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I have been fighting this brown rust color Algae for the past month every time I clean it come back worse then before. I have taken my LR out and cleaned it by rinsing it off with the spray hose on my sink. Town Water. 55gal tank, Plenty of flow, mostly up and around the tank, not much pointed...

What are good plants/algea to have in a fuge?

I have a 55 with 40 lbs of LR. A few fish. 150 snails. few crabs blueleg. Two mushrooms and a toadstool coral. I started using Seachem REEF BUILDER and am using Seachem REEF CALCIUM. Are there any fatal errors not to make when mixing other additives like Iron, Mag, Iodine, and any others. Are...

Carpenter wrasses are nice. I don't have any as of yet. But I plan on getting some when I set up my 125gal. I have a 55gal with a couple mushrooms and a toadstool coral, LR and a few fish.

How is the flow in your tank? Do you have any power heads moving water around in the tank? If you do not, then I would suggest two, one at either end of the tank. Something in the 100gph to 150gph. Top of the tank pointing down across the tank and sand bed. This has helped with my algae...

YES, it's an inexpensive item, only around $10.00 that all saltwater hobbyist should own. There are other electric hydrometers that can run upwards to $100.00. But the $10.00 ones that use a needle and scale work just as well. I mean why not have one. Then there is never a ??? of what your...

I am using the Sea Test brand calcium test kit. And with it my calcium test at above 1000 ppm. I have to add 75 drops of the reagent to achieve the correct blue color. Can this be right? I use Red Sea brand salt. my KH / Alkalinity is around 300 ppm and all other test come out good. PH is at...

Yeah tiny fish 8O

Hey I just look at the ocean motion that's kinda cool. I bet they had big pump on that. The tsunami vid did That was 1/12 PVC with a big ol pump under the tank. 8) That would be the one to get. 0X

Mike, Does the ocean motion work the same way as a mechanical divert. I read the overview in my DR. F&S catalog. Maybe if you had a strong enough pump to run it, it would work good?

Mt question is how does the SCWD work, and does it work good? I am thinking about getting one or maybe two for my 125gal and setting up a closed loop. Does anyone use this item on their tanks?

I would use it and have use it for my base rock. I got some pieces from an old tank I bought and they have worked out fine. Nothing that was outside. But with proper wash in QT time. It should work out fine. "I am sure it would need some time in a QT tank with good SW washing over." Actually...

I am going to attempt to build a protein skimmer for my 125gal reef. This tank will also have a 30gal sump and a 30 gal fuge. Just because I have two 30gal tanks from an old FW project. So with all filters, and tanks full I will be pushing around 200gal of saltwater. Is this how I should look...

I am setting up a 125gal with 3x175w MH mogul base lights. If I want to keep clams will they do good right on the bottom, on the sand bed. Or will I need to keep them closer to the light sorce up on some LR? Can they move on their own? will they find their own spot?

I am going Mogul on my 125gal 3x175w 14k. Remote ballast. I didn't really know there was any diff. So the HQI are more intense. meaning brighter from the same watt? What does HQI stand for? 0X

Yeah looks like a feather duster to me. I have one like it.

I got 150 of them for my tank. and most of them only come out at night. The lights go out and Bang snails everywhere. I like them. And they keep my tank very clean. I got them off EBay. 150 for like 14.00 bucks killer deal. underwater exotics is the store that is the cheapest for these little...

I like them both. But if I had to make a choice I would pick the Achilles. This is the fish that really got me into saltwater in the 1st place. I saw one in a pic and said to myself, WOW I could get fish like that if I had a salt tank. But now I know that they do not keep well. But still a very...

www.tampabaysaltwater.com Cool movie right on the home page just pick dial up or high speed. The movie is about 30mins long and very enlightening. About the Live-Rock farm they have set up in Florida.

EBay has good deals on metal halide Ballast. I just got three for around $40.00 a piece. Then you get bulbs, mogul sockets, and reflectors or make them. Wire them up to 120v and your ready for just about anything. In my opinion Metal Halide is the way to go. The bulbs last years, given you only...

eBay always has a bunch of aquarium stuff. I just got three MH ballast all from diff. auction for about $40.00 a piece. They have some good deals on bulbs too. Anyone know where I can get some reflectors and mogul sockets inexpensive?

:cry: My eel died. Poor Morie. I found my harlequin star eating him. I gave him a proper toilet burial. I will get another Snowflake when I set up my 125gal. My MH ballast are on the way. should be here tomorrow. Now to get 3 175w bulbs, 180gal skimmer, a VHO or PC ballast for atinics...

Out of T5 light tubes you get 54w, PC 36inch you get 96w, VHO 48inch you get 110w. Look at the cost of the bulbs and how often they will need to be changed. A standard 55gal is 48 inch long. One 220w VHO ballast will run two bulbs at 48 inch. :mrgreen: