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I used standard 10"x 12" glass pieces from HD for my refugium... the 8"x 10" will fit the 10 gallon, you may have to do a cut or two by yourself which is pretty easy with a simple $2 tool also available at home depot. Just a suggestion.

There will always be some waste from any animal...they all have to poop, you know? But if you have enough current in the tank, the detritus should be stirred up enough to be removed from the tank by your filtration. HTH, Jesse

Welcome...and like tim said, dont do a water change until after the cycle. I have to suggest, though, that if you arent going to have a skimmer, you should practice largerer water changes...say 50% or so. I myself have a skimmer and I still do 50% water changes... I have a 20g display tank...

i agree with Tim...and welcome to the site. There are actually timed when certain filter medias can lead to higher nitrates...those are inproperly maintained filter floss, and things like the above mentioned "biological" medias. LR has the advantage over these medias in that it supports...

Davey Jones, right. "Hey hey, we're the monkees... we like to monkey arooouuund!" Jesse

I absolutly love my Pentax Optio S5i...it taked OUTSTANDING point and shoot shots, great tank shots, but not-so-good macros. I mean it does a good job and has a macro setting, but cant get those single-polyp shots and all that. It is 5mp and has a movie setting and like 18 other settings. It...

Nitrates are almost undetectable, even by the LFS. This is the tank that I transferred eveything into from my 16 gallon on March 1 (I believe). The rock and sand was in my 16 gallon for over 2.5 years prior to this tank. Nitrites and ammonia are 0, pH right around 8.0, specific gravity...

WOW...thanks for all the comments. I take my clam shots by turning off the return pump and using my hand to cover the reflection of the lights on the surface of the water. The blue pops like that because of the MH I think. I picked this clam up at my LFS called Seaside here in...

Well, it's update time. Nothing much has changed...no new additions to speak of, not yet at least. Brandon and I are going to exchange as soon as I get my stuff in gear. Well it's sad to say but one of my two black and white perc's died. He was starved out by the other, and by the time...

Welcome, first off. Secondly, I was pondering this same problem myself not too long ago. I am thoroughly pleased that I decided to go ahead and drill the overflow holes and add a 20g sump. This not only gives your tank much more stability, but as johnanddawn mentioned, it allows you to hide...

Yeh, I dont see a bubble tip...the only thing that looks like that is the elegance. How long have you had that? Jesse

17 degrees, full power, 5 rockets, 2 dynamites= 2,385 feet distance and bounces over 120 feet in the air! This is by far the best game I have ever played!!! Especially for us cat "lovers" :twisted: :uzi: :mrgreen: Jesse :tank:

Very nice Jennie. that plate is rad...it is so tiny! Jesse

yep...ive heard that stuff works similar to a skimmer by adsorbing dissolved organics. Jesse

Beautiful, J/D. One thing... i think you take most of your shots with the flash... any way to get a FTS without the flash? thanks, Jesse

I wanna couple of those yumas...put me in line. Jesse

I would start doing 30%-40% water changes once a week as opposed to only 15%....that small of a water change doesnt have enough of an effect on nitrates, or anything else for that matter. Make sure to be cleaning the mechanical media in the canister (if you will have any) once a week or more...

Actually your nitrates are likely causing some problems...20 ppm is pretty high. When was your last water change, how big was it, and do you have any mechanical filtration media? Jesse

I am a big Zoa fan, but I am fortunate enough to see frags like that all the time at my LFS. Just thought I would share... here is one of my favorite pics of a zoa-dominated tank. It is a member...or former member... of another site though i dont remember their name. Jesse

Looks good but two things: 1: Be careful about having too Little flow through the fuge...think about what kinda algaes grow at low flow (i.e. cyano or red slime). 2: That is a TINY return area... make sure you have an automatic top-off to keep the pump from running dry and burning up...