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  1. Ugla

    Red Velvet Algae

    So I have a couple of rocks growing a new type of algae. Looks like red velvet. It is definitely not cyano and does not act like it. Cant be brushed off. Any idea what it is?
  2. Ugla

    Anyone every use a drip tray under their sump?

    Great ideas! Thanks! Got to figure something out in the next couple of weeks, Then move the tank out for the carpet.
  3. Ugla

    Anyone every use a drip tray under their sump?

    I have to move my 100 gallon reef for new carpet installation. Not at all looking forward to it btw. Seems every couple of months I have water on the carpet as a result of the skimmer overflowing and bubbling over the sump wall or the sump overfilling from my ato. I am thinking about making a...
  4. Ugla

    Anyone run closed loop plumbing through floor?

    I am running the return through an Oceans Motion 4 way and the suction through two 1.5"s that will "T" into the final 1 going downstairs to the pump. I will have more than enough flow for my tank I think.
  5. Ugla

    Anyone run closed loop plumbing through floor?

    I am adding a CL to my 100 gal reef, but have very little room under the stand. Am considering running 2 1.5" pvc pipes through the floor into the basement so I can put the Dolphin 4700 in the basement. That would help with room and noise of the pump. Of coarse would have ball valves and unions...
  6. Ugla

    Drilling a tank Question

    Thanks Jason! I will give it a try.
  7. Ugla

    Drilling a tank Question

    Will drilling a partially full tank put too much stress on the hole while drilling? I don't ant it to crack.
  8. Ugla

    Drilling a tank Question

    i have a 100 gal acrylic tank and considering drilling for a closed loop. My question is I need to drill for a 2" bulkhead about halfway down in the center. Can I safely do this without completely draining the whole tank? I'd like to only drain to below the level of drilling. Any thoughts?
  9. Ugla

    Anyone ever tear down a tank to clean it?

    I've had my reef for about 10 years and the guy before me had it for 5 or so. It is definitely experiencing old tank syndrome. Most rock work has not been moved in 5-7 years. I am thinking about taking everything out and rinsing and or scrubbing the rock and thoroughly cleaning the small amount...
  10. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    The Kole is doing great. He is fat and happy. I have never seen bristle worms, though they could be hiding. No calurpa at all. I am still baffled.
  11. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    Well it looks like I dodged the bullet. The tank is still somewhat cloudy the morning, but all the corals seem happy. I have only seen a couple fish, but it is still the middle of the night for them. What troubles me is I still have no idea what caused it. There was no calurpa in the fuge. I...
  12. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    looking in the fuge, there may be some calurpa mixed in. I will definitely go now.
  13. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    I have 50 gallons coming up to salinity. Kinda hard to microwave enough to make a difference. I am gonna do the change soon. This is the first emergency I have ever had since 1974 when I had a fish only saltwater tank in the early days. Used to have them every few months.
  14. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    It is getting a little clearer with less of the floating stuff. It looks like yellow sticky slime in my skimmer each time it fills up. So far my candy canes, frogspawn and bubble corals are still open and looking ok. The fish are still looking healthy from what I can see in very cloudy water. I...
  15. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    My rbta still looks ok. Most of the corals look ok one hard coral has died. Fish seem fair. Though they can't have much air. I just added 10 gallons of hot tap water to the 30 cold ro water to warm it up. Gonna mix salt and do a change if it gets warm enough. Added carbon to my phos reactor.
  16. Ugla

    Help, I have an EMERGENCY!

    I just got home and my tank was turning cloudy. There are millions of tiny yellow specs in the water. Ove the last 20 minutes the cloudiness got worse. I can barely see in the tank now. Nothing has changed. The tank has been stable for 10 years. Temp and ph are normal. Have rnot had a chance to...
  17. Ugla

    Nori to tangs

    Asian Seaweed Here's a couple of pics of the seaweed. I put a pic of the bag as I am having a problem reading the name on it. Maybe someone else could tell me what it says. All my herbivores have always loved it. Since it is actually real leaves vs ground up whatever in sheets. It stays...
  18. Ugla

    Nori to tangs

    I have a piece of pvc pipe on a piece of fishing line I drop in the tank. I don't use nori. You can buy a bag of seaweed at Asian stores. It does not break up like nori and the fish love it.A $3 bag lasts for months. Just break off a 3" piece, rubber band it and it reconstitutes into a couple of...
  19. Ugla

    Dont u just love pests/hitchhikers!!!!

    I have been fighting majanos for years. Originally i had thousands of them. Used Joes on them regularly and now just do it about every two months. No longer use Joes. Earlier tonight I mixed a table spoon of Kalk with a little water and treated 5 or six that had come back. This seems to work...
  20. Ugla

    So far this season who has lost power??? Were you prepared?

    My generator stopped in a power outage last year and I put off fixing it until a few weeks ago. I tore down the carb and o\put it back together. 10 minutes after I got it running the power went out! Was only out for about an hour. But I felt so prepared. I'm ready now. Bring on the darkness.
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