Recent content by EricTheRed

So I made this for my 90G using a Phosban 550 and some LED strips. Prior to running this, my phosphates would jump from 0 to 0.05 in a 24 hour period due to the high levels of phosphate that absorbed in my rock when it was FO. Also, my nitrates hovered between 5 and 10ppm. I wish I would have...

I use Coral RX for my coral dip and I don't see anything mentioned on the label about it killing dino's. I have a bunch of nice coral in one of my tanks but there are toxic dino's that are slowly killing everything. I'd like to move some of the coral into another tank and break the "dino" tank...

So as some of you know, I lost my ambition following a couple of crashes and my 90 has been a FO for about a year and a half. I have a supermale Labout's Wrasse, Mystery Wrasse, Potter's Wrasse, Melanarus Wrasse, Hawaiian Flame Angel, Flame Hawk, Yellow Tang, Bimac Anthias and a Diamond Goby...

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So, I'm still trying to figure out what the golden-brown bacteria-like growth is in my sandbed ( http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/showthread.php/25284-Golden-Brown-Mystery-%28Bacteria-%29-Need-ID ) I've pretty much ruled out diatoms and dino and believe it to be some type of bacteria. I also...

Hey all, I'm stumped and need some help identifying what's going on in my 90. Quick background, the tank has been up and running since JUN 2014 and started stocking in SEP 2014. Nitrates: ~1ppm (I like it here) Phosphates: 0.02 I keep up with my rodi filters/resin and the TDS is 001. I used...

I have a few acro's that are not coloring up the way they should be and I'm not sure if they need more or less light. I'm running 2x250W Radiums and 4 T5's (3x ATI Blue+ and a ATI Coral Plus) in the Geissmann Spectra fixture. So this is a powerful light. I was running the halides 6 hours a day...

Seeing that Disney acro got me thinking. If you were to pick only 1 acro to be your centerpiece coral and price was no object, what would it be? If you have a pic of it please post, even if it isn't yours.

So my return line is making a constant gurgling sound and i can't get it to go away. This is not the "flushing" issue rather a constant bubbling/gurgling as the water pours into my sock. I put a valve on the return line to slow down the Mag 12 but I can bring it down to all but a trickle and it...

The time has come for me to finally reboot my 90G after the crash earlier this year. The tank has been sitting dormant for about 6 months while I marinated in the lose of so many acro's and other nice coral. After the crash I focused on stocking my 75G with 6 awesome BTA's and some slick...

So I'm going to be reopening my 90 soon. I know I've been saying that for about 4 months now, but I'm getting really close now ;) just waiting for the custom sump to be built. I'm planning on this being an acro tank (maybe a monti or 2) and I'd like to add a Regal Angel. I know they are fairly...

As some of you know, my 90 is broken down and sitting in pieces all over the place. As soon as my new custom sump will be finished I'll open up a new build thread. In the meanwhile, I'm wondering how you would suggest I connect my return pump to my return line? The pump is a Mag 12 and as you...

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I have a Mag drive 12 return pump that tends to vibrate (make noise) when it sits on the bottom of my sump. I used to keep a sponge under there but it eventually became a detritus trap. I'd like to get something under there to dampen the noise, any suggestions?

Figured I'd share what's been keeping my attention recently. I decided that the 75 was just too mall to have a decent fowlr but I still wanted something low maintenance so I decided on have a softie tank. I have 5 bta's and a maxi-mini, a hairy mushroom, some other shrooms, green toadstool and...