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RE: Hello again. Yes , As far as I know i'm doing everything the way I'm supposed to. I only feed every other day.. and even then it's usually frozen brine shrimp, or something similar. (1 cube) Yes I had mentioned that I used A HOB BackPack skimmer. I have also a HOB refugium. I guess I...

I only have one mandrin goby, and a Flame Clown. I'm using RO water. Yes, I have been suspect of my test kit for sometime... However it's the one the LFS uses... What else would you suggest? Thanks,

I'm not sure why.. and would love to find out more about the causes of it.. But i've been set up now and running for a good 6 months. Yet I still am fighting Nitrates. They drift up to 20ppm and I have to do partial and often 50% water changes to hold off the rise. I don't overfeed.. I don't...

Hello all. I've a 70Gal Reef Tank with 140 lbs of live rock, and inhabitants. I have a backpack skimmer, and a backpack refugium. The refugium has it's light on 24/7 and the macro algea (calupra, and one that looks like green thread.) I've started to get what I can only guess is "Red Slime...

Alright thank you!!! I'm just going to watch it, and try to keep the level from going toxic. Thanks for all the advice. Jdates

RE I thought I had passed the cycle. As for animals, just hermit crabs, snails, 2 bristol stars, some cucumbers, and a couple of nasty mantis shrimp, and crabs. So How effective are refugiums at ridding nitrates?

RE: I have a Live DSB that was purchased from Tampa Bay Saltwater with the LR. The setup/cycle went like this: I was mixed the water, and had it running in the empty tank for about a week. Then 50 lbs of LR and the Live Sand was introduced. I watched the tank cycle for about 3 weeks.. I had...

Re: I am doing water changes with RO water... which tests 0 Nitrates. I didn't realize calupra was such a problem plant. I'll keep an eye on it. I figure if it gets out of control I could get a Tang or other "hungry" guy to control it. As for filtration, I have an overflow sump built into...

Hello All! I have started a 55 gal reef tank, with 110 lbs of tampabay saltwater LR. It's been up for about 10 weeks now. My ammonia is at .25 My nintrites are at : 0 my PH is 8.2 and the nitrates keep rising. Currently 20. I've been maintaining them with often water changes, but am unable...

Revised thoughts about the system *bump* I've upgraded the diagrams on my site, in hopes it better shows the "flow" of how the system seems to flow naturally. :idea: After some research, I'm changing my thoughts about the skimmer. I think now it actually goes into chamber C instead of...

I got to talking with someone and they suggested a "BackPack" skimmer. So I got 2 questions. 1). What, if anything, do I need to be concerned with the Wet/Dry Sump? I have the bio balls, and wonder if they are more harmful then helpful to my soon-to-be reef. What kind of media for what...

I have a 29 Gal freshwater tank... What I did was just paint it with black artist acryllic paint! It was easy.. and can be scraped off with a razor when you're done. Just brush it on, and you'll be amazed how it looks on the inside of the glass! You can pick up a tube of black acryllic at any...

Yeah, it must have been a typo about the rio300, I meant rio800. FIG.07 on http://www.kungfukoi.com/reef/ has my attempt at a flow diagraim. Basically, the water overflows in 3 areas. (Ive colored the sections with blue to show the water level's). It flows into the first resovoir( second...

Forgive my ignorance. Can you elaborate on the "Down Draft" design!? I was planning on blowing some water through the tube via a PH. I figured I could either inject air, or use a air stone/pump. Thanks for your time.

Skimmer Replacements?! I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a place that might sell skimmer replacement parts that would allow me to build the skimmer to my Specs? Finding a skimmer to fit this damn tank has been a bitch. Another question: I've been reading alot about Mechanical filtration...

I recently got a 55 gallon deep showtank, with a wet/dry overflow sump system for $100! The previous owner lost the skimmer, and is unable to give me any details about the tank. I'm needing help backwards engineering this system so I can correctly intergrate a Protein Skimmer...