Recent content by chromefaery

Went with the sump and I have no regrets, but now I am having to move the tank to a different room...my tank crashed after an emergency top off was made. Well water can be influenced by neighboring farmland being fertilized regardless of the ro/di unit. I have learned this in a bad way.

Condylactis sp. I've had for over a year now. It's waiting for a daily mysis storm...Hehehe

Well, I finally broke down and ordered my om squirt, which is something I have put off for several months. What would be better: hooking it up as a closed loop or on the return from my sump? Just curious.

Hermit crabs are the most vile and underhanded beasties offered. It doesn't matter how much you target feed them, how many shells you leave them or how many sizes you give them, they will devour all live snails at the earliest opportunity. I lost three turbo snails and two cerith snails to just...

I have a mantis shrimp only tank with just live rock. Anything I put in it will be possible targets of my peacock mantis as it already makes a daily target of my magnet glass cleaner.:bouncer: I do have a constant algae problem on the rocks so I figured an urchin would be okay to put in the tank.

Well, I'm not in a hurry to get to work this time, so I guess I can say a lil more. I have four tanks going right now, though that number is changing soon, my 30 gallon is being transferred to the fifty. The 30 will became a sump/refugium and second tank in one. If my idea works right...I have a...

Hello. I only recently joined here but I've been lurking for more than a year. I am setting up a new 50 gallon reef currently. Don't have much else to sayat the moment.