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ok cool so what should I shoot for? Live aquaria says 1.023 to 1.025 for coral so should i try for 1.024? Also, when trying to bump up salinity, can I just add the salt right to my sump and let it dissolve there or should I just do an extra water change and make it test out at like 1.030? LF...

lol this is like a baby build of d2mini's old tank! Love it! Your tank looks awesome! I can't wait to have my tank in a new place so that I can finally get my sump looking as good as yours. How do you like your Reef keeper? I have heard mixed reviews on them so that's why I'm curious.

Just felt like an update. I love my parameters. PH 8.1, SG 1.023, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0. I need to get some more test kits so I can have some more perfect parameters lol. On an unrelated note, this week is my first REAL interview for getting a job out of college (I graduate this...

Maybe you can explain to me the difference between marine and tropical? Is it basically the difference between a tank with coral and reef safe fish vs no coral and non-reef-safe fish like angels? Sorry I guess I'm confused as to what you are asking :-D

The kole is my favorite lol. He is going in with some other pretty aggressive fish so we will see. Something tells me my blue devil damsel isn't going to take much abuse. I have been debating on cutting out the tomini for a while though. I think with all the input i have gotten, I will cut him...

Yes, got a plus one. lol

they are pretty small tangs, a yellow, a tomini and a kole yellow eye. You think it's too much?

IMO a protein skimmer is more beneficial than an algae scrubber. While scrubbers are good, they are mostly removing nitrates from the tank. This means that the waist has break down into ammonia, then to nitrites, and finally to nitrates where it can be consumed by the algae growing on the...

So right now my feeding schedule is like this. One day I'll feed Rods Food (original) and some brine shrimp as a snack. My fish love this! The next day I'll feed some pellet and flake food and put some dried seaweed in for everybody to munch on. I alternate like this every other day. My question...

Angie your tank has come so far along! I was looking at the very beginning of this thread and you have done great things with this tank!

Ah. Most snails don't need much acclimation. I usually just test to make sure the water is about the same temp and toss em right in. I've only ever lost one turbo this way.

Ok so today we added some friend so out tank. We added to Mexican Turbo Snails (hopefully these guys live, the last one we had died like instantly) and another tiger sand conch to replace the one we lost while on vacation :/ .We also got 2 new tetras for my Postmortem freshwater tank of sadness...

why not release them into the bucket??

I am not looking forward to the Blue POTM anymore lol

well this morning was fun. Went to bed last night, tank was fine. This morning, Sarah wakes me up at 7:30 and says the tank is off. I go into the living room to find the tank has lost power entirely. Turns out the plug has come out of the wall. So my sump overflowed (back siphon) and there is...

lol jail

+1 LF. The HOB fliters end up becoming nitrate factories which is bad for your tank. A bunch of live rock and a skimmer should be great for you. The skimmer removes the nasty stuff in the tank BEFORE it goes through the nitrogen cycle where as a HOB filter just helps that stuff go through the cycle.

ilyad what kind of starfish is that? I really want a starfish but im afraid it might not work with my urchins

Does it have an overflow? If it does, i'd do a sump with a protein skimmer. I have had really good luck with mine. It also lets you get the heater and all that junk out of your tank and out of sight and your tank will never look not-full. If not and you can't drill one, try a HOB skimmer. Stay...

lol thank angie