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Looking into buying a R/O unit and not sure really whats best as far as which model. I'm sure as always more $$$=better lol. A friend of mine recommended from these SpectraPure Customer Appreciation SALE! 20% - 50% off He has the 3rd one down. I was considering possibly between the two above...

I've had these red zoanthids for a couple of months now and was doing very well ever since a few weeks ago. Some of them started to get these white dots all over their stems, not all them have the white dots only a section has them. About 25% of the entire colony has the dots on them. And the...

I've recently finished my DIY refugium and all I have in there for a light is the stock aquarium light that the tank came with. I was thinking of getting some kind of clip on light to aim over the live rock. What bulb should I get for it? Or can anyone recommend a light setup for a small 20...

Here is a new addition to my aquarium, some green goniopora. Very good, healthy specimen. The guy I got it from was getting rid of it because his ocellaris clown started hosting it and the goniopora wasn't reacting good to it. Hopefully my clown will leave it alone lol.

I went and tryed to build a custom refugium using a 20 gallon tall tank. I bought arcrylic lexan panels from home depot and aquarium safe silicone. First I tryed cutting the panel by hand which is not easy. Then I tryed cutting them with a circular saw since I dont have a table saw which was...

Here is a video of my aiptaisia outbreak. I went and bought Aiptaisia X recommended by my LFS. I've watched a few videos on you tube of people using it but I haven't gotten the courage yet to go ahead and do it myself. So far in all reality the aiptaisia haven't caused me any problems yet. There...

Can anyone tell me what these are? Having a hard time pinpointing it on google. These started to emerge after a large die out of yellow polyp rock I had. The rock was covered with 30-40 yellow polyps heads and died our big time for unknown reasons all water paramiters were good. Theres a few...

A few weeks ago I noticed one of my nassarius snails hanging out on the glass for a while one day. Later that day I noticed these white dot looking things on the spot from where the snail was sitting. Just thought it was some snail slime and it disappeared on it's own. Yesterday another snail...

what's the recomended sand bed level in inches for salt water or reef aquariums? I've read mixed things and not sure what the benefit of thicker sand beds. My tanks sand layer isn't as thick as alot of others I've seen on here. Is it bad to have a thin layer like an inch or two? Or should it be...

Went and purchased a couple of nice specimens, one is a galaxia and the other a small pom pom xenia. I was wondering if there is special requirements or treatment for these corals. They've been in the tank about two days now, the galaxia is looking great but not to sure about the appearence of...

A few days ago I bought some green star polyps and some yellow polyps. So far the green stars have have been doing very well. Atleast they look very healthy. The yellow polyps seem to not be doing so well, a few of them anyway. A small amount seems to have died and shriveld up. While most all...

My setup is about 35 days or so old, it's going through a diatom algae breakout and is turning from brown to green, and was wondering if my tank is cycled now or how decent looking are my test results. Specific Gravity> 1.025 PH> 8.2-8.4 Ammonia> 0-0.25 Nitrite> 0 Nitrate> 0...

Hello, I was wondering if this is diatom algae that is growing in my tank. It is brown/red in color and is growing on the glass and on the sand bed. I did some research on the net and found mixed answers about if it's good or bad. At this point I'm scrubbing it off the glass but not to much do...

After a week of waiting it is here and it is nice! Got it all unpackaged and sitting on top of my tank. Sundial T5HO Light Fixture from Current USA. Purchased from aquacave.com for $299 and came with free shipping. Features two 24 watt 460 nm High Output T5 lamps and two 24 watt 10,000k High...

My Precision Marine skimmer is currnetly hooked up and has been on about 2 days now. How quickly should there be dark colored waste water being produced? I think I have it adjusted right, I turned the adjustment to closed just enough so the bubbles make it up to just about an inch or so from the...

Ok, so I ended up getting a sump to replace my Fluval 205 canister filter that I currently have setup on my 36 gallon tank. I will be hooking the sump up tomorrow to eliminate the Fluval. The guys at my aquarium are saying to run it as a sump and not a refugium. And that it's better to just keep...

Can anyone recommend a good test kit that tests for all the important things? Nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and so on. Having a hard time narrowing down which is the best worth buying. Local aquarium will test for me but I would like to get into doing it myself. I'm going to be making a reef tank...

Here is a short video of my aquarium in it's first week. Sump and skimmer comming in next week. I'll be starting a thread To track my progress as soon as I get all my equipment. YouTube - Saltwater aquarium week 1

I've made a few posts already but I thought i would say hello. I'm working on a 36 gallon bow front salt water setup with a fluval 205 canister and a subcurrent surface skimmer filter.

Ok, I have a 36 gallon bowfront tank filled with R/O water and about 20 or so pounds of live rock. As of right now the water and live rock have only been in 2 days. I premixed the water with Instant Ocean salt and then added bio-sand and then the live rock. It sits right now at roughly 1.024...