Big Al's. Jeff (the fish manager) is an awesome guy. He even throws in some discounts for me from time to time :D

Its is dointhe job..doing great...yea tea beer its gross lol can't imagine anyone drinking that lol cup is ruined now lol:biggrin:

Sweet I go in there from time too time piscses river front golds wal,s all my hiding spots lol

Never know might have seen me in there or any of my hiding spots lol:biggrin:

LOL maybe. But I never EVER go to pisces. All of the products on their shelves and the fishes are SEVERELY overpriced!

LOL very true they got my salcata tortoise food there some times ill buy random fishy:biggrin:

Well little update nothing too new did a water change things are almost zero and a scarlet crab got half eat wtf...no sign of shell soo confused lol

Well added some more live stock lastnite...added another blue knuckle hermit,a clean shrimp so my peppermint Shrimp has a friend:biggrin:...got a black brittle starfish very cool...and a red star fish was a impulse buy kinda...all doing very well:smile:...also do a small water change today stilltryin too lower my nitrates too zero completely..cant figure out why it won't full zero out..?any suggestions? Also ill be uploading so livestock update pics:biggrin:

For no nitrate, you should get enough chaeto :) For my 20 long, i use chaeto in a AC110 and I only do water change to replace the trace elements; nitrate is always zero.

Ur talking mini refug?:biggrin:

Mod AC110 but yah thats the idea :)

Okay sweet can i use jus and led light..ill post a pic of a led strip runs of battery's pretty brite:biggrin:

Yah should work :) I use those coralife dual fixture for fuge (got it for freaking cheap!)

Are you sure it's dead? When they molt it looks like the whole front half of them sitting on the sand bed. I've found a few molts that i thought for sure were dead crabs but later discovered the crab alive and well.

Im sure lol he didn't move for days picked him upheld didn't move and guts hanging out it was dead half eaten

Did you find an empty shell? The pic below is a crab molt, looks like a half eaten crab but it is only a molt, it can be very deceiving. If you picked up the shell and a body fell out, that's one thing. However if you saw what looked like a body on the sandbed (not moving) but there was no shell around, then it's probably a molt.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...n/IMG_0056.jpg

OH okay that is very simalier but yea we found his shell..idk if he was playing dead or not now lol its all good:biggrin:

Well I've been thinking on refug but then thought about a mini sump/refug...but been I'm only aloud 20 gallons too play with, water volume is starting too be concern..how can I measure the water displacement? It's a 17.5 gallon with 40lbs rock 30 lbs sand...im woundering how much water is actually in my tank I would like too do a 10g using only half the tank if that.. So really only 4-5 gallons water in over flow tubes tank return ect I'm planning.. And what would be best drain set up herbie or what??

I've been doing alot of lookin pulled out trust old calculator blew off the dust :biggrin: and started figuring out water displacement..i belive there is roughly 9.65 gallons..does this seem right too you all??:question:

Does anyone think that's right I'm trying too remember how many ice cream pails of water came out while putting. In sand and rock 6 and abit does sound right thought I lost count at 5 while doing it soo yea..any one?trying too have a mini sump refug trying too stay too rules of 20 gallons max:biggrin:

Well alittle update again bought.a 10 gallon aquarium from picses pet emporium 16.99 a eshopps nano over flow box 54.99 I belive...also bought a outlet nozel into tank from sump 4.99...my plans are too use 6-8 inch baffle walls in sump restrict it too about 6 gallons leaving lots of room for water in overflow box, pipes and skimmer ect...i redid calculations and figured still roughly only 9 ish gallons in my 17.5 gallon nano quiet the water displacement lol:neutral:... So still under the 20 gallon rules yay hahahaha...ill get pics up soon of the new equipment also upgraded power head from 750 gph too 1400 gph for better water flow...a Awsome trade off fellow canreefer... Use the 750 in my mixing bucket :wink:

Isint 1400gph a bit too much for your tank?

Srry its 1200 gph and I was told 750 wasn't enough get another 250 gph minimum powerheads I don't have room for two soo I supervised it lol..its got great flow now lol

Your tank is 20 gallon right?

17.5 gallon..

Lol in a 20 gallon right? :P

Anyway. I am not sure who told you 750 is not enough :S Because to be honest, I would say that's too much; not for the tank but from one single power head.

My tank has lots of movement (500gph + 120gph + 240 gph + 425 gph) but from different sources to create an alternating flow. That's something you want (makes coral flow look better too). Why not get two different power head of 425gph or something :D

Too be honest not 100% who told me that either lol it was some one one here tho...i don't have room for two power heads I do have a hanging on back filter soon will be a nano size sump refug lol..

The fuge gonna help a lot with the nutrient. Atleast mine does :)

That's what my hopes are lol:biggrin:

Put in as much chaeto as you can.

OH I will just gotta figure out how too post pics throw photobucket on here and you will all see my plans lol..does anyone know how too upload pics from photobucket on here:question:

Click on IMG code it will say copied the paste in your post and voila pic posted via photobucket


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IMG code where is that ?Srry but new with this tablet and new too website kinda:biggrin:

When you post a comment, count to the 14th tab from the 2nd row of control box (B I U ..... ). Its the yellow box with 2 mountain peeks and a square (:P) sun.

Awsome I see that thanks you guys srry for my stupidity lol:biggrin:

Lol there's nothing called stupidity in this forum :mrgreen:

When you hover over the pic in photobucket a list should drop down that has a spot called IMG code or if your looking at the full size pick its off to the right side of the screen if you still have issues pm me your email and I can send you pics of what I mean


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I would have too disagree on that one..:surprise:

Okay I'll give it a shot in a little while see if some pics come on here lol

Okay I had one crab die/molt idk had a cleaner shrimp die last night dinner for my starfish...and now another Halloween hermit crab is molting...what is going on here...any suggestions people...im really scared everything in my tank is slowly dieing