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I recently upgraded to a 125 gal tank. Transferred from a 70 gal. So far everything seems to be doing great, might do one more round of dr Tim's one and only for assurance. My question is, a long time ago I saw a video of a beautiful tank with a group of tangs that schooled together. I want to...

So I'm moving to a bigger apartment. Its only one floor down so it's not a far move. There is way more room, and its the bottom floor so it's got a solid base. I have a 40 gal breeder with a 20 gal refuge. The tank is pretty established, been running for 4+ years. My plan is to get a 90 - 120...

I had an explosion of aptasia in my tank. Tried everything, lemon juice, apt-x, joes juice. They all killed whichever single one I injected(even ordered medical syringes online with needle points because the ones that come with any product suck), but could not keep up with the swarm. I got a 40...

I have not heard of a silicone remover. The best results I have had is using very sharp razor blade, just the blade, held at an angle. I would use a box cutter knife to carefully slice where the silicone is in the corner over and over on both sides until the dividers are loose. Then just pry it...

Looks kinda like my old tank, if its the same thing its tiny snails. Mine looked like tiny white dots that came out at night and slowly went away when the lights came on. Im the am they were all over the glass, in the hundreds!

Its one of those. Not sure which one. I'm going to get a better look tonite, maybe try to snap another picture.

A clown and a blue tang.

I tried to take a picture of them but their too small and quick to see. So I'm going to explain them as best possible. I just noticed them today and their everywhere. The closest comparison is to a tadpole. They swim, not jump and crawl like most crustations I see. They swarm in caverns and...

De-nitrate does need a very slow flow to work. I had a separate DIY PVC canister with a slow pump, one that toped out at 60 gph. It worked well, but over time I took it off and my nitrates haven't changed. I would recommend SeaChem Matrix. You could put it right in your canister, its made for...

Can I use this instant ocean reef accelerator in place of the calcium. It has calcium in it along with stonium and trace nutrients.

Makes sense, test water then add as needed.

I just built a simple drip feeder for calcium and alk. My question is, about how slow should the drip be, as slow as I can get it? Also should I constantly refill the syringes, or wait a week or longer before refilling once it runns out?

That has to be it. I dont know what else it could be. I ended up getting a float valve and working with gravity, not electricity. Ended up working really good. I'm going to post the build in the DIY forum.

I'm in the process of making an auto top off for my sump. Just got the float switch in the mail today. I hooked it up to an extension cord like your supposed to. I tested it on my light with a cup of water. The light stays on, even when I take the switch out, and turn it upside down then...

Anyone know anyother threads that discuss this sort of thing?