Vivid Aquariums Forum

Attaching frags

EdG1942 — Thur, 11 Mar 2010 00:44:04 GMT

I have a couple new mushroom frags. Both are attached to some rubble rock. I'd like to fasten them down to some existing live rock. Will gel super glue work? Do I have to remove the rock from the tank (a pain in the you know what) or can the super glue gel work under water?

Forum: Reef Chat

Hair Algae

smashrod — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:24:55 GMT

Hello, i have a huge problem with hair algae. I have tried everything from weekly water changes for four weeks straight to lower my nitrate and phosphates levels and still i have hairy algae everywhere. But my question is this product called Chem-Marin. If anyone out there have used this product please let me know how well it works. Thank you very much.

Forum: Saltwater Fish Chat

Help with tank!

vontill — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:34 GMT

So my friend got a 60 gallon acrilc tank and he did not want it so I took it to set up. He built a stand for me and its on that and has been full of water for a week. Someone told me I have to put foam under the tank or it will break. I did not do this. Do I need to drain it and do that?

Forum: Beginner's Corner

Welcome Guia!!!!!

animalmaster6 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:37:46 GMT

Welcome Guia!!!

Glad you joined!

You do realize you have to post pics of your Lokani you got from vivid, right?

Forum: Member Introductions

Need pump help

Pfeffer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:04:01 GMT

OK so here is the problem, I have a 220 gallon square tank with a center overflow. I am currently running a 100pxx Pan world pump on my return. (I know its not strong enough. That is way I am getting red slime. No flow.) I am running it because it is so tight in my overflow that if I put a big pump on it would burn it up. Too much pressure. It is tight and I have two outlets in the tank so it had to be teed off right out of the bottom of the tank.

So I am asking what pump should I put on for a closed loop. I am adding a 1 inch Squid wave maker to the system. I want great flow through my tank with little power. The close loop will be mounted on top of the tank in the canopy as I can't run it through the tank, due to it only have two holes in the over flow box. I have a 16 inch canopy with a 1000 watts of light.

Please help.

Forum: Equipment Chat

Help w/acans

shs1451 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:23 GMT

Any suggestions for being successful at keeping acans will be appreciated.
all of my water params are good. my zoo's/polyps, etc are doing great. i have T5 HO's and (2) 250 watt HQI's. water flow is xlnt.
this is my second failure with acans. i place them near or on the bottom with good water flow. the last acan i bought from vivid was awesome ("was"). seems to be going the same way the first one did.
help??
(Dave: how was Australia??...lucky sob!)

Forum: Reef Chat

Army Paly

animalmaster6 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:52:44 GMT

If you ever get another Army Paly, please let me know!!!!!!

Thanks!!!

Forum: Reef Chat

Leaf Scorpion

EastCoastAquaria — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:33:06 GMT

Hi all,
I was looking around the web to find good aquarium info and I found this fantastic forum. Today my main question or thought is the purchase of a mated pair of Leaf Scorpionfish I stumbled upon in a local fish store. Does anyone have any expierence with this fish? I know that they can be occasionally agressive to smaller fish and crustasteans however I have found that they are one of the most passive and choosy eaters in the scorpionfish family. If anyone has any knowledge with these fish I would love to hear it. I'm mostly interested in the safety of my shrimp with the purchase of the Leaf Fish.
Thanks

Forum: Saltwater Fish Chat

Greetings

drdolemite — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:12:01 GMT

I'm a long time customer of Vivid, just finished cycling my latest reef tank. Will post pics in build thread after I finish the stand doors.

Forum: Member Introductions

Awesome new palys lately

AirplaneSean — Thur, 04 Mar 2010 21:12:11 GMT

Great frags lately guys, I'm loving your zoos/palys. If you happen to get another single polyp "goldshlagger" frag, or can make one, I'd cruise by. I always seem to hit your wysiwyg two-minutes-too-late

Forum: Everything Else

hang on skimmer question

twogirls — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:55:45 GMT

Was thinking of getting a hang on skimmer, my question is I have a 4 inch euro brace around my tank. is this going to cause a problem mounting the hang on?

Forum: Equipment Chat

watchman goby - abnormal???

cxg — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:01:32 GMT

I walked by my tank today and there was my watchman goby hanging out at the surface... Is this normal? He is paired with a pistol shrimp and rarely ventures out of that burrow.

Forum: Saltwater Fish Chat

wish list

clown — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:57:12 GMT

Shaun could you add a wish list to your site. I often look though your site and love all that i see.it would be nice to have a wish list. Thanks
Sean Baber

Forum: Saltwater Fish Chat

nitrates

Boneman — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:31:40 GMT

Recently my LFS went out of business leaving the local community without a place to get salt H2O. Now we have to go a100 mi. to get supplies. The point is to past along a trick I found with nitrates. My tank for some unknown reason started to elevate to a level of 20ppm. Nothing dead in the tank , poss over feed but I don't think so. Not having a back-up of salt water I speed up my protein skimmer and I added a air pump. I put the air pump near an out flow to spread the bubbles. Today the tank is at 10 ppm. Maybe it just had a cycle that self corrected or this speed up the cycle process. Anyway if a crisis happens to you with no poss. water change ,,,try it

Forum: Member Introductions

Earthquake

animalmaster6 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:38:31 GMT

The Haiti earthquake and now Chile!?!?!?!?! This is crazy.

And now there is a tsunami warning on the Pacific including Hawaii.

Forum: Everything Else