Recent content by joe1123

I know one of them is calcium. . And i know there is different ways of doseing it but i really dont know besides that.

how do you decide to get a chiller I am setting up a 60 gallon acrylic reef. I would think that I need a 1/10 power chiller. and how much do they cost on average to run?? (more than heaters?) I don't have a central ac unit and it wouldn't be to my best interest to run my hang on ac im my...

lol ah yes I need a stand ...im a DIY type of guy...so the way I figured it is that.. im gonna get all the equipment ready ( or most of it ready) and then see what size of stand im going to make. I don't want to make a mistake of building a small stand ..

yes very true they are aggressive fish so I have heard for many... but the weird thing is I don't see them nipping at each other I don't think that's the issue with these guys. this would be the second time I buy a blue devil damsel only to die I also bought some damsels with a yellow tail and...

so once the tank has cycled what I would want to do is manage phosphates.. and dose the tank with mag,cal with proportion to the corals I have when I have them ... but like you said its nothing I should be concerned with at the moment./

so in a nutshell I can put a protein skimmer or a refugium in the bottom? or both.. I would like to put a refugium but I don't know if that size of sump would be able to take the bioload for a 60 gallon? and I think im stuck between one or the other being that its a 16 gallon sump?

I do have some experience cycling a tank right now I just have a little 5 gallon saltwater that im messing with to prove the principal( so I'm not learning it the expensive way with a big tank.) so far so good I been able to keep those black and white striped damsels and a green chromis. but for...

what do you guys think of my sump?

well I been on and off in the hobby for about 7yrs. now I want to start my first reef tank, I have kept saltwater, fresh water systems in the past with more success in the fresh water systems. BUT now I really want to keep a reef tank. I have been looking for the equipment on craigslist and have...