It is interesting how one can tell the difference between LFS's business and ethical/ecological practices when "rubber meets the road"... Last week I had two distinct experiences regarding fish purchases. One, at my LFS#2, was them suggesting I get a Desjardini Tang or a Foxface Rabbitfish to eat up my Valonia infestation, even though they knew my tank was a 180L, 60cm cube display tank probably limited in space for those two fish. The second, at ...
Updated 12-15-2010 at 03:03 PM by snorkeler (added category)
The bracing is still being added, so here are some shots of the first sets of bracing. The bottom has a small internal eurobrace, its about 1" wide. The top bracing is still in progress, so far only half has been installed. ...
I was finally able to pick up a new bubble tip to replace the one that had an unfortunate accident. Along with the BTA came a little anemone crab. And a nice new duncan frag, that is already budding a new head.
Today I started my war against Valonia, officially. :-) Nothing too special, just decided it was time to start thinning them out by manual removal as a start. I took a hose, 1/4inch, cut the tip at an angle to make it easy to scrape rock with it, and did a water change scraping the rocks. One rock that was literally covered with Valonias for months is now almost clear. Another water changes like this one should be enough to reduce the bulk of the Valonias. Unfortunately ...
So I still haven't decided on what I'm going to use for flow. I'm leaning towards a Mag 7 for my return pump with 5 ft of head it should work out around 420 gph and that's a little under 6x flow through my sump. Any better suggestions for around the same price, or is there something way better that would be worth the money? I also am thinking that a closed loop setup might not be worth doing, by the time i get the plumbing and pump to get the water flow i want i could buy power heads that would ...
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