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    HOB refugium or sump/refugium

    I have a 55g with a marineland 350 bio wheel filter and a CPR dual bak pak skimmer .... I wanted to add a sump or refugium to my setup that I would still be able to use the skimmer without getting new one .... Now the problem is the tank is already in place and I don't want to remove to place...
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    Which regium to add to 55g

    Currently have a 55g which has been up and running for over 2 years I want to add a sump or refugium to the tank to help out ... I have on there now a marineland bio wheel 350 and CPR dual bak pak skimmer ... I would like to use the skimmer in the refugium but have no idea which one to get or if...
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    Help!! Algae outbreak

    Hoping someone can help tell me what they think this algae is from and how to get rid of it... The algae is like a greenish color and is kinda stringy and it is leaving a thin layer over my live rock I am thinking it is some sort of hair algae but I don't know what would cause it and I can't...
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    Question about additional led Lighting...

    Currently have a 55g tank mixed w some clownfish a mandarin some damsels different mushrooms Xenia zoos and Duncan my question is my current lighting is an led light w 54-1w lights as well as a t-5 light 2x54w.... I want to add a submersible led strip to help coral growth and brighten up a...
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    Help with new fish 3 yr old tank

    I I have a 60 gallon tank with lie rock and some mushrooms Xenia and star polyps in the tank for 3 yrs is a clown that is 3" another 2" and another 1" then I have 3 damsels and just last night I added peppermint shrimp a motion gold stripe clown a black and white percula a mandarin dragonet and...
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    New Sick Fish...Help Define what They have and how to Help

    I was at my local fish store today and happened to find out that 3 fish were in very bad shape and were brought to the store to help... The store has no room so I agreed to try to help by taking them ... Now I was told that they were just neglected for feeding but that doesn't look like the case...
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    How to Properly add clean up crew ....

    I live on long island and the back of my house is on the long island sound I have Ron's and tons of snails I want to add to my tank to help clean up an not have to spend money to do so.... I grabbed about 20 from my back yard and put in my tank I have live rock just sitting in the tank is empty...
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    New filtration

    Have 55g tank w bio wheel 350, bio wheel 250, and single protein skimmer... I have had this setup since I set tank up 2 yrs ago .. I occasionally change the carbon in bio wheels but never the wheels themselves... Should I keep this setup... Reason im asking is I got a great deal on a bak pak...
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    Bio wheel filters media

    Bio wheel filters i have a 55 gallon tank with protein skimmer and 2 bio wheel filters a 350 and a 200... I have ha my tank up for just under 2 years should I continue to use the carbon filters or should I stop using the carbon and leave it empty or use other media ... My tank is mixed fish and...
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    have been trying to get help w reef lighting...

    ok i have made different posts on here trying to get info on lighting upgrades and i have gotten nowhere...please someone help...i have a 55g fowlr and some soft corals i have a 260w power compact 4x65 w 3 led night lights....the lights are now almost 1-1/2 yrs old and before i buy new bulbs i...
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    Want to upgrade lighting 55 gal

    Want to upgrade my lighting on my 55 and I am at a crossroads what to do... Right now I have power compact total watt 260 and the bulbs are about year and half old ... Should I replace them pr upgrade I am torn between vho or metal halide ... I found good deal on metal halide 1 x 48"Aquarium...
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    Help with 60 gal lighting

    Currently have a 60 gal tank with power compact lighting 4x65 w bulbs ... I have fish w live rock and some some soft corals.. I want to get in to more coral and need ideas for the best lighting I keep getting mixed answers.... Please help right now I found metal halide light w following specs 1...
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    Help with transforming base rock to love rock

    K I have been doing a lot of research and it seems I am getting a lot of different answers... I currently have 60 gal fowlr and some coral set up .. I want in the future to move to a bigger tank 90-125... I want to start by growing my base rock into live rock ... I have a small 10 gal setup with...
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    Growing live rock...

    Currently have a 60 fowlr and I want to go bigger ... I have water from when I first started my tank 2 years ago about 20 gallons of it... I guess I never got rid of it... I want to grow my own live rock so I can get into a bigger tanks and I want to know how to go about it starting with base...
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    new fish won't come out

    I recently bought a gold head sleeper goby to help with my dusting issue in my sand it has only been a day but was wondering if he will eventually come out ...he went to backside of live rock and burried himself in the sand back there ...he won't come out when I feed the other fish...I bought...
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    Please help sandstorm...

    Somehow my powerhead had fallen off the side of the glass and created a sandstorm you can't see anything ... I had reattached the powerhead and turned it off for now to let the sand settle ... Will my fish be ok I see my 2 clowns swimming by glass but I have 5" hippo tang I have not seen.... Do...
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    1-1/2 yr old tank bad diatom outbreak...

    I have had my 60 gallon up for a year and a half now ...about 2 months ago I was talked into using purple up to help my corraline growth...well about month into using it I had bad cyano outbreak which I decided to try and suck up the cyano and I guess I took too much sand out...now I have a dark...
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    what is this on my live rock

    I have noticed over past week these little red things growing bigger and bigger on my rock don't know what they are can anyone help here are a few pictures ...also I put a 4th pic up of something in my sand ...only saw this after last water change and after siphoning out cyano...I put a thread...
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    what is sticking out of my sand..

    I had just done a 15 gallon water change on my 60 and I had sucked up some of my sandbed because I had a cyano outbreak that was not getting better.. now I have all these things sticking out of the sand and they were not coming up w the cyano....can someone tell me what this is and what I...
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    will purple up hurt tank

    Will the cloudiness the purple up forms in the tank hurt any of my fish or coral....thanks
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    can someone id this starfish

    Can someone tell me what kind of starfish is on the back right corner of the picture it is a little white guy and I have atleast 2 or 3 ...also where would it come from....thanks
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    cyano bacteria....

    I have had tank for over year and a half and at first had cyano but got rid of it but now all of a sudden its back at least I think that's what it is...I have 2 clown fish 1 damsel and 1 hippie tang...few mushrooms 2 zoo colonies some xena and 2 duncans....my tank is 60 gallon and my levels...
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    someone please let me know what this is

    can someone tell me what is on my live rock and where it may have come from and if I should be worried ...thanks
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    hippo tang help

    I have had my tank for over year and a half...I have a blue hippo tang that has been in there since the beginning...she is about 4 or 5 inches and I just recently noticed that I could start to see her bones...I feed every other day and give seaweed now and then to snack....everytime I go to feed...
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    someone please let me know what kind of coral this is...

    Please I have been told xenia but I have had xenia and it looks totally different....I have also been told Kenya tree but can't find any pics to confirm it....thanks for any help...
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