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Built a DIY skimmer and it was working great. It is in my sump, you can view in my post in DIY awhile back. Suddenly this thing is skimming so hard and fast that it's pretty much just taking water straight out. I can't see how it's pushing straight water up and out over two inches. Any...

I think I finally have everything in place and happy so here is the finale. I moved everything from a 20 gal and a 10 gal so you can imagine how overcrowded I was. The tank is an all glass 55 gallon with a 20 gallon tall as a sump/refuge below. I'm growing caulerpa in the fuge and it's the first...

Heres the new in sump skimmer. After about 3 days it is finally starting to froth. Just in time, my crappy skilter stoppped working last night. Good riddance. Cost me about 10 bucks in parts, but I did have the air pump, powerhead, and I salvaged the large clear tube from an unused water filter...

I have had wattie for 16 tears and embarassing as it is I don't know what kind she is. She eats well and is semi-aquatic, she likes to spend all of the day in the water, and really only comes out at night. I would love for someone to identify her. Thanks all.

Just read the light pollution post and read something about a 13 on 11 off lighting schedule. I only do 12 and 12, although my actinics are on 15 off 9. Is 13/11 the average?

Do these guys really eat bubble algae, I hate plucking that stuff out? Also, what will they eat after it's all gone, will they scavenge or do I have to supplement with some seaweed or some mysis/plankton when I'm feeding the corals/fish?

I want to try dosing kalkwasser as I've heard the results are better than simply dosing calcium. Is this the stuff to mix? The hardware store said this is the same as builders lime but I'm unsure. Also, is it correct that the proper mix will read 900 mg/l of calcium? And is there a good way to...

I wonder if anyone has any experience in using mangroves to filter a reef tank. I built a 15 gallon sump and an overflow and I am probably a couple weeks away from getting the whole thing running. I just wonder how well this will work, I'm gonna put a 5" sand bed in the sump and maybe grow some...

I ran into some forums talking about changing from crushed coral over to live sand. What are the benefits to doing this? My reefs been up for seven months now with no major probs, except a little extra buffering once in awhile to keep the ph up. Am I gonna wish I used live sand later on down the...