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Well this morning I awake to yet another equipment failure. Submersible Pump on skimmer simply will not work. I cleaned it down in the sink and got it to initiate a few times but as soon as I put it back int the sump and plug it in.....nothing Considerinbg it is somewhere around 5 months...

Just checking to see if its just me. Since setting up my tank in July it seems that one equipment issue after another has plagued me. The latest is my skimmer which produced wonderfully for months has now tested my patients for the last two weeks. Over the last two weeks endless tweaking...

I purchased a Aqua FX 4 stage RO/DI unit today and so far so good. Its a 50 GPD unit with a built in two way TDS meter. TDS in is 5 or 6 and out reads 0. Its producing about a gallon every 20 minutes so out put seems as advertised. My only concern is I am only getting about 44 PSI off of a...

Hopefully some of you out there have done this and can help me out a bit. I run a small HOB on my fuge that has a decent pod pop. When I clean the media I usually go through and toss out the adult pods I find in it back into the fuge. Today as I was doing this I got the idea to attempt to...

I am sure everyone knows how difficult it can be finding quality live stock. I am vary fortunate to have a well above average source just minutes from my house and cant help but boast a bit. These guys don't ship so I am assuming I am not stepping on any toes by posting the link here. Anyone...

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About three weeks ago I purchased a colony of yellow polyps. Last night I noticed what looks like a few very small zoos poping up on this rock. Having pretty much just started with corals there are several things I am wondering about. First off are they actually zoos. I don't know what a...

My brother lives just a few doors down from me in my condo complex. He has a 55g freshwater tank that he somewhat neglects. In fact I use his tank as a control for my nitrate test kit. If his water test off the scale I know my test kit is still reading well for nitrates :D I would like to...

Today I had a trusted LFS check my salinity with a refractometer. Unfortunately my hydrometer is reading .05 off. What I thought was a SG of 1.025 is actually 1.030. I had my heart set on starting with my corals but it looks like it will be another week getting the SG down to the proper...

I have decided to try my hand at this. I have started by simply trying to drip my top off water so that it matches the evaporation rate. Airline tube tied in knot method. I figure no harm can be done doing that as I experiment. Provided I can confidently match the evaporation rate of the...

Just wondering what the lowest lighting is that anyone has had success with growing or maintaining coralline. Reason I ask is my 30g make shift fuge sits right next to my 75g visible to all. It houses my macros and some vary nice base rock under wally world shop light fixtures. Daylight 60...

I doubt I am the first to think of this but may be worth a mention. I have a make shift twenty gallon long sump that holds my skimmer heater and a extra hob filter and return pump for DT and fuge. As we all know you cant fill the sump to capacity in case of power loss. I never measured it but...

I have a skimmer right now that is rated for 150 gallon tank with a surge pump that puts out 660gph that came with the skimmer. I have a spare rio pump that is rated for 960GPH. I was thinking of attaching that to the present skimmer. Any benefit to going overkill like this with your skimmer...

I currently have a flame angel in a 75g tank. The dwarfs are undoubtedly my favorite and I would like to add another in a few weeks. Maybe a lemon peel, pygmy or similar. Any potential compatibility problems? I am told they can be mixed as long as they are different species and do not look...

I was pretty much given what was being called a Burgess Butterfly fish this past weekend. The guy said he couldn't get it to eat. I asked what he was feeding and he said he had tried three different kinds of flake food. I didn't laugh out loud and was pretty sure I could rectify that...

I am currently running an emperor 400 HOB one my main tank. I would like to put on the fuge to make the display tank look less cluttered with equipment. Will this ruin its effectiveness in any way? Common sense is telling me if its on the main tank it wont be removing solids from the tank...

How long a photo period is necessary to keep macors in a fuge from going sexual and is this a common thing for them to do? Right now I am running a 24/7 lighting but I would like to bring that down to maybe 18 hours a day. Has anyone ever had there macros go sexual and damage water quality...

Do the pods in the fuge find there way through the pump from the fuge into the main tank or do you have to get them over to the main tank in a more manual fashion? Since this is my first fuge I cant say as to how large my pod pop is. It is however pretty easy to spot them. Usually a half...

Just got back from the lfs. I intended just to look around a bit but they had some cleaner gobies on sale so I went ahead a got one of these tiny little guys. Problem is I tested the bag water for sg and its 1.018; what the h$%@? With my water at 1.025 and a drip acclimation in progress it...

Ok I have a thirty gallon tank plumbed out to my main and want to add some macro algae. First off where do I get it? It may be at my lfs and I have never seen it and have never asked. Do most lfs carry this item? What is a reasonable price? Will it get sucked into the ph I have for...

I visited a lfs in my area a couple of weeks ago that looked to be on its last legs business wise. I spotted a Florida condi anemone that was in equally sad shape. Despite having a very young tank my logic was anything had to be better for this animal than its current conditions. I don't...

I noticed some red slime algae beginning in my young tank (about two months) a few patches here and there on the substrate. I did a unscheduled water change and what was there siphoned out with about a five gallon change. My usual water change routine is between 5 and 10 gallons a week. 75...

Over time micro bubbles accumulate at the top of my siphon tube for my hang on overflow box which means I have to re prime it every so often. Forgetting to do this could mean a flood. I have tried covering the inflow part of the tube on the tank side with a bit of sponge but this seems to...

Ok finally figured out the plumbing and have hooked up a thirty gallon tank to my main a 75 gallon tank. Now what to put in it. Lets assume I have whatever lighting needed. It has a sand substrate and I would assume some lr wound make a good start but what from there. 75g is equipped with...

Ok I have a spare thirty gallon tank that I would like to set up as a fuge or at the very least a sump to expand my capacity. I cant quite get a grip on how these things are plumbed though. Do I just use a j tube to gravity feed to the thirty gallon from my 75 and then use a PH to return the...