Blog Comments

spoke to a representative at EcoTech by the name of Brett. Awesome guy very kind and understanding. He is sending me a completely new wet side free of charge! He's even paying for the shipping of the faulty wet side back! (most places make u pay for the return shipping -_-) very please now both of my $22 MP10 es pumps will soon be simultaneously operational and I can start worrying about other things!

we like picture here ; welcome to the site lots of good people and info here enjoy your stay

I've been keeping a pair in my tanks for the past two years or more. I don't recall when I got them at the moment, but they lived in the 280g, then a 100g trough for 7 months, and now in my 400g for the past 9 months.

With Anthias, multiple feedings is the best method, as this fish forage and eat food from sunrise to sunset. If you can add food at least twice a day, that's a good start. I tend to feed my tank 3x per day.

Oh, a few weeks. I keep measuring the tank daily to see what the Ammonia - Nitrite - Nitrate levels are. If no discernable spike occurs, some livestock can be gradually added like you described. If the cycle does happen, then I wait until Ammonia and Nitrite are 0 and Nitrate is 20ppm or less.

how long after the 3 days do you wait to add fish then?

lol pretty sneaky mark and oh well crap. the other site says 10 days! :/ thats what i did....

When I cycle a new tank, I use LR and raw shrimp. The shrimp rot in the tank for three days, then they are pulled out and the cycle has commenced.

Not everything we see on TV is real. You can tell the arguers that 40+ hours of video is shot for a 44 minute episode. A lot hits the cutting room floor. I've heard great things though... Season 2 is shooting in less than two weeks. Animal Planet is planning two holiday specials. 10 more episodes. The demographic is from 23 years old to (something like) 59 across all types, not just the male audience as expected. It is doing extremely well and AP is happy to invest more obviously. I'm hoping for bloopers, personally.

Originally Posted by Achilliestangman2357

NBD means No Big Deal and i was saying it in a sort of sarcastic way because obviously being someones idle is a big deal hahaha and sorry but the saltwater hobby is just my life I have 5 tanks sadly i can only afford one big reef tank and the little 6.6 but this is what i do with myself. I am a Saltwater aquatic specialist at a corporation and at a mom and pop pet store and i run my own tank maintaining business with my dad and im a full time college student. and like i said i would like to work where you do or at ATM haha and I am planning on opening my own saltwater store if those dont work out which they probably wont lol

I was teasing you, because:

idle = spend time doing nothing

idol = a person or thing that is greatly admired, worshipped or revered.

So you can see how I've never been called idle before.

Sounds like you are busy too, and you have a dream as well. That'll take you to new heights, in time.

Originally Posted by baker.shawn

thats insane!!!! id have a heart attack i think im dieing to get one

p.s if you want to get rid of the one giving you trouble PM me

Oh believe me the paramedics were called after this one happened! lol

Originally Posted by Achilliestangman2357

No baker .shawn i literally mean 22 dollars not 220 not 230 oh yes $22! got both of them for a total of 36.97 actually because of my employee discount! plus clearance! and melev btw love everything you do your basically my idle nbd and I would really love to do what you do and work for MCNA too! now back on topic..... my other vortech on the other end of the same tank works perfectly fine and has for a few weeks now so its not the thickness ill check the snagging idea right now. Thank you!

thats insane!!!! id have a heart attack i think im dieing to get one

p.s if you want to get rid of the one giving you trouble PM me

Also I watched your interview with Brett. I love the show and have had many people complain about their methods and my counter argument is that obviously they dont just use straigh tap water when they are dealing with Imperadors, regal angels, blue ring angels and last but far from least my favorite fish the Achillies tangs! all of these fish are of the expert level in my opinion so obviously they are not putting them in straight uncycled water -_- especially the achillies so, my question to you is, do u believe in "instant-cyclers" from a bottle or do you not and prefer the normal way of cycling a tank. ( I used the cocktail shrimp method I read on the other site about 14 days ago and the water didnt cycle to 0 0 and 0 for nitrates nitrites and ammonia :/) however my standard method before the shrimp was 2 weeks of everything set-up and running, then at the end of those two weeks add 2-6 GREEN CHROMIS (damsels are too aggressive and too hard to catch with LR in the tank) and after putting in the chromis u wait 2 months, no water changes just topping off the system and at the end of those two months u can begin to add more fish that are beginner level (clowns, pseudochromis, dottybacks, etc.) and then go from there waiting 1 month before the purchasing (and 4-6 week quarantining of new fish). this method has always worked for me but do u have any other ways of cycling?

Originally Posted by melev

I've never been someone's idle before. LOL What's 'nbd'?

NBD means No Big Deal and i was saying it in a sort of sarcastic way because obviously being someones idle is a big deal hahaha and sorry but the saltwater hobby is just my life I have 5 tanks sadly i can only afford one big reef tank and the little 6.6 but this is what i do with myself. I am a Saltwater aquatic specialist at a corporation and at a mom and pop pet store and i run my own tank maintaining business with my dad and im a full time college student. and like i said i would like to work where you do or at ATM haha and I am planning on opening my own saltwater store if those dont work out which they probably wont lol

I've never been someone's idle before. LOL What's 'nbd'?

and yes melev the dry side is secured properly

No baker .shawn i literally mean 22 dollars not 220 not 230 oh yes $22! got both of them for a total of 36.97 actually because of my employee discount! plus clearance! and melev btw love everything you do your basically my idle nbd and I would really love to do what you do and work for MCNA too! now back on topic..... my other vortech on the other end of the same tank works perfectly fine and has for a few weeks now so its not the thickness ill check the snagging idea right now. Thank you!

$22! i think maybe you mean $220???

You can talk to Ecotech directly, but for now I would check the wetside to make sure it is spinning freely. If you find that it is snagging on anything, that would be the cause of them separating. Addtionally, the Mp10 Vortech pumps are designed for 3/8" glass (maximum thickness). If your tank is more than 3/8" wide, that would be the issue.

Do you have the dry side secured by the cable tie to the square sticking pad? It's important to secure it from falling to the floor.