Recent content by mikenh77

Saltwater fish 25 years. 19 years on reef tanks.

They sell predrilled aqueon 210s

Anyone in barrington area (preferred) or northwest suburbs area with a healthy acro tank willing to hold my some 90 or 100 sps frags on a organized frag rack maybe 12 inches by 16 inches? I just moved, everything is sitting in a 100 Rubbermaid tub. Been losing a frag a day due to instability and...

As some of you remember...I was having issues with my old landlord... anywho my wife and i just closed on a new house. Tore down the 125 with 55 sump and set up a 100 gallon stock tank in my new place... Long story short. Used 50% old water and 50% new. Didn't use the old sand. This waiting...

I need your expert opinions! My lovely, understanding, and wonderful landlord paid me a visit today and "asked" me to downsize my 125 to a 20 gallon or smaller (haha yeah right...) because she believes it is causing the small patch of mold in the room it's in. I think it is causing the mold...

So, I went a little crazy with this season's live sales. At least I have more frags than aiptasia now. There are more frags on the sand and more coming in the mail... oops. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I have a captive bred blue/hippo/regal tang that's about 3 or 4 years old. I was watching it clean the algae off my rocks and saw him eat a tiny aiptasia. It didn't spit out the aiptasia. I assumed it was just an accident... today I was feeding mysis and saw a small aiptasia floating around and...

Tonight I saw what looked like a decaying snail. I tried to pull the shell out and the "dead snail" clung to the rock in what looked like a big gooey mess. Tried to take out the goo with tweezers, it slipped away, and saw a huge roughly 4 inch flatworm disappear into the rocks. I've IDed it as...

I bought a used 1/3 hp JBJ arctica chiller. Long story short, I've been getting shocked when I stick my arm in the tank. I unplugged everything and plugged them in one at a time and found out it's from the chiller. I'd like to save it if I can.... Anyone know how I fix it? Thanks in advance...

My new bta. Camera doesn't catch all the colors

Hello, I'm trying to cut acrylic for a DIY algae turf scrubber. I want to say it's about 3/16" thick. Does anyone have a table saw or something similar that would make straight precision cuts that I could use? Or you could cut it for me ;). For $10. Scoring blade is out of the question because...

So I was feeling creative and dipped my toes today in DIY SPS food. My wife thought it would be interesting and cheaper to blend fresh uncooked blue crab meat with RO water in a consistency like oyster feast. After a teaspoon of this stuff and 20 minutes the polyp extension was crazy and i could...

Just got a delivery last night and...well it's official. My wife is going to kill me. If I don't ever post on Chicago Reefs you know what happened to me. lol

I just jumped the gun and bought 4 x Hydra 52 HD fixtures for a 6 foot/125 gallon reef tank. Is is overkill? I'm starting to think I can get away with 3, only problem is that my tank has a center brace. What are your thoughts?

I'm planning on heavily stocking my 125G Reef. Any suggestions on a protein skimmer? I'm torn between the New Reef Octopus Classic 202s or the bubble magus curve 9.