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A lightly used Acan 600 Series, 48" LED Reef Light (Model 600-48B) in great condition. Purchased at end of May 2013 (I can provide original invoice upon request). Owner's manual and all original hardware are included, as well as original packaging. I am selling it because I just don't have...

Like the title says, I had some new, unused (just rinsed) Phosban GFO released into my barebottom reef this morning. I though the pump was gated back, but I was wrong, and it pushed some through my reactor into the tank. The pump is gated back now and the reactor is still running, but the GFO is...

Has anyone had experience with these? I started using the powder buffer a week ago. I was unaware that it could be purchased in liquid form too until this morning. Seems like the liquid is 2 to 4 times more expensive per amount to be treated. Is this price difference merely for the convenience...

What should I do with a bag of carbon I removed from my FX-5 during Pimafix treatment for fungus? I have a 120g FOWLR. Should I just soak the carbon bag in water? Saltwater? Or let it dry? Does it matter? It's matrix carbon and only about 1 month old, so I wasn't planning on replacing it until...

I have a 120g FOWLR with: 2 black Ocellaris Clowns (1-1.5") 3 green Chromis (1.5-2") 1 Racoon Butterfly (2-2.5") 1 Naso Tang (2") I want to keep it peaceful, but would love to add an Angel. I'v never had an Angel before and read that most or classified as aggressive or semi-aggressive. Any...

Currently I run the UV 24/7.

I have a 120 gallon FOWLR and am running a 18W Coralife Turbo Twist UV Sterilizer. The tank has been up for about 3 months and things are going fine. Recently I've read that many people only run their UV half of the day or just while the lights are on because beneficial bacteria come out at...

I am looking into reef lighting for a 30 gallon cube tank. Referring to the Lighting Guide on Marine and Reef (http://bit.ly/a9PSfV), I can use two Marineland Reef Capable LEDs (http://bit.ly/V5yLEC) for soft corals and LPS corals. Remember, two or them, not one. Price-wise, right now I can get...

So there's probably no point in doing both, and I'd assume running UV would be better?

Maybe this is a noob question, but is it pointless to add some kind of probiotic bacteria (e.g. Tropical Marine Max) if I'm running UV, i.e., will the UV just end up killing/damaging the probiotic bacteria along with the 'bad' bacteria? Don't know if it matters, but I'm running a 125g FOWLR with...

Looks like bad algae, not coralline.

I'm a newbie, so excuse me if this is common, but what is this? It's all over one piece of LR from my LFS. Started as just purple dome, then the branches slowly came out over the past 2 weeks. It doesn't seem like it has spread to other rock yet.

I need to lower my temp about 4-5 degrees in a 120g FOWLR. The Coralife 1/4 hp is rated up to 125g, but I've read that oversizing a chiller is recommended so that it works less, hence lasts longer. My issue is the $200-$300 difference in price between the 1/4 hp and the 1/2 hp (the 1/2 hp is...

One more thing. Should my sky-high TDS come down? How much?

Okay thank!