Ronjunior

Here is what I ran across to kill Aiptasia Anemones, but where the heck can you find pickling lime around Portland? I haven't found anywhere yet. GARF describes 2 options: 1: Copperband Butterfly fish or 2: their homemade recipe is: Prepare stock solution 1. 1 tsp. pickling lime - food grade calcium hydroxide 2. 2 tbls. tap water. boil water and lime in microwave for 40 sec. keep closed plastic container in cool place. You will need a vet syringe from a pet store that sells vaccinations (I got one from the nurses at the hospital This mixture comes out of the needle very thick. You do not need to inject the Aiptasia. Just release a small amount on to the aiptasia and it will take it in. This mixture seems to stick to the anemone, but it does not stick to the other inverts. We also use this mixture on problem hair algae. We have killed 20 or 30 at a time in 55 gallon reefs and it did not hurt anything

The Ocean clear has a .24 micron filter like a hot tub has with 850gph inline. Here's a pic after 1 hour and still stirring up all the sand twice.

The sand looks great even with murky waters! My next dillemma: how to include the powerheads in the middle of the reef as I have no pre-screening traps for the bottoms and cannot attach to the glass as there will be no walls to hide them on. (cannot find any around Clackamas) What to use, pvc with holes drilled? Any ideas? The reef is down the center of the tank with sand on both sides since it's a room divider/ 2 sided viewing tank. Cannot put the PH's on the glass, they will be hidden under the rocks with circulation pushing out both sides.

That does look familiar I'll let the canister do the work and save 800 gallons of water.

Well I had a thought, I stole my son's 10 gallon mealworm breeding tank, cleaned it and put the fish in there for now. Now I'm trying to clean this sand from Lowes....it states on the bag it's washed and screened. For being washed, it sure makes my pot murky even after 10 rinses. Anybody use that commercial white sand from Quikcrete before? I'm thinking of just sticking it in the aquarium and let the Ocean Clear canister take the murk out overnight.

I assume this is kid friendly? I'm sure my 13 year old would like to join.

I've been surprised by the excelling customer service in the aquarium parts industry, find their website and give them a call about their pumps and what they can handle. My inline Little Giant states, "do not limit the intake, but decreasing the output if OK"

HELP??? Things went bad in the garbage can where I put all my live rock from my own tank...the pond pump ended up hitting 97 degrees for awhile!!! (I should have just put it with the bin of rock I'm selling :( which is just dandy, but wasn't big enough ) I'm afraid to put it back in the tank with my fish with a possible dieoff/ammonia spike later on, but there isn't a place to put my fish. I was going to do a full water change as suggested by Seahorse NW due to the previous owners having too much ditrius and high Nitrates. If I bother to replace all the water, it may just end up with high Nitrates again and wasted $25 on salts! Any opinions?

Looks like I'll start moving my live rock to a heated can tonight to clean out the tank....before I change my mind. Wife quote, "aren't there other projects to be done?" First things first though, right? Want to find some cheap sandsifters/snails,starfish and crabs, etc. soon. Don't they multiply quickly? Online pricing for what they call "reef cleaner/detritus/algae" packages seem a bit overpriced.

From what I just read on about.com, no thanks to bustin my tanks. From a story about how a pet Mantis Shrimp broke 1/4 inch aquarium glass, that was posted in The Daily Mirror (a British Newspaper) on Friday, April 10, 1998, page 11, this documentation leads us to believe that this is possible.

The sand at Lowes broke when I moved it so I ended up with a good feeling for and handful of the white sand. Has some specles, but my concern is it's really fine grade sand. Will that end up floating around too much being pulled up with the powerheads/water movement? Also, wondering if it's a magnet cleaner scratch disaster waiting to happen on the glass?

Looks like Lowes has 100# bags of Quikrete commercial grade white silica sand for $7.28... definately beats the $1/lb at the LFS. It doesn't sound like it's washed so I'm trying to locate their pool grade sand to see if it's white, but having a hard time finding it.... I'll keep on trying.

I want a sandbed, I just can't afford to buy the white stuff for my 125 gallon tank. I just bought an existing fish only setup with stand a few weeks ago and put it all back; I didn't need all the live rock so the leftover is brewing in the garage. I can't wait to start putting corals and anenomes when I can afford them. (I have to sell an extra tank and live rock to break even on the stand and system I bought or my wife will have a tizy) Don't know of any inexpensive options for a good looking 1-2 inch SB, but would switch if I could find one.

Howdy- I setup a 125g with live rock down the middle of the tank (for 2 sided viewing pleasure behind a couch). I didn't put a plenum down, just crushed coral substrate with rock on top. I plan on building this as reef system over time, should I redo it, or is it really necessary to have a plenum?DOH! Thanks!

Java West Aquatics 9742 SW Tigard St Tigard, OR 97223 (503) 639-7683 Found under YP.com

I wish I knew something was possible, my neighbor just got back 2 days ago...would have had him bring some back for me I couldn't afford the airfare, otherwise wife and I were to join them.