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havent posted here in a long time, still check in from time to time. this is my 75 gallon SPS Dominated reef, started in october of 2011. Let me know what you guys think.

So i am new to this dosing world, of calcium and alkalinity and i think i have a slight hold of what i am doing here just want to be confirmed that i am correct. my calcium has been low since i started my 75 gallon reef tank. it was at 200 and then i switched to instant ocean reef crystals which...

i have a tomini tang that refuses to eat off a algae clip. and i am tired of picking up rocks to place the algae under for him. is it a big deal if i just throw in a little bit every other day for him and it can just float around the tank and he can eat what he can. and w.e is left over i am...

i have these green spots all over my live rock i dont know what they are. i am hoping its not the start of a calerpa outbreak or something like that. i did have that in my refugium but i took it out now. the video quality is not so great but if anyone can ID this for me it would be great thank...

figured i would upload a new video of the tank since i just got my auto top off system today. vid quality still not great but no big deal, got some new corals nothing crazy tho, i am going away for a week so wanted to wait until i got back to add more corals and fish. i set up all my electrical...

upgraded this from a 45.. let me know what you guys think My 75 gallon reef tank upgrade - YouTube

why is it everytime i change my filter socks out my tank gets cloudy. it does clear after awhile but i am just curious why its getting cloudy. i rinse them in hot water then i throw them in the dryer.

I have a 75 gallon reef tank with a 20 gallon long sump. for fish i have a - Blue spot toby puffer - Lazon anthias - Hoevens wrasse - Scooter blenny - mystery wrasse

i need some reccomendations for a nice skimmer for my 75 gallon tank, its gonna be in my sump which is a 20 gallon long that would fit in the tank and have room for my filter sock to go into the same compartment. the tank itself is only 1 foot wide

So basically my tank is a massacre, i believe the sump i bought was built wrong so i have a couple questions, i have alot of microbubbles in my tank and i cant get rid of it tried every possible problem and its no leaks or anything like that, so i narrowed it down to my pump being to strong or...

i have a dual HO t5 solarmax light laying right on top of my 20 gallon sump. i am trying to grow some chaeto and was wondering if i can just leave my lights running on it 24/7 or will it do better another way, it doesnt seem to be doing very good cause it falls apart very easily. but i dont know...

So i have been getting alot of bubbles in my tank lately and cant figure out why i checked everywhere for leaks their are none, the pump has no air in it, and i have a bubble trap on my sump. i was wondering could it be that my pump is to strong? its mag 9.5 and i have been reading alot of ppls...

i just set up my 75 gallon reef tank and i cant stop these microscopic bubbles that keep going into my DT their not even bubbles they look like specs but their deff noticeable i have a bubble trap and fliter sock in my sump and my return pump is a mag 9.5 does anyone else know what i could be...

i have 2 of the same type heaters they are both 250 watt and i wanted to use them both on my 75 gallon tank one in the sump the other in the over flow, i want to do this just in case one malfunctions. i was just curious wouldn't putting 2 heaters just heat the tank faster and possibly over heat...

So i just bought a TEK elite 6 bulb t5 system. and it gives me 2 options to run 4 bulbs which are my 10,000k bulbs (not sure i bought the light used so the bulbs are already in) and then the other switch controls 2 actinic blue lights this was the schedule i was thinking 4 bulbs- come on at 1...

So a couple questions guys i am really looking to do this all at once so its less stressful on my fish. this was my game plan the tank is all hooked up and ready to go i am going to fill it with water from my RO unit and was thinking of getting more RO from the supermarket because it will take...

I ask this because my tank has been running for 8 months and i am preparing to transfer my 45 gallon reef to a 75 gallon tank. i have 4 fish in the 45 now all are really healthy perfect color, very active. and all eat like pigs. I ask this question about the ICK because out of all the storys i...

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Finally got a video uploaded, sorry for the quality its on my android phone. Let me know what you guys think! Also if anyone can ID the last coral in the video that would be great My 45 gallon reef tank - YouTube

So i am trying to debate on moving my frogspawn or just leave it alone, the spot it is in now is a nice open spot about close to mid level in my 45 gallon tall aquarium. Its been in my tank for about a week now and all the heads deff open up except for like 2 of them they are still slow to open...

So i have had this coral for 2 days now and 2 heads are opening up nicely but no where near full length and these other 2 heads are pretty closed up releasing this brown slime, their in a 45 gallon tank (tall) and their under dual t5 on a HO ballast solar max. their a little lower then middle of...

So i just put my mystery wrasse in with one of my other wrasses and the first day my original wrasse was really mean and aggressive to the mystery chasing her into her hole constantly i have noticed today that they are next to each other sometimes and their is not that much aggression between...

So i just got my mystery wrasse and put him in the tank last night. i was taking a risk to see if the mystery wrasse would get along with my vrolik wrasse right now (i think thats what it is). and no luck my wrasse is bullying my new guy really bad. i have a trap but my wrasse seems no where...

I am so excited im picking up my fish today, just wanted to see if anyone had some input or personal experience with taking care of these guys any advice or info is greatly appreciated

so i have a 45 gallon tank, it originally had the remora nano skimmer installed on it that worked well for about a month and then totally did nothing for my tank because i think i had the nano version and not the pro. so my tank has been without a skimmer for probally 5 months and i have noticed...