Recent content by waltmag41

Tang is a new addition (Mother's Day gift for my wife). Nitrates have been at this level for the life of the tank. I do weekly 15-20% water changes (sometimes miss a week but never go longer then 2 weeks) but I clean canister and skimmer weekly. I had mechanical filtration in the canister but...

Hey all.....been a while since I last posted. Tank had it's 1yr anniversary a few weeks ago and all has been going great....until today when my canister started to leak. I think the issue is easily solvable (replace/lube gasket) but I have been wondering for some time if it's actually even...

Not looking for high end....was hoping to add the nems 1st.......not ready for corals yet but it's something that I think I'd eventually like to do.

Hi all......haven't posted in a bit but it's been 7 months since I started my 60 gallon FOWLR. Everything is going great with the exception of an occasional nitrate battle. I am looking to make my first big upgrade to the system by purchasing some LEDs. I'm not looking to go crazy but I would...

Hi there.....been a few months since I posted. 60 gallon FOWLR started in May. For the most part things are going great but recently (last 5-6 weeks) my nitrates have jumped up to 20ppm. Went on vacation beginning of August and came home to a small bloom of red algae which I attribute to too...

Really excited!!! Bought a pair of clowns today that are in quarantine....hope to add them soon!!!

Display tank has been cycled for about a week now and we are ready to begin adding livestock. I was wondering about online purchases of fish......I was looking for suggestions of reputable online sites. We have one LFS and it's a bit on the pricey side but I don't want to order online and risk a...

Love that PVC idea........not happy with my aqua-scaping and was planning on redoing regardless but I will definitely be using PVC......Thanks!

Hey there.....so I got my tank filled and have begun curing 50 lbs of dry fiji rock...been a little over 2 weeks now and things seem to be ok. I was wondering when would be the best time to add the substrate . Wasn't sure it was a good idea during the curing process or not so I figured it was...

Nope......no softener/filter of any kind. I was kind of shocked by how high it was........needless to say we drink a lot of bottled water

I'm going to chalk it up to bad source water....I will check my TDS meter (I'm a chemist so I have access to small amounts of pure water at work) and I will reseat everything again today and see where I'm at. I'm resigned to the fact that I will probably need a second DI

That's final RO/DI product

Fiddled with it....down to 7ppm

As far as I can tell yea

Black is from source, yellow is waste and blue is product