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Try etropicals.com They have a good selection of aquacultured livestock.

I agree w/ mrlarry24. JBJ Artica 1/10 works marvelous in my 47.5 with too many pumps/lights/heat making gadgets. Keeps my tank between 76-77 always and does it quickly. I can't speak for the other brands, but it works great, quiet, and fast-cooling. $399.00 including shipping/no tax from the...

I have a very similar set-up as yours: 47.5 gallon, 192w PC coralife, eheim cannister with lr rubble, 150w visi-therm, etc. I used the seaclown for 2-3 weeks, then upgraded to a remora w/ MJ1200. You should look into doing this. The remora is 10 times the skimmer, IMO. it pulled out more...

FWIW- I tried 3 different test kits, Seachem, quick-dip strips, and now the hagen master kit. The hagen is by far the easiest and accurate, IMO. I got it from ebay, $50.00 or so, came in a hard carrying case with: NO2, NO3, AMM, PO4, Iron, PH, CA, kH. It works great, even has a set-up inside...

I did like lando on my newest (20 long) Live rock, water, and filter media from established and presto! instant cycle. Just to be sure i've monitored parameters for 2 weeks, but all is well -Logan

Sorry for the bump, I'm just curious if anyone has done this before. I read a lot of people talking about it, I would like to know how the transition went. -Logan

I started this past weekend to change out the media that came with my EHEIM 2217 cannister filter to live rock rubble. The rubble is from lr.com. I had read to change out about 1/2 and then change out the other half in a couple of weeks. I have changed out half of the media, put 1/2 lr...

Out of the two, the velvet is most like it by the description. The gills are not affected, though. I'll take a pic tonight and post it. Just the fact that she's eating but not gaining size or weight makes me think parasite. -Logan

I have 2 ocelleris (spelling?) clowns that have been in Qt for 3.5 weeks, then in the main for 4-5 weeks. Both were bought @ the same time, one was bigger than the other. The larger one is now the smaller of the two and hasn't seemed to grow. It looks "dry" with some brown splotches...

I have 1 fire, 2 cleaner, 1 pepermint, and 1 randall's pistol shrimp in a 47.5 gallon. All are getting along fine. FWIW - a fire shrimp will not be as active as a cleaner, IE not out as much. Mine sits in his little cave most of the day, coming out occasionally. The cleaners are out and...

Not an expert, but try filterdirect (seller on ebay) I really like mine. Quick ship, good help, works great. That one looks good, but can only tell you about the one I have. $120 shipped, 85GPD, with faucet for drinking water. I am happy and would recommend it. --Logan

once week here run it under hot h2o, takes few hours to produce foam after that.

Sounds like the right level to me. You want dark, nasty foam, not white or clear. It will start producing when there is more waste/protien in the water. Mine was on for a cycling period with live rock and took about 2.5 weeks to produce skimmate. Leave it where it is, IMO, and give it a...