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First off, I just want to say sorry for not getting back to everyone right away. We took some extra time off and enjoyed a really long labor day weekend. It was nice to get away. I will keep this in mind when building it......thank you. Well the water would flow through the bubble trap at...

Yeah, I meant to do that but was in a rush when I drew that up. I plan to have it go all the way to the end of the refugium. I'm thinking the same thing about the waterfall but I'm still curious to know if I put 2 more baffles in place, if it would help that. Kinda give the water more "ups...

Here's the design with my measurements (not much different than Idaho Tank's): I think the trap is too narrow.....:confused:

This is what I worry about with this design. Unless the sump is wide, I don't see how you can have an effective refugium and bubble trap in the same width. I was thinking much like you but have my ref. 7" wide and bubble trap only 5" but now I am 2nd guessing it. I wonder if more traps would...

There are two different readings for ALK. I believe you tested one way and are seeing the expected readings for the other way. 2nd to last paragraph Alkalinity for Marine Systems

Is this because the bubble trap is to narrow or to wide?

Here's a design I used for my last 55g sump (for my 155g tank) and I loved it, but there was 1 issue; I made the skimmer zone too small, so it could only house the skimmer pump (not the UV pump or phosban reactor pump). Plus the waterflow from the skimmer zone to the refugium was too fast, so...

Thanks Jim....I'm still a little undecided at the moment. My wife and I bought a pair of mated clowns a couple of nights ago. They are a mature pair of gold stripe maroon clowns. The female is a biggie! They both have beautiful markings and coloration and get along SO well. Right now she's...

I've been thinking of getting some red/blue legged crabs......are they ok for a reef tank? I've only had them in my FOWLR tank.

I agree....sometimes it's not worth the headache of draining, sealing, redraining, etc. as you have already done. Not too sure where you live but Craig's List is a great source of aquariums herein FL. I know it means getting a "used" one again, but truthfully, you don't come across too many...

No, the last pic is just a piece of rock with some algae growing on it....I wasn't too sure if it was hair algae or not, so I posted it to see if someone knew. My PH on the right side keepys falling off so I don't know if I have to get a new one or if they sell new suction cups for those...

Super glue works great....but I've found that you need to get the GEL....once you paste that on, let it sit for about a minute and it's ok to go in the water (it may still be a little loose but it'll harden). Yeah, be careful of what you wish for....I put a really small stem in a 3/4" PVC plug...

20.) My new sun coral! 21.) 22.) Sponge in the BG. 23.) Is this hair algae growing on this rock? It sure looks that way to me......

12.) 13.) Any idea's as to what this is and where it should be placed in the tank (high, med, low...high lighting, low lighting, etc.) 14.) 15.) 16.) 17.) 18.) 19.)

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Here's some udpated pics of my LR. Not a whole lot changed, but I moved the pieces out of the middle and pushed the whole fixture as far back as I could. Here's some close ups of the corals. Sorry for the blurriness on some pics, I was in a rush when I took these. 1.) 2.) :(...

Yeah, I was thinking of adding the mandarin later, once I get my sump setup with a refugium and macro algae to grow copepods. What size sump would be suitable for my tank? I was thinking of another 55g only because there's lots of room in them but I'm open to suggestions. :confused:

Thanks for the tip! I didn't change much but I moved the rock out of the center and pushed the whole thing back against the glass (as recommended by many). So now each "side" of the fixture appears to have a large rock formation....it looks a lot better. Here's a fish list of what I was...

I got a new 90g a couple of weeks ago and posted some threads about fish, sumps, etc. but I wanted to start a new thread and have it all contained in here. So, with that in mind, here's some pics of when I first set it up: I just spent 3 hours rearranging the rock a little so when I get...

I have 4 pepermint shrimp in my tank....1 of which sits right next to a piece of aiptasia but he doesn't touch it. Maybe over time they will, but I went with the needle route to try to nip it in the butt before it gets out of hand.

I've found that plumbing the PVC like that causes so much noise, not only with the water, but vibration. The vibration runs from the pump down the PVC....ugh! I find using flex tubing resolves this issue.....the vibration goes away and there's no 90 or 45 degree bends for water to be...

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I feel your pain with this....I bought one 2 nights ago...8pm....got him home and woke up at 5:30am for work and found out he had gone carpet surfing.....ugh! $35 bucks down the drain.....just aweful. This is one fish I will steer clear of from now on.

Well I hit them with a needle and lemon juice a couple of nights ago. I can tell the ones I missed as they are still showing up and the ones that I hit, they are all wilted and shriveld up! I did as the website recommended; inject 1ml of lemon juice into the STEM of the aiptasia and don't do...

I just moved a 90g a couple of weekends ago....but mine was over 140 miles! I fit it all in out minivan ('07 sienna) and it went flawlessly. We did as many have suggested; took a 44g Brute trash barrel for 80% of the water and then used 18g rubbermaid containers for the rock and the rest of the...