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It would seem that I'm going to get my opportunity to move to a new home and install the tank of my dreams. It won't be too huge...maybe in the 200-300 gallon range. I would like to create a separate room to house all the filtration equipment, including sump. Does anyone have (or know of)...

I'm considering moving to house on a septic system. One of the concerns with septic is the AMOUNT of water that you force into the system. We all know that RO/DI systems run a lot of waste water when filtering, but I think I could rig up something to recycle that through the RO/DI to minimize...

I still can't beat my cyano problem. I'm now vaccuuming out cyano and replacing 10% water daily. I swear it comes back so fast that you can see it growing! I've replaced my first two stages of my RO/DI filter. I haven't changed the RO since it is only 1 year old...and I haven't changed the...

Cyano is beating me. It is slowing killing my tank. According to my ability to measure water quality, I've improved my measures to the finest they've ever been. I feed only a little bit of food every 2 days. Besides, there's no phosphate or nitrate detectable that might point to...

Yesterday, I added one of those white, sand sifting starfish to my tank. I was hoping that he would stir up the sand bed a bit. So today I happen to be watching as the sand star crawled over and laid one of it's arms into the green carpet anemone. The starfish had four arms firmly attached...

I have been quietly fighting cyano for months now. Every week, I vacuum it off the sand and wherever else it grows...but it always returns. Things I have under control: Phosphate: I had barely measurable phosphate, but used some Rowa-phos. Now I can't detect anything. RO/DI water: Cut back...

I'm in shock! I just completed a routine water change and I looked at the tank and realized that my green carpet anemone was absent! Gone! You have to realize that this anemone is the size of one's outstretched hand..and my tank is not that big. Clearly, there was something about this...

I'm giving serious thought to my next tank and I want to go big. I'm looking at something in the 200 gal range. While there are lots of things to consider, one that troubles me a lot is dealing with large volume water exchange. Currently, I siphon out 2 gallons per week and siphon in 2...

Collecting opinions...What do you run your Ca/Alk levels at? I'm 410/2.86mEq, but thinking maybe I should increase both.

I'm just sitting here browsing my favourite discussion group :wink: ...when I hear "clack", "clack" coming from the living room. The living room where the mantis lives is 3 rooms and 1/2 a house away.. So I dash in there to see what the fuss is about and a small spider has decided to walk...

Sold to me as a coral...now I think it is an anemone of some type. I'm referring to the red orange polyps...not the clam or the snail... It seems to like light...and it eats.

I haven't run AC...so I thought I would throw that question out there.

The crime: Attack, murder and ingestion of innocent bristle worm. The witness: Me The punishment: Death by Mantis I'm not one to dole out this kind of punishment based on simply BEING a nastly looking crab. I waited until I witnessed the act in person. This crab was simply becoming...

How much Kalk...mixed at what ratio...will move 40 gallons of tank by how much? If there is a mathmatical formula it would give me a better place to start. Otherwise, I'll be trial and error for the next weeks. Can anyone tell me how much Kalk, mixed at what concentration, will cause my...

Yup...confirmed sighting just a few hours ago. No doubt about what I saw...definitely a ciranolid. It most likely arrived in the tank 8 months ago with my LR shipment. That, or it arrived with a coral fragment purchased about 3 weeks ago. I had one shot at catching it, which of course...

Can anyone give me the details on this beautiful coral? My assumptions are that it doesn't need a lot of light and that it probably needs to be fed. What food do you recommend? Boy, I really struggle with that 100K photo size limit. I start with a really nice photo and everytime I reduce...

How long do MH bulbs last? Is there any way of knowing if they've lost their punch...or do they just die suddenly. I've got a 175 10K that is just about 1 year old now.

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My Sexy shrimp is currently standing in the middle of my carpet anemone. Is he in peril? Or is normal for them? So far, the anemone hasn't reacted and the shrimp seems ok...

Does anyone else have problems with Ca buildup inside the impellor assembly of their pumps? Just recently, both my skimmer and Mag 7 return shut down due to the build up on the impeller and housing. Upon opening the pumps up, the impellor was coated with brown, rocklike Ca (I'm pretty sure...

I have a powerhead stuck to the plexiglass with four suction cups. Slowly but surely the suction cups are losing it and becoming harder to clean. The pump is going to fall and that would be bad. (they suck less..so they suck more? :wink: ) Does anyone have any creative suggestions for an...

First...What is this coral and does it require any special care/feeding? Second... Is that white edge a cause for great concern? The white may have grown over the past few days, but the coral has only been in the tank a few days and this may just be an aftereffect of the transfer from the shop.

I didn't believe it until I caught him in the act. This bristleworm was sucking on one of my corals (well..I think it's a coral...if you know what it is, please tell) He can't really bite off a piece, so he just latches onto a peak and sucks on it for an hour or so. He can only attach on...

My tank has been steadily increasing the amount of calcium it consumes. I have been dosing with Kent AB, but it has gotten to the point where I have to add substantial amounts, and I just can't spread the additions throughout the day enough. So I decided it was time to go to kalk. I setup...

I think I've hit the limit of my 2 part additions. Ca and Alk are steadily falling in spite of my increasing the A/B additions beyond the max recommended dosages. They worked for a while, but my tank is using more and more Ca/Alk all the time. I'm using Kent A/B, which I'm sure isn't the...