Recent content by gfishguy56

Can someone please tell me what this bubble type algae is? It's brown and full of water inside and it's starting to spread in my aquarium. I've pulled it off the rocks and overflow, but it just keeps coming back. Is there any creature I could buy that eats this? Nitrates are a little high...

Thanks for the vote of confidence :)

Thank you so much for your input in steering me in the right direction. Not sure how deep I want to get into the coral universe, but being properly prepared is better than not.

I've been in the saltwater hobby for over 20 years, but always with FOWLR. However, I just purchased this beast, which will be delivered this week, and would like to dip my toes in the coral side of this hobby. I'd like to start off slow, but I want to be future prepared. I already have an AI...

that access door is waaay too small. When you finally make that leap into your new aquarium(pardon the pun), you will discover how often you will be visiting your sump/underneath tank area and how much you'll wish you had more room.

Please go with sand, you won't regret it. Especially with the size of tank you're considering. You can add so many wonderful little creatures that thrive in the sand, gobies, blennies, wrasses, jawfish, etc etc. An aquarium is a living mini ocean in your own home, so how can you have an ocean...

sorry, i misspoke earlier. i use 2 20gal rubbermaid tubs in my sump, not 30gals. they fit down there just fine..

sorry, i misspoke earlier. i use 2 20gal rubbermaid tubs in my sump, not 30gals. they fit down there just fine..

if you're the DIY type and have the room and need for it, build yourself a Closed Loop System(for more water current) and run your UV sterilizer through that.

I have a hang on skimmer, so no skimmer in the sump for me. The refugium is simple, you can do as Hoopsguru does and leave all your liverock in the display tank and use one of the Rubbermaid tubs as your refugium. Don't even trouble yourself with dividers and silicone. Build a platform about 2...

Compare shop. Take a list of all the components you want/need and have the local pet stores duke it out for your business. i wanted a 125gal all glass megaflow with stand, tank, pump, pc lights. I did that with 4 stores in my area, they all came back with outrageous numbers, some even over a...

These days the extra electricty cost is nowhere near as painful as filling up my SUV with gas very week...

That book is a great read and he is right. All i use for filtration is live rock and a protein skimmer. Also, do yourself and your wallet a favor, forego the $360 sump and go to Walmart or wherever and pick yourself up the biggest Rubbermaid tub($20 or less) that can fit in your space. I have 2...

I have the Megaflow 125 and i've had no problems with overflows or floods at all when i shut off the pumps or the storms down here do it for me. It's a wonderful system. I do have it draining into a 30gal rubble/tufa/base rock sump, and the main sump as well. I also have my piping rigged so it...

I actually do nothing special for my aquarium. i add nothing, i dose nothing. A protein skimmer and i do water changes once a month or so. I did update my lights to Coralife PC lights...