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This is sort of a follow up from a another thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=95857 Here is a synopsis: I am trying to hook up a basement sump and the pump turns out to be a bit overpowered for my 72 gallon tank. Here comes the latest: The new pump kicked off a good size...

I am installing a new sump in the basement and pump the water to the first floor. I am using Gen-X PCX70HP external pump and it looks like it is pushing too much water to my tank, more than the overflow can handle. The water comes dangerously close to the top edge of the display tank. a) How...

I am planning to buy clear cell cast acrylic from mcmaster.com based on a suggestion by a fellow reefer. A 1/4" acrylic sized 48"X24" costs $87 from this website. I am planning to build a sump and is this the material should I use? TIA.

I have a 33 gallon sump that sits under my 72 gallon display currently. I am planning to move the sump away from the living room so that I can expand the sump to include a fuge etc. I am planning to do a diy sump and transfer the contents of my existing sump to the new sump. I have two options...

I am planning a diy sump in my basement for my first floor display tank. I need help in sizing the pump. My tank is 72 gallons oceanic bowfront reef ready with 1" overflow and 3/4" return. My current sump is located under the tank. I use a Rio 2100 pump rated at 692 gph at 0 ft and 375 gph at...

I have five month old tank with decent light (Light is PC with 2X65 10000K and 2X65 acitinic) and good waterflow. Right now I have a disk coral & a mushroom. I am looking to buy frags/zoos to fill up color. Pl. advise what is best. I live in Central jersey area. Let me know if anyone has frags...

Pl. see the image. I get this brown color sediments forming on the live sand. I clean it (vaccum it or mix it up in the sand) almost every week. It keeps coming back. The tank is 5 months old.

I see that the bubbles are being created. It also pushes some foam to the top of the collecting cup. However the foam is very clear and it does not extract waste as it used to be. A thin layer of brown sediment is also forming on my substrate once every two days. From the bubbles creation the...

Pl. see the image of the skimmer attached. As you can see the water is being pushed uptto the 2/3rd height of the tower. Is this how it should be? What is the optimal setting? How much high the water should be pumped up?

My watchman goby appeared to be dead. He is stuck underneath a live rock and I cannot remove him without removing several rocks. What do I do? Does the dead fish float after some time?

I have a yellow tang, coral beauty angel, royal gramma, 2 clowns, 2 damsels and a cardinal. Mine is a 72g and if I were to add a centerpiece fish what would be your choice? The tank is only 5-6 weeks old and am not adding another fish any time soon, but I would like to know what my options are...

Can someone suggest a couple of corals that are hardy? Mine is a reef ready 72g. Water flow is taken care of two maxijet 1200 and one seio rated at 620gph. Light is PC with 2X65 10000K and 2X65 acitinic. Right now I have a mushroom coral with some fishes. I would like to get some colorful corals...

I bought a pair of clownfish from liveaquaria without realizing they are extremely small. Now they keep falling through the perforations for the overflow (mine is a reef ready oceanic tank). Someone in this forum suggested a while ago that there is a way to prevent from the small critters...

Alright, I made a boo-boo. A very stupid one. Based on one of my lfs's advice, I just got whole lot of fishes. I just realized I might have made a mistake and checked couple of postings here and read that I should be adding 1-2 fish a month to adjust for the bio-load. These are the fishes I...

I have a 72g with 90 lbs liverock which is about four weeks old. Water parameters are excellent and right now I have a yellow tang, two damsels and a bunch of snails in it. I also have a Mushroom Coral. I have a 65X4 PC light and have two maxijet 1200 and one Seio 650 gph for the waterflow. I...

My 72g tank is about 4 weeks old. I bought a peppermint shrimp (along with 10 snails) and left it in the tank on Saturday morning and didnt see him ever since. Could he be hiding under a rock for that long? Is that normal?

Hello all, I have a 72g reef ready and here is a chronology of events. 02/07 Established tank with fresh water 02/08 Added Salt, live sand etc 02/12 Added about 25lbs live rock and 25 lbs of base rock, both cured. 02/15 Added another 50 lbs of cured fiji premium live rock 02/19 Added three...

I am using a Coralife 48" PC with two 65W 10,000K white bulbs and two 65W acitinic blue bulbs. When you calculate wattage per gallon do you include the wattage from blue lights also? I have a 72g bowfront and wondering what kind of corals my lighting can handle. I am particularly inteterested in...

Can someone guide me how to achieve Crystal Clear Water? I have a 72g with a sump. The water is clear but still there are lots of tiny particles that float around. I read that even a system with a sump can benefit from an additional mechanical filter which helps remove those tiniest particles...

I am awaiting shipment of three powerheads this week. I am planning to put the seio super pump rated at 620 gph at the left wall behind the liverocks at approximately half the height of the tank and the two maxijet 1200 (295 gph each) in the front at left and right walls facing each other. Mine...

I am glad to announce that in less than two weeks time my cycle seems to be completed and based on my LFS recommendations, I bought three damsels today and they have been doing quite well so far. I have the following questions: Feeding: Is once a day a good enough? To begin with I am going to...

My 72g tank is two weeks old and it is sitty pretty on a Harwooded floor in my formal living room. I see a lot of vibration in the tank. Especially when kids are jumping in the other room the water shakes vigorously. The other day one of my neighbor's kids came over and was hitting the tank bit...

I wanted a blue background for my 72g, so I went to the lfs and got a double side background with dark blue on one side and a mirror like coating on the other side. Here is the blunder that I made: I put the background in the inside wall of the tank. This worked fine before when I had a...

What is the red dot that is seen on the live rock? this is new setup just a couple of days old. I cant say for sure if it was there before I put in the tank.

I would like to run a couple of pvc pipes to and from the my aquarium setup to make pwc easier. To introduce new water to the tank, I am thinking of running the line from RO/DI unit to the sump so that the new water gets pumped into the sump, gets mixed with the stuff already there and then gets...