Bob Ipema

I am in agreement with the other posters. Get rid of it NOW. It may look nice now, but when your tank is full of them you will wish you had tossed it. I watch them like a hawk because I have seen tanks that were over run with the beggars. :grrrrr:

HarleyBeautiful:

when you say the A/C's impeller keep getting clogged up. Could you be a bit more specific [ ? ].

What size A/C are you using [ ? ].

What is actually happening to the impeller [ ? ].

What is it you are finding in the impeller [ ? ].

Is IT the impeller or is it the magnet that seems to be plugging [?].

Like Albert suggested; may sand be entering the impeller/magnet [ ? ].

I hope you can shed some light on my querries.

Smokey

I have a 150 and a 300 on my 33 gallon. the impeller actually stops rotating and I am finding nothing in the magnet\impeller. the magnet seems to "stick" when you try and put it back in the "slot" and has no free movement. quite possibly sand... will just have to clean it more often.

That is the same problem I had when I ran Aquaclears in salt water. I had to keep buying new impellers. I gave up and switched to Fluvals. I heve never had a problem since.

:boxer:

Eat me Bob, I'm the King of this stuff. Haw haw haw.

That is a dumb remark, and unlikely to make you any friends.

:chair:

I agree that there is a lot of patience involved with the reef keeping hobby, but a lot of it is also observation. There's no rule set in stone that says you cannot keep livestock until exactly x(time) has elapsed. That's ridiculous.

To say something is ridiculous is somewhat insulting to the person giving advice. A person who gives advice after many years of experience should not be called down as being ridiculous.

That said, when advising a Newby it is better to be somewhat cautious. That way the newby might save himself the heartache of losing everything, and subsequently getting out of the hobby.

What you have done and have been successful with just may not work for someone else. That is why I say wait for a while.

Six months is an arbitrary number, but not a bad guideline.

:guns:

I am 64 years old and from Calgary. I have been involved with fish most of my life. In the late fifties I was very involved in the Calgary Aquarium Society. My current interests are my 75 gallon reef tank, and my 33 gallon cube. I grow Zoanthids, and have been known to sell frags. :bow:

I found out a long time ago that waiting for a long time is the only safe way to start a reef tank. By that I mean six months before adding any livestock. I have also found that people will not listen, and suffer the consequences. The additives on the market to speed the cycle are just crap. The addition of an anemone to a young tank like that is usually a recipe for disaster. Most people would say to wait at least a year before attempting to add an anemone.

I have gone through it all, and lost a lot of expensive fish before I learned my lesson. :bang1:

Here is a picture of my newest tank. It is a 75 gallon reef tank.