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I have a 6ft long 125g reef. Been up and running for almost a year now. I have drilled overflows on each side that both term into a dual sump located on the right bottom of the tank. Both Dorso's have a pin hole in the top of them. They both seem to be "suckinig" water efficiently. The one...

Can I place it directly on the sand? It has about 7 heads/branches. It was thriving for about 4 months and I redid some rock work and now it doesn't come out as strong. Thinking it's maybe the low flow now?? Anyhow I want to move it to front of tank on the sand. This ok?

I have been using Instant Ocean for a 6months on my new 125G Reef tank. I'm tired of adding calcium so changed to Red Sea Salt....I am adding it during my twice a week PWC's. each PWC is 10 gallons.... Does anyone see this as being a problem? Will I see chemical changes or anything I need...

Wow - is everyone on vacation? I have never posted on here and had to wait more than 2hrs for a response :(

I came home from a 3 day vacation and my skimmer isn't working properly. See attached pic... i have a very basic skimmer but it always worked great. I would never be able to open up the airline all the way or water would pretty much shoot out the top. But now with the airline open all the way...

I do 10% on Sunday and 10% on Wed..... (125g)

1. Yes using API 2. I hve been increasing the calcium slowly by PWC's... it was 300 last week. It shoud be at 340 next week. I am using IO and I do 10gallon PWC's twice a week. (Sun and Wed). Maybe I should just change salts to one with higher Calcium.... i don't have a lot of coral... I...

The instructions say to add 1 drop then shake... this should turn water blue. Then it says to add 1 drop at a time while shaking tube during each until the water turns yellow. Two questions: When you count the drops to get to the total KH - do you count the first drop (the initial one...

I'm a 2yr newbie and the easiest and most beutiful coral I have is the "Bubble Tip"......... everyone loves it and I have nevver had a problem.

looking good!

I clean the back of my glass with algae scraper.... + my yellow eye and algae blenny do some damage themselves...

Oh, and congrats on your first SW tank! Best of luck and enjoy!

Looks good to me as long as you don't add them all at the same time. You may want to research which ones you should add at the same time (like tangs)... and in what order you should add them all Also, you need to think ahead. You mention that you may want to convert to a reef - Some of your...

I'll try to get a better pic tonight... .if it is colonial hydroids -- what causes them and is there a way to get rid of? What is so bad about them? (this is where Melousa jumps in with a link) LOL

Sorry, I type too fast for my thoughts... it is a 125g tank...I have the same one as you. What I have been doing is during my water changes 10g twice a week... I have been adding water that is at 440 Calcium.... I'm hoping that within a couple months this would bring the whole tank to that...

At least 1month each time I moved it. So are you saying that my light is a lot for the tank? Geez, and I was always worried it wasn't enough since it was shorter than the tank. Today when I get home I will move the Brain to the sand bed in the front of the tank.... Thanks a million for your...

wow Wow, i'm kind of taken by surprise at this. I knew that BIO Balls get a lot of opinions regarding "nitrate factories" and preferences for their use. However before I set up this tank many people recommended them for my current set up..... Is it your "opinion" that they will hurt me...

Yeah, the Diatoms will eventually leave by themselves as long as parameters are good. Used to drive me crazy :)

pic of brain you can see him in the top right of this pic

oh... it's a 120g 72in long tank

Tanks not dark... just the way the pic is... I have the 48'' 2x135w dual actinics and 2x150w HQI...... run actinics noon-10p and MH's 2p-8p. Parameters are all good Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 5-10 phos 0 calcium 340 ph 8.2 SG 1.025

I do have some corals... but not alot. Are you saying take out my BIO balls one layer at a time? So the only thing in my wet/dry would be the skimmer?? I do have about 100Lb's of LR in the tank.

I haven't fed them because consensus was that most people don't feed them.... however I did buy some mysis/brine mix today and will start to feed them maybe once a week and see how that goes. Do you really think that is what is going on? Because the rest of the polyps look fantastic.

See the left hand side how 3 of them are totally closed.... I have had this about a month and the first couple days they were all open... .now all of them remain open - and look very healthy - EXCEPT for the few on the left hand side. Any suggestions? Parameters all seem good Ammonia 0...

How often do I replace / rinse out the tan sponge?? The PVC on top of it is the output of my protein skimmer. Currently I am rinsing this sponge once a week (in PWC). Do I need to ever replace it? The blue / White sponge right below the 2 drains.... same question, how often should I replace /...