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I bought a Media reactor - SMR1 from Nextreef to run with ecobak pellets. I was having a somewhat High nitrate and phospahte problem and so far after about 4 weeks this thing is amazing. The first day I could see a difference in water clarity, the corals just love this thing. Here is how the...

Hi all, I just purchased an MR1 Reactor for my 65 gallon reef, put it in my sump and I'm using the EcoBac pellets in it. My question is Do these reactors have a break in period? My local LFS has one running and the pellets are tumbling it appears like they should be. I'm starting out with 250ml...

I bought a Marineland pro 100 6 days ago. Anyone tell me a timeline that I can expect this to start producing skimmate? The instructions say 4-5 days. I read online a lot of people have said it takes a month. Right now adjusting it is difficult, it's either foaming over or a few inches below the...

Hello all, I have a 29 gallon refugium feeding a 65 reef tank that I set up a few weeks back. The systems been running for about 3 weeks now and I've worked all the kinks out of it, made a few mods and it's running quite well. I'm ready to add substrate to it but I'm unsure of what and how deep...

Hello! I have a 54 corner reef system that I want to make a refugium for. Right now all I have on the tank is a Bakpac skimmer and a Fluvall cannister filter. I'd like to use spare parts I already have to do this. I have a mag 9.5 pump, the bakpak skimmer, 2 36" T5 lights, Heater. I can put the...

Hello! I have a 65 Reef thats been setup for about 5 years now and I'm adding a refugium to it to help with algae control. The way the tank is setup I can't put anything underneath the tank so I'm making it in my basement. I'm making it out of stuff I've accumulated over the years. The refugium...