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i just purchased a Jebao DC3000 pump to use on a DIY skimmer, only thing is i have to mod the impeller and i can't for the life of me get the impeller off the rotor, has anyone figured this out? i don't want to pull to hard and risk breaking it, but i'm trying to pull it off and flip it around...

so in april i came into a free 72gbowfront aquarium with stand thing is the centerbrace was snapped beyond repair. went to my LFS to get a replacement (Big Al's Aquarium services" they said we don't order the brace from here our head office does, he sent them an e mail took them 3 weeks to...

i found this tucked away in a rock yesterday when i placed a few peppermint shrimps into my tank and was lookign for them. i was kind of in a rush wo i just pulled the rock out and put it in a bucket till i got home and was able to remove the critter from the rock. needless to say once i did...

Leo's tank build just bought a 90g LED kit from them and put it together adusted the drivers and wow these things are friggen awesome, they are bright and the color is fantastic. it may seem hard for soem to do but its really easy to do, i was to lazy to solder so i bought the solderless...

i've got a case of Dictoya algae growing in my tank, nothing to serious but its a realy arse hole to get rid of, from my research it is the most hated algae and it can still thrive even in the cleanest environment. my urchin may graze on it but it doesn't seem like it does much, i've heard naso...

so i just bought an HOB fuge with skimmer from ebay and i figured hey what a perfect time to add some of the rock i had in a bucket collecting bacteria to it and take some pics. it once was an Aqueon 26 gallon bowfront kit, but the only things left in use are the tank and the heater, the light...

so i don't know if this is the right place to post this or not but it is reef talk but its more about what would you rather have a reef addiction or a smoking addiction. in the long run i bet you the reef addiction is much cheaper. i myself have never smoked so i deserve this :P heres mine...

has anyone ever seen this growign on their rocks? is it some sort of sponge or a type of algae? i don't suspect it beign some sort of mushroom but who knows

is anyone using them? i'm looking for a good one that is reasonably priced i was also lookign into buildign my own but honestly right now i'm just to lazy to do it and to read through all the programming involved in some of the PLC coding lol

i'm looking for some info on Midas Blennies and their eating habits. do they liek to grazy on algaes like other blennies or do they stick more to the meaty foods?

i want to do a large tank build probably a 180g now i don't want to buy a stand i kind of want to build one but can't seem to find out the details of their warrenty. they say its lifetime of anything over 65g but is it like perfecto/marineland that says its only limited to using their stands or...

i've found a few nocturnal critters in my LR :) i've seen this guy twice now looks to me like an acro crab :) and this guy who i've had for a while just haven't put pics up looks like a peanut worm it always makes me excited to see how my system is doing and how much life is living off...

so heres a question for everyone using live or or for those that would rather use dry rock. when you weigh your Live rock it is usually wet, correct, but when we buy dry rock its usually dry and ways alot less then when it is wet. ive bought 10 lbs worth of dry lace rock before and when i went...

i have this green algae growing on my sand. i keep pickign it off but it keeps growing, and its only in that one section. all phosphates and nitrates are 0 as far as my test kits show. usually i google but i can't seem to find this type of algae anywhere

so i'm considering doing a plywood aquarium build, and was planning on using liquid rubber to waterproof it. the thing that concerns me with the rubber is scraping the coralline algae off it. i'm thinking that the aglae might not bond to the rubber as i've never seen it bond to any of the rubber...

does anyone think thats what this is?? i started seeign it a few weeks ago and my water perameters have been the lowest i've seen them, PO4 is almost untracable and so is my nitrates, below 5ppm. i've heard this type of algae thrives on extremely clean waters, and i'm hoping there is a grazer...

i have some glass sitting in my garage that i was able to get from work they were originally used for shelving the dimentions are 48"x16"x3/8" my question is i what to make a tank a little wider then 16", would i be able to rip two pieces of glass to 11" and use 3M 5200 silicone to bond the...

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+325&pcatid=325 nevermind a hippo tang anymore, this is the tang that i think i'd centerpiece a 180 or larger around. not just the looks are awesome but the name Achilles like the greek worrior but having a surgeon blade rather then a...

earier this week i've been having my sand turn orange towards the back of the tank near the glass where algae builds up between the sand and glass, only now its rising above the glass and the sand is turning orange. also gettign microbubbles coming out of the sand(which is good) also notticed...

Its here its here =) this was a really impressive ebay buy. it was shipped all the way from california to my door just north of toronto in just one week. i ordered it last sunday and just got home from a half day of work to find it sitting by the door :). its in perfect shape, no dings or...

i just bought a 4 lamp t5ho fixture for my reef lighting, and i'm lookign at replacing the 6500k tubes with some ATIs. i'm currently looking to find any pics of their two blue plus and two purple plus, just can't seem to find them. has anyone tried this combo, if not show pictures of a nice...

i just bought 24" 2Ft 4 TUBE T5 HO FLUORESCENT GROW LIGHT SYSTEM BULB | eBay for my 26g so now i finally can start adding corals. any suggestions what i should add first? hopefully this fixture is good, the offer was to good to not get it

i've been trying to figure out for the longest time what this is, its been on my rock since i got it. i was thinkign its soem kind of leather coral but i can't seem to find any type that looks liek it. i was also thinking its brown because my lighting is just an 8000k 18" T8 so it might not...

i'm trying to build a DIY refugium out of acrylic but i can't seem to find weld-on on any of the local hardware stores websites, is there soemthing i can buy at Lowes or home depot or even michael's that would be of equal quality that would work for fusing acrylic together? would clear PVC...

so i have some on a piece of my live rock. there are a few plant growths that ae about 3 inches tall. i'm just curious to know what benifit they are to a reef system. i've read they suck up calcium, but do they also suck up nitrates and phosphates. if they are a good micro algae for...