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Over the last several months I've gone through setting up my 75g tank (w/40 gallon sump), adding LR and livesand, and cycling the tank. I added a variety of inverts (crabs and snails) on Wed and today (Thu), I added my first fish: two very small tangs (a yellow and a Kole yellow eye) after 2...

Over the last 1.5 months or so I've cured my live rock, placed it into my tank, and let the tank cycle (using the dead shrimp method). Today, I finally added some inverts (hermit crabs and snails) and of course as soon as I did this, I noticed a crab which had until now, gone un-noticed. Now I...

I finished the plumbing from my sump to the tank last week (all PVC) and until day, everything was running fine (i.e., there were no leaks). Then, when I was playing around with equipment in the sump, I noticed a slow leak at the base of the CPR overflow. To be clear, it is not leaking at any...

I am in the process of setting up a 75g reef tank. I currently have 3 Maxi-Jet 1200s (300 GPH), an overflow that is rated at 800 GPH, and a sump that will probably hold around 20 gallons. I'm guessing that the total system size will be 85 gallons. Other posts suggest that I should be moving 10...

I'm in the process of converting my 75 gallon freshwater tank to a reef tank and am in need of a pump recommendation for my 40 gallon sump. I'm using the CPR CS100 overflow (800 GPH) and from reading past topics, I know that my pump should not return more than 800 GPH back to the tank. The tank...