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  1. MikeS

    Dsb

    Both of those should be plenty deep. A few hints on getting the most out of your DSB...contrary to popular belief, the DSB was never intended to deal with a large bioload in the tank, and nor does it mimic any process that significantly contributes to the water quality of the wild reef in...
  2. MikeS

    Dsb

    Depth is kind of relative when talking about a DSB. Other factors will play into how much nitrate processing you will see, such as water flow above the sand bed, particle size, ect. As long as you have an adequate anoxic/anerobic zone (which will be present in just about any substrate to some...
  3. MikeS

    Member of the Month - April 2008

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  4. MikeS

    I puuled apart my Aptasia..Good or Bad????

    It probably won't kill anything, but it will tend to make the overall aptasia population in your system explode...each litte piece of the original one can grow into a seperate, new one...
  5. MikeS

    dang bashing, and other 4 letter words :)

    Ok, I think that question is just a wise-a$$ one IMO...I think you all have a pretty darn good idea of what's going to be taken out of context and what isn't...is it really that hard to figure out? C'mon, give us a break now.... MikeS
  6. MikeS

    Salsakings new 700 gallon jaccuzi! lol 700 Gallon Reef system

    I second that...it isn't the staff here hovering over your shoulder watching for this kind of thing...these posts were reported to us by another member who took your comments that way based on your history on this subject, as many others probably would as well. MikeS
  7. MikeS

    new aquarium, brown algae, seemingly good chemistry

    Agreed about the softener...it'll remove a lot of minerals like silica and calcium, but does very little for things like phosphate and nitrate. I'd go for an RO/DI also. The phosphate is likely the main culprit behind the bloom you are seeing, even slight levels will tend to do this. I kept...
  8. MikeS

    Chemiclean red slime remover?

    The best bet is to solve the underlying problem rather than just treat the symptoms by killing the cyano. As stated above, it's an oxidizer, and in a system with a lot of nutrients it can cause a catastrophic oxygen depletion type crash, killing livestock, good bacteria, ect. I'd avoid any...
  9. MikeS

    this is a matter of life and death

    some forms of it are toxic.... http://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/cyanotox/cyanotox.html I doubt that any of the species we encounter in our tanks are overly toxic, but you never know. I have not heard of a case of a reefkeeper getting poisoned by cyanobacteria. However, that is all the more...
  10. MikeS

    new message

    "new posts" button seems to be working fine for me....
  11. MikeS

    Anemone on DSB

    I doubt an anemone would distrub the DSB enough for that to be a problem. MikeS
  12. MikeS

    Anemone on DSB

    Agreed...most of them will find their way up onto the rocks anyway... MikeS
  13. MikeS

    have you tried wonder wash?

    Hmmm...I don't see how that would work...you can't really compress a liquid, and you'd have equal pressures surrounding the submerged fabrics reguardless of the atmospheric pressure in the container, so I don't see exactly how the water and detergent would be "forced" through the...
  14. MikeS

    Member of the Month - March 2008

    congratulations! MikeS
  15. MikeS

    Threads getting banned??? WHY!!!

    Which part dates you more accurately Nikki, the Brady Bunch or you speaking Latin?:lol:;) Seriously...red bugs are everywhere. And as mentioned above, worthwhile discussions about them would include QT procedures and techniques for eradicating them from the tank. All the other nonsense going on...
  16. MikeS

    moving

    I've moved my 55 before with the DSB still in it, but it's not adviseable, I'd remove the sand just to be on the safe side... MikeS
  17. MikeS

    Removing DSB with heavy Hydrogen Sulfide Blackness.

    I agree as well. I was shocked at how clean the sand in my 5 year old DSB was when I removed it. MikeS
  18. MikeS

    Anyone with unleveled tank?

    yes, that can happen. I had a 55 gallon tank a long time ago that was off level front to back, and the center brace failed. The tank didn't crack or leak, I caught it in time, but the front glass bowed way out, it was spooky. Now when I move a tank or set up a new one, I use a carpenters level...
  19. MikeS

    Am going to have to go with...

    That was awesome!!!:badgrin: I can't stand the Patriots, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Randy Moss, the whole crew....and I'm glad there was no "tuck rule" BS or other nonsense to save their sorry skins this time:badgrin: Maybe now people will stop calling Brady the next comming of Joe...
  20. MikeS

    help ID this crab

    The fact that I'm staff here doesn't make me somebody that "NO's best"...I do however have 20+ years experience in marine tank keeping, and my reef will be 8 years old this year. That doesn't necessarily make my information correct either. My statement is based on both my research on the...
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