Recent content by Jasonanatal

Out with the Old In with In with the New: Elos & LaMotte Test Kits. In my quest to achieve a striving Nano Reef Aquarium my philosophy mainly revolves around among the belief that you get back what you put into it. Now there is much debate on the accuracy of more expensive Liquid Test Kits...

New LPS Coral Frag Addition. On Saturday, December 29, 2007 I purchased a Coral Frag of Acanthastrea Lordhowensis from NaCl-H20 of the Manhattan Reefs Forum. It was dripped acclimated over a period of 2 hours and allowed 1 week before being photographed. It is my first every LPS Coral from...

A Sad Day In My World of Reefkeeping. I'm extremely dedicated in the maintenance required to have a thriving Nano Reef Aquarium and it is definitely heartbreaking to come across an issue directly related to a common task in the Reek Keeping hobby. I normally don't have to clean my glass of...

Which Liquid Test Kits Are Most Accurate? Well I must confess that with over 2 years in the hobby and great equipment from reputable manufacturers such as Tunze and Precision Marine I regret to inform everyone that I was tempted by the low prices of the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Liquid Test...

New SPS Coral Frag Addition On Saturday, December 15, 2007 I purchased a Coral Frag of Orange with White Polyp Montipora Capricornis from NaCl-H20 of the Manhattan Reefs Forum. It was dripped acclimated over a period of 2 hours and allowed 1 week before being photographed. It is honestly...

A More Detailed Look at Weekly Water Changes. Hello everyone, I just thought I would go into a bit more detail on the processes that are included in the weekly water changes for my JBJ 28 gallon Nano Cube HQI SPS Reef Aquarium. As I have stated in previous post, the world of Nano Reef...

A More Detailed Look at Weekly Water Changes. Hello everyone, I just thought I would go into a bit more detail on the processes that are included in the weekly water changes for my JBJ 28 gallon Nano Cube HQI SPS Reef Aquarium. As I have stated in previous post, the world of Nano Reef...

SStimac, I didn't mean to imply that you were a Moron but from the way the post sounded you seemed as though you wanted it up and running. Just wanted to make sure since you had a limited number of post. :-)

Something's Fishy with My Deresa Clam Well I have all my thing packed for work and I'm just about to walk out the door and through the corner of my eye I see something unspeakable. My most priced possession and only Deresa Clam has an area of Pinched Mantel. Of all the things in the world...

Somethingfishy, you shouldn't have a problem using that a chiller rated for 1/10 horsepower. If the Chiller is not faulty the extra power just means that it should be more efficient at keeping your water temperature at the set parameter. With chillers you shouldn't be too concerned if their...

Danmc00, I honestly say that the answer you are searching for really is dependant on what you intend on setting up your Aquarium to house. Are you solely going Fish Only with Live Rock or are you attempting to create a Nano Reef Aquarium housing Soft Corals or are you going to push the envelope...

Sstimac, I would first concentrate on setting up your 8 gallon Bio Cube and allowing time for it to properly cycle before attempting to stock with any Invertebrates or any type of Coral or Livestock for that matter. Nothing good happens fast in the hobby and I don't want to come off sounding...

Mikeguerrero, thank you for the compliments on my JBJ 28 gallon Nano Cube HQI SPS Reef Aquarium. I attempted to keep the aquascaping as natural as possible while maximizing the available space within the Aquarium for an open area for Coral placement and open swimming area for the Fish

Electricity, Saltwater & Living Creatures Not a Good Combination. My wife is such a wonderful woman who wants to make our very first Christmas together as special as it can be so she decided to give me a stocking stuffer from Santa Clause a bit early. I'm glad she pays attention when I bore...

Time for a Little Do-It-Yourself Modifications: Making Some Space Due to my recent addition of the Tunze Nano DOC 9002 Protein Skimmer which has been one of the most beneficial upgrades to my JBJ 28 gallon Nano Cube HQI SPS Reef Aquarium. However, in the process of solving one problem another...