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I am looking into buying an RO/DI system for my reef and was considering purchasing: 50 GPD 6ST Reverse Osmosis Ro Di Water Filters System Extra 5 PC Replacement | eBay Is there any cause for concern with this unit? If so, is there another you all would recommend? Thanks, Chris

I currently have a 29G reef tank with some softies and LPS. For lighting, I have 2x 65W PC. I have to move the tank, so I have decided that I am going to upgrade to a 75G as part of that process. My intent is to go for moderate lighting, but am looking for advice on what type of fixture would...

I have a 75 gallon with 130W PC lighting. The tank has been going for almost three years now (planted for about 2.5). I have some amazon swords which had been doing wonderfully for some time, but now are wasting away. At first, I was concerned that they were being starved for light by an...

I have a sun coral that I purchased about a month ago and it seems to be doing fairly well with little polyps sprouting up here and there. I have been feeding mysis every other day, but I will be going on vacation in a few days. For vacations, I have an automatic feeder for the fish and I...

On a 29 gallon tank, after many setbacks, I now have a functioning sump. I have been testing it and tweaking the plumbing off and on for some time now and have now run it continuously for a day. Tonight when I came home, I noticed that a couple of the corals are not behaving as they normally...

I got through moving my tank and had installed a DIY sump under the stand. It was made from glass tank with acryllic baffles siliconed into place. I had tested it a bit with fresh water before installing and the baffles were leak free. In preparation for connecting the sump to the main, I had...

I am moving my 29 gal into the basement. In the article on this site (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/article_view.php?faq=2&fldAuto=28), it is mentioned that the tank should never be moved empty. Given that it is a smaller tank and a short move, would it be acceptable to move it with the sand...

I am a bit confused right now. I was just feeding my tank (29 gal, 2 clowns are the only fish) and I noticed white spots on the clowns. I have not seen marine ich before, but it certainly looks similar to FW ich. The reason I am confused though is that they have been in the tank for going on...

First the gratuitous pics--these are three and a half week old albino cories: Now for the question: in my other tank, I have a pair of keyhole cichlids that have spawned. It is a community tank, so I do not have much hope for the eggs unless they are removed, although the parents are defending...

I have a 29 that a coralife 130W PC strip over it. The tank is running topless. I was a little concerned though when I read the following on www.hello-lights.com. Q. I heard that you should remove the glass lid and glass cover from my lighting in order to get more light to my tanks, is this...

My tank has been going for nearly a year now. It is a 29 gal with a bit over 40# of live rock and 130W PC lighting. The tank houses 2 ocellaris clowns, a peppermint shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, blue leg hermits and an assortment of snails. The water parameters have steadily been: Nitrate...

So, I seem to have two "pairs". The first to pair up was moved to my old 29, where they reside with five cories and a couple of tetras. They have been laying eggs every couple of weeks for a while now, but always wind up eating them. While I have never caught them in the act (and I'm not all...

I have a 29 gallon tank that has been running for about 8 months and I am now considering setting up a sump and I have a lot of questions: 1) As the tank is already set up, I am looking into HOB overflows. From what I have seen, the general consensus seems to be that the U-tube style overflow...

I have a 75 gallon tank with 130W of PC light and no CO2. It is pretty well stocked with fish, so I do not dose NO3 very frequently, but try to keep it close to 20 ppm. Phosphate is kept between 1 and 2.5 (best I can tell with the test kit....) I have been dosing potassium 10 ppm when I do a...

I have a small toadstool frag that has been doing fairly well the last two weeks--opening up and seemed to be growing. This morning it was tilted a bit and there was a blue-leg hermit crab on it. The crab has not really moved since then and the tilt seems to be getting worse. My question is...

I was just about to order some clay from www.plantguild.com for DIY root tabs and I noticed the comment that they could be made with clay or laterite. Has anyone tried this before? I realize that laterite isn't exactly cheap, but I can pick it up at my LFS. Ordering just this one item from...

Well, it seems that I may have a pair of Koi angels! I caught them in the act and judging by the breeding tubes I am hoping that it is actually a male and female pair. I am not optimistic about this time leading to fry but hompefully if I give them a couple of tries, I can set up a tank to...

Since setting up my tank, my parameters have been pretty consistent: Ca 320 ppm Alk 9 dKh pH 8.2 Since my alkalinity was good, I tried adding a bit of calcium chloride to bring up my Ca. I added enough today to raise it by what I estimated would be 20 ppm. That worked as expected, but my pH...

My tank is about 5 months old now and the coraline growth on the back wall has really taken off. However, after some time, the spot will expand and then the center will eventually turn white and then flake off. As I do not have any corals outside of a couple of small hitchikers, I have not...

I have a 75 gallon tank with 130W PC lighting. The tank does not use CO2 and currently has been housing slower growing plants (crypts, java ferns, and anubias). The plants had been doing fairly well, but recently I have had what I believe is hair algae growing on them (based on pictures I have...

To the right of the feather duster, there is something that has been growing out of the rock. Any idea what this could be? Thanks, Chris

I have two ocellaris clowns (juvenile) in my 29 gal. The tank has about 40# of LR and the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all at zero. The only other inhabitants are a pair of peppermint shrimp, a skunk cleaner, and a number of snails and hermits. The (slightly) larger of the two clowns has...

I just lost a clownfish. I had added two ocellaris clowns to my 29 (I committed the cardinal sin of not using QT and now I am paying for it). Anyway, one was not eating and was just not looking all that great, so I started to prepare a hospital bucket (don't have an extra tank around right...

As the title says, I am new to SW and was hoping to ID a few things in my tank (about 4 weeks old). The first two pictures were the best I could get of a couple of the bristleworms living in my tank. While I have seen some pictures, I am not all that confident I could differentiate a good...

My 29 gal has been going for about three weeks now. It has 40# of LR which was purchased cured. The tank never had a cycle so I added some snails and hermits which have been busily working away for the last couple of days. I want to give things a couple of weeks yet, but I am now looking...