Recent content by RickHarris

  1. R

    100gallon leaking

    [:( We're in our 12th hour, since finding a slow leak on our 100g reef tank. We have no idea where the leak is coming from? It is dripping from the corner between the moulding and the stand. Most of the LR is in 45gallon trash bucket w/ 2 powerheads and a heater. We have the water down to about...
  2. R

    Normal cycling? - Up and down...

    [over the past few days our ammonia has climbed to 1 -we were at 0/0/0/ now 1/0/0 we've quit feeding the tank flakes and plan on doing a water change tomorrow... any other ideas or other plans? is it normal to go up and down during the cycling process? what percentage water change to you...
  3. R

    Cycling the tank questions - 2 weeks later

    [Hi everything is going well- I think... Here are yesterdays #'s ph 8.2 am .50 ni .10 na 10 sg 1.023 The tank looks good. I can't get over how clear it is- finally. We did bury base rock in the sand to build the live rock on. We did take off "extra" stuff from the live rock before...
  4. R

    What and when - For a new tank...

    [we understand it'll be months down the road before we can start introducing our "wish list" fish. but, we need to start planning for our 1st fish. we thought we'd just use a damsel. but, I don't like what I keep hearing about their aggressiveness. I read the -newbie peppermint thread- and...
  5. R

    Live rock is here

    [Okay, sand- 90lbs of oolite caribsea (very fine) 60lbs of bio-live by natures ocean (fine) 30lbs of reef grade sand caribsea (very coarse) the bed is about 3.5 inches rock- *40lbs base rock: "reef bones" caribsea (looks cool and we got a great deal) 90lbs live rock: from marine center (wet...
  6. R

    Live rock is on it's way - Help us get it right...

    [We have a 100 gallon tank, it's 21 inches in height 18 inches deep and 60 inches long. So far we have 2-30 lb bags of CaribSea Aragonite sugar-sized sand. Also we have 3-20lb bags of Natures Ocean Bio-Active Live Aragonite. There is a petstore in town w/ live sand as well. Now, we have to...
Top