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This site helped me a lot over the last 2 years of my 90 gal reef tank but what I learned is follow advice but learn yourself too ! I use 2 do a 20 percent water change weekly I was tiered of the work so I was going to sell my $5000 tank after a year my wife was yelling at me saying I told u so...

Try to feed a mix bag of food in my tank , flake , pellets , frozen and algae strips and wafers I have been trying frozen emerald entree and formula but they make a mess off the tank it's all mush no other types of frozen greens out there that's better !!!

I was looking for something that I can monitor my tank on my iPhone temp,ph and if the power is on that's about it !! I have timers for lights and a wave maker is this the device for me

I question my lfs has a amazing coral tank it's huge packed with every type of coral u can imagine he has 4 ecoray 60 over the tank he only uses the blue lights and never turns on the whites he says it's all they need ???? The corals in there look like they are doing real well !!! He said for me...

Trying to get my tank on cruise control before the summer hits. !!! Must sustain it self for 9 day stretches !!! Lighting good ...added a ato with a 5 gal jug trying to get less evaporation from my sump trying to cover it more !! Filter socks lasting 10 days good!! Scared about the swc skimmer...

Added a swc 160 skimmer to my system . Why I don't know my tank was doing great with out it but all I hear is it's the most important part of the tank but now I regret it !! First I get micro bubbles for a day after it starts up next the temp went up 1.6 degrees and when u shut return pump off...

I I changed my filter system Sunday from a wetdry to a sump with a filter sock and I added a swc 160 protine skimmer in the sump the new sump has double the capacity of the old wetdry !!! Yesterday I open the cabinet and it was humid and warm in there there is no cover on the sump due to all the...

Come home from work and some thing moved my orange plate coral against my brain coral and now it is white with mucus around it !!! Will it die or will it recover it's my favorite coral it glows bright neon orange

Voided a major catastrophic event woke up and my tank was off gfci tripped why I don't know maybe a surge ?? Anyway off to depot for regular outlet if I was away this weekend all would be dead tank is at 75 degrees hope all is all right

I recently picked up the ecoray 112d led light for my tank and the output is very strong . I have a high 31 inch tank with a reef wall all the way to the top looking to add corals about 12in from water surface that will not fry from the LEDs my tank needs more stuff up higher all my corals are...

Just returned from first weekend away since I set up reef tank and 2 corals knocked upside down in the sand and tank very cloudy can not see to other side ammo 0 ,nitrite 0 , nitrate 4ppm , calcium 480 , alkalinity 128 ppm phos 0 ,ph 8.1 I use all Hanna test kits and redsea pro nitrate so I know...

Question waiting on my lfs to finish my custom sump tank ... Will be taking out my wetdry and moving to a sump . Purchased a oversized swc skimmer for my 80 gal reef tank will be putting a filter sock and chemi pure and Purgen in it .. My ammo,nitrites,and nitrate is 0 now ,hope I am making a...

Ant to add a sock to my sump but it has to be able to go 7 days with out being changed sometimes is that possable ??? If it clogs will it overflow out of sump ???

Looking into buying a skimmer and adding a sump to my 90 gal reef tank !! Don't have a lot of room max sump is 21x12 the 160 has a 9x7 foot print does anyone have that skimmer if so what size chamber is in your sump to fit it I want to add the skimmer and a sock in the first chamber than a small...

S this test kit really necessary ??? Just ordered it $40 been using API test kit my nitrates show 0 the API starts at 5 ppm !! Just did a test with the new red sea and it test such a low range 0 to 4 ppm I'm at about 3ppm after 5 days with out a water change 4 ppm come on u can have 10 ppm and...

Hi guys replacing my marineland reef capable LEDs with the ecoray 112d now I have 2 individual controls for blue and white what is the ideal time to run my lighting my tank has mostly Lps and some mushrooms and 10 fish !! Optimal times for corals and not to create a algae issue ?? Was thinking...

2012 vacations start soon tried the auto feeder and soon as it dumps the pellets they go right in the overflow into the sump !!! What should I do for a week ?? My fish can not go a day with out food there nuts so is the shrimp !!! I will buy anything that I need what is the best feeder ??

Ave a lot now and feather dusters two !! Should I feed them or let them be

Just got back from my lfs he just installed 2 ecoray 112d over his 125 show tank let me say WOW it's amazing ran home and ordered 1 for my 80gal cube my LEDs going south lol for $500 amazing light can't wait !!!!!

Have a sailfin tang and a powder blue tang that get along fine just added a hippo tang and the sailfin is chasing him around and the hippo is hiding !!!

Have a 80 gal reef tank never seen 1 fish make such a mess my tank looks like its snowing !!! Don't know what to do ride it out a week and see what happens !! I do have 00 olight sand the fine stuff !!! Every one loves him but my tank looks like crap and I'm afraid corals will suffer due to less...

I read alot about feeding pellet food is better than frozen but what about the corals and other invertebrates don't feeding frozen food give them a little !! I love the new life spectrum stuff

HAve a 80 gal tank water parameters are perfect ph 8.1 salinity 1.025 -0 nitrates And of course no ammo or nitrite my first fish was a pink and yellow dotty back and 2 nemos after the first day the dottyback looked like he had a sore on his side and was rubbing up on rock !! Now he's under...

I purchased 2 clowns a bi color dottyback and 2 crabs and 2 snails they are the first fish in the tank I floated the bags 4 a wile then added the bags to a empty bucket with a nice steady drip for 3 hours when I put fish in the tank the bucket of water that was acclimating was much colder than...

Now second week in cycle dose the ammonia two 4ppm . Six hours later nitrites high over 1 ppm off chart and nitrates 50 ppm I wait till next day nitrites 0.05 and nitrates 20 ppm but still show .25 ammonia is that normal I'm using a red sea test kit and non ammo should be yellow I'm at a light...