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    live sand question

    dead sand smells!!!! i resied loads of it this summer. it was left in a tank for 5 days before i got to it with no heater or pumps... the snails were dead before i got there... but free is better than $$ although the time i spent rinse'n the sand could have been spent fraging and i could have...
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    dry rock

    about the weight question you asked... I have a chunk of rock that weighs about 17-18 lbs, the person i received it from said it weighed about 23-24 lbs. wet. of course that depends on the type of piece...
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    Jlehigh's 210 and ManCave

    that pie looks pretty tasty! is it apple? the rest looks good too, but not nearly as tasty as apple pie... ;)
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    I quater found in LR bin...

    Thanks for your reply's. you both are probably right. i did let it get too cold after i got it (left it in the back of the truck for 2 days in the poly boxes) True, this is more of a chemistry question... If i don't get very many responses i'll asked to get this moved...
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    Ozone????

    They use it in the UK on some peoples reefs. not to reuse the water, but to make it super clean. Like DonW said, it is 03 or three Oxygens instead of two that we normally breath. often people use a UV after the ozone to turn it back into O2. some 03 is ok/maybe good. too much can hurt you and...
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    DIY Frag Rack

    miliput or aquascape from DD-aquarims worx GREAT!!! 2 pound 50 for gary miliput or 3 pound 99 for coriline coloured aquascape!-)
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    I quater found in LR bin...

    I was giving the oppertuity it grab a bunch of stuff out of a LR tub/bin that was ignored/neglected... no pumps or heaters. It didn't smell that bad. I didn't really notice any smell. as i was going through it I found a quarter. It didn't look toooo bad, but it was white-ish. I'll try to get a...
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    acrylic help

    Marrkart, so get the same thickness as the tank and weld one 40 two-part should i ruff it up? DonW, I'll check with them. I know/heard CFI does good work, but i didn't think it would be worth the drive for him...
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    acrylic help

    Hi, I bought a 225 gal Tenecor that might need some work. The guy i bought it from said that he thought someone might have tried to pick it from that point... he thought it happened before it had water in it the last time... I don't know.... I've never patched anything like this before and would...
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    DIY Frag Rack

    That is a good idea... I think i'll try that!
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    HELP!!! Live rock has lots of brown alge growing on it

    it looks better than my 125! I didn't "set up" my tank, b/c i know i have to move it out of the garage... goto: reefvideos.com and check out the one on "pegging" also you can use egg create and cable ties to make structures... it also keeps the LR from "squishing" the sand too much...
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    Stores in Spokane

    I pretty much only go to Barbie... Evergreen pet on sprague and near Evergreen (in spokane valley) has some SW stuff. Their regal tangs look BAD, but they have LR for 4.99 a lbs. when i lost the receipt for the HOT filter (that i didn't want) the fish store not to be named sold my wife, i...
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    shout from the locals

    some people don't use skimmers... (me) Just like skinning cats, there is more than one way to keep a tank clean. Also if you do skim, wait a bit first before you start skimming... I forget how long, but garf.org recommends that... but I don't plan on stocking my tank heavily with fish and have...
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everything

    thanks miwoodar, I read that! i would really like it to be stable near where it should be, not stable looooow
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everything

    Don, I'm no expert hear, but my ph has been low for quite some time and (7.4-7.9 1.5 months) my LFS, who really cares about fishes and knows her stuff, suggested that is is probably a combination of low quality salt (Oceananic) and stuff decaying in my tank (when i bought the tank, I mistakingly...
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    Where did I go wrong??

    8.4-8.6 is much better than 7.4 that I had a month or two ago... I have loads of cheato and cheato/calerpa/hair mix if you want some. I'm in the Spokane Valley...
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everything

    I don't skim, but i would wait until it reached 0 until i turned it off, if I were you...
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    bare tank

    I'm not in your area, but how long has the tank been running? is it cycled yet? do you have bright enough lights to grow coral? also check out craigslist, one can normally get stuff on their for cheap... used works just as well (most of the time) also try to do T5s or T5s and T12s 3 bulbs will...
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    Pic limit to small

    I use photobucket, you don't have to put in a cell phone number at the end of registering, that is only for the upgraded part... it also works for craiglist. you can put more than four pix on craigslist that way... Stephen
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    shout from the locals

    Spokane Valley 125 reef soon to be a 225 with that truf filter you saw on here... Also let me know if you need some cheato... ;)
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