01 PM
by KG
Too much live rock?
I have roughly 75 to 100 of live rock in my display tank(never weieghed it all) but a friend told me that that might be too much and that if i remove...
Replies: 7
Views: 1,980
Last Post: 03-25-2006 08:49 PM
by davejnz
Forum:Hardware
Flow & Plumbing
Filter issue
I have a wet dry filter with the blue Bio balls, and a RIO 2500 pump. I have a lot of dirt or sand in the bottom of the filter, in the section where...
Replies: 8
Views: 2,134
Last Post: 03-26-2006 03:17 AM
by davejnz
New 65G sea horse tank.
I'm in the middle of setting up the new sea horse tank. I didn't reuse the sand from the old tank as I had originally planned. I purchased 2 40lb...
Replies: 13
Views: 3,336
Last Post: 04-14-2006 11:58 PM
by Whoyah
Forum:Marine Fish
Seahorses & Pipefish
Changing sandbed
I'm removing everything in my tank to change to a fine grade of sand. When I replace the live rock,should I place it directly on the bottom or...
Replies: 7
Views: 2,380
Last Post: 04-27-2006 10:55 AM
by perpetual98
Forum:Basics
Substrate & Liverock
Algae Die off?????
I've been growing macro algae in my main tank - over the past few weeks, about every 2 - 3 weeks (seems to coincide with moon light cycle) - large...
Replies: 5
Views: 2,915
Last Post: 10-20-2006 12:24 PM
by iVgOnMaD
55 with 30 sump pictures
I would like to thank everyone on captivereeding for their help and information.
I am not an expert! I just want to do a little show and tell about...
Replies: 5
Views: 2,349
Last Post: 04-08-2006 10:46 AM
by stevebla
Forum:Basics
Tanks, Sumps & Refugiums
Replies: 12
Views: 4,212
Last Post: 09-08-2006 11:34 AM
by stevebla
Forum:Hardware
Flow & Plumbing
nitrate help again...
Ok, i use tap water in my aquarium, and I tested the water for nitrate and there are no traces of nitrate...but my aquarium has alot of nitrate...i...
Replies: 7
Views: 2,361
Last Post: 02-21-2006 11:21 PM
by davejnz
Opinions needed
OK, I will tell you my tank set-up and u can tell me what i need and what i dont to help me out....aquaclear 30, millenium 3000 biofilter, cpr...
Replies: 3
Views: 1,494
Last Post: 02-20-2006 05:42 PM
by jerryc