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Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, I am forced to sell my equipment. the 40 gal all glass has coralife 2 X 96w cf lights cs90 overflow aqua c remora skimmer 30 gal sump mag 700 return pump The 75 is an oceanic with a drilled bottom a home made sump with a mag 9 return pump a n...

I'd stay at 1.025 or so. as long as it is constant. For those of you that think that 1.020-1023 will reduce the number of parasites, you would be incorrect. It has been proven that ick(the most common parasite that we all try to avoid) will live in a sg as low as 1.016 or maybe lower...

(about 2.5 feet away horizontally) as long as you don't have any horizontal sections of overflow to sump drain pipe the measurements will be negligible.(At least in these terms) The only thing that sholuld really choke the flow of an overflow is piping size(try to minimize fittings) , The...

With only 12 lbs of lr it will take longer for the water to clear. Especially if all of the substrate was changed at once. Don't worry, it will. Just clean out intake sponges frequently. :fadein:

Halimeda needs Ca to grow and will compete with your corals for it. not sure about the shaving brush.

Nassirus snails spend 95% of their life under the sand. Mine only surface at feeding time. Therefore less succeptible to be harrassed for a new house. :evil:

put your lights on a timer. So not to worry about it.

When plumbing an overflow, should the outlet of the drain be above water, or below?

most peppermints are shy at first. Give them a week or 2 to come out more in the day

pulling it apart and cleaning the impeller is the only maintenance I have ever had to do. If that dosen't work look into a replacement.

I had a tank with dolomite substrate (it was the best new stuff in the late 80's) It looked like fw rock but white and kept the pH up. until I ditched the ugf, upgraded the skimmer, used a ro/di and switched to sand I had a problem

I was just looking to upgrade one of my setups. And the tanks had a sticker on the bottom pane that said "tempered"

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/saltbook.php this link will take you the books section look int the new marin aquarium, by Pallenta and the concientious marine aquarist , by Fenner. They provide valuable info on setting up a system. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/showfaq.php?fldAuto=2 This link...

I would replace the fluval with a sump. There is a calculator at the top of the page to help with how much. Bow fronts are tricky to calculate. but shoot for aboult 4" There are good many posts touting the ac skimmers. For the sand I would look into bagged dry sand from lfs. The "live sand...