Recent content by NeoSeaWolf

Those are all great recommendations. Thank you. I dont have a phosphate level tester, but I'll take the water to the LFS. Thanks again. I always appreciate the quick, thoughtful replies. -Martin

Have had my 30 gal tank for a little over a year, everything was peachy up until about 2 months ago, there is a fine/fragile/hairlike green algae that has just taken off like wildfire. I thought it was old lighting so I replace my old light bulb (Orbit 90w 50/50 dual daylight compact...

The algae bloom from hell that sprang out of nowhere after a year of beautiful tank.

The algae bloom from hell that sprang out of nowhere after a year of beautiful tank.

The algae bloom from hell that sprang out of nowhere after a year of beautiful tank.

The algae bloom from hell that sprang out of nowhere after a year of beautiful tank.

Apart from my most recent disaster. I had experienced a problem with losing water from my tank. The problem was the hang on back CPR protein skimmer. I had place a rather porous sponge in the return chamber to act as a makeshift bubble trap (which seemed to work great for a couple months)...

Apart from my most recent disaster. I had a problem with losing water from my tank. The problem was the hang on back CPR protein skimmer. I had place a rather porous sponge in the return chamber to act as a makeshift bubble trap (which seemed to work great for a couple months). Eventually...

I know your pain man.

How can one know if the PC bulbs are due for a change? Is it just a matter of knowing how long they've been used? I bought my Orbit PC 2x96w dual day/actinic blue combo lights back in May 06I've been running them from 12 noon to 11pm, since. My 30 gal tank was intended as a FOWLR tank, but...

Sadly, my flameangel succumed yesterday. Looks like the lone survivors are going to be my cobalt blue damsel and my three bluegreen chromis. A testament to their hardiness (probably why their the least expensive-easy to transport and survive stress). Two peppermint shrimp, a large turbo...

I appreciate your symphathy and suggestions. My fireshrimp didn't pull through- that bites, he was one of my favorites, very animated always peppy and happy looking. :( Other casualties at this point include my mushroom corals. I had one brown/green one which had propagated to 5. They're all...

flame angel and whiskers of my shrimp

I work night shifts. Came home today and my condo had the unusual smell of seawater/fishtank (it never has before). Yesterday evening I plugged in a 100Watt Visi-Therm brand glass heater set at 76 (my place stays pretty warm year round so I had removed the heater over the summer, but it was...

Hi folks. I finally found a good priced CPR Bak Pak protein skimmer for my 30 gallon tank. It came with the bio bale. Its running smoothly and effectively, albeit it a bit noisy. Has anyone done a mod of the bio bale chamber and made a refugium of it? I was thinking I could remove the...