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I took the filter up to my LFS to have them look at it too, and he took it all apart the same as i did, and it won't even try now. So I purchased the Rapids pro plus filter. I just gone done getting it going, and it seems to be okay so far. I did see mixed reviews on it, but for $349, the price...

Hey everyone, Today we had a power outage, and my filter died during it. I unplugged in once we lost power so that I could ensure it was full of water before turning it back on. However it will not come back on. I took it apart and pulled the plastic thing out that holds the magnetic turny...

I let everything but the power head run last night, and the dust is starting to settle, but it is no where near clear. Here it is as of 7:55am EST today:

That's what I asked. How many pounds.. and was it #1 or #0 size?

Well I did it (5 hour long project), I did half, and the outcome was very very cloudy. I rinsed the sand, for about 35 minutes and below is how the tank is. Before the cloudy took over the whole thing I was able to get the fish out and put them into a small 2 gallon tank with a power head. but I...

Well I got 120lbs of it, and the bags all say #1 sand. However there is a lot of thicker sand, but it looks like most of it it crushed coral, much much smaller then what I have now. The snails and hermots will be able to get under that good too right?

Okay, ill do half and half. I'm driving up now to the fish store to get the new sand. Now, should I mix up fresh salt water to rinse it? Do they make strainers small enough that it won't go through? Probably my LFS would have something.

Also, I was thinking about doing half and half like TC said.. Do I have to remove them to do that? Or is the best advice to do it all at one? I just want to make this as easy as possible for the fish, I don't want to lose any of them.

I only have a 2.5 gallon aquarium that I can put them in... Will that be sufficient?

That is the problem I am having, it looks messy and it's going to be a pain in the butt to vacuum all the time. I am heading out now to buy the dry aragonite. For 125 Gallon tank how much should I get? I was told to buy all dry and 2 bags of the live to put on the top so that it doesn't start my...

Sort of off the wall question, but what size bags of sand did you put in there? #0 or #1 and what was the weight of the bag?

Ray, the tank is about 7 weeks old.

Ray, I have a back for it, but I've been having a little trouble with the protein skimmer so I haven't put it up yet because I don't want to tear it. The tank shouldn't cycle again should it?

No worries Mike. I appreciate everyones help on this so far. I am going to move the live rock to one side of the tank today and remove the coral. Then I am going to put in #1 sand in the bottom of the tank so that I won't have this headache any more.

I personally never get bored of pictures. I'm glad your excited about your new tank, I am too. Never know what your going to find in there next.