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well, interesting thing happened to me today. I unplugged my system - ran the vacuum to get all the dust off the carpet around the tank. and then plug everything back in - this is where it gets a little scary. soon as i plug the system back in my visatherm heater explodes - litterally - with the...

I felt a little pressure from Ziggy last night in the chat room, lol - so today I did a little research ! Would this fixture be an upgrade to my current PC 4-65 watt fixture? I know the wattage is less but overall would it be a better unit ? The price isnt bad at all, Would there be any limits...

How can we make these things work ? Seems like after a couple months whether it be your powerheads our your heaters the suction cups no longer want to work. I run them under hot water, clean them off, even ran them in a 50 50 mix of vinager and water and the darn things still dont want to stick...

I have had a 75 gallon sw setup for about 18 months now. Everything has been running smooth for the last year or so. however tonight after the lights went out I noticed little mini Centipedes running all over the sand. I cant figure it out, never noticed them before but there seems to be alot...

So my normal routine water change turned out to be five hours long today when i decided to replace my bulbs in my power compact fixture. For starter some how i crack the plastic covering that covers up the lights. Since I dont cover my tank, and salt seems to somehow get all over my fixture i...

I have a couple questions, first my tank has been up for almost a year ( went by way 2 fast) and I have power compact lights and was wondering when should I replace the bulbs? According to a link on the doctors web page the bulbs are good from anywhere from 12-28 months. When will I know when...

I just recieved from the doctors both a phospate and a nitrate test kit. First of all both my rodi water and my tank show 0 phosphates. (not sure if im testing correctly) is 0 phospates normal in a sw tank ? As far as the test is concerned it seems like with the phosphate test that the powder...

i have always had phosphate problems with my tap water, it was the main reason I bought an RODI unit. Anyways my fresh batch of sw, mixed with rodi water, is still testing at 0.5 phosphate just like my tap water always did. Could it be the salt mix? I am thinking about ordering new test kits...

I just got finished with a partial water change on my 75 and it seems as if everytime i do one, and after I prime my fluval fx5, it releases a bunch of junk into the aquarium. The small particles will float around the tank after everything is turned back on for an hour or so. Those of you that...

I went ahead and purchased a preassembled premium rodi unit from buckeyefieldsupply. I got it in the mail on Tuesday and I went to hook it up and it leaked water from the each of the housings. I cant call them till 2morrow but I was wondering if anyone had any advice to get this thing up and...

Currently my tank is sitting at 83.7 degrees. WOW . I havent had this happen before and the room temp is only about 70 degrees. When do i starting seeing a danger level for my fish or snails ? How can i tell is my heater is stuck ? Should I unplug the heater now or see if it goes back down, I...

So I have had my SW tank set up for allmost 9 months now and have been using tap water the entire time. Now I think its about time I go ahead and get an RODI system, and this is the one Im looking at. http://ngvi.ebay.com/vi... Does this look good? I will admit I have no idea what to look...

Currently I have a 75 gallon FOWLR tank with a Fluval FX5 and an emperor 400 with chaeto in it. I have been debating on ordering a premade sump but dont really want to shell out the cash. Is there anything wrong with just going out and purchasing a 29 gallon tank and just using it basically as a...

I have been using fluvals ultragrade carbon in my canister filter however after reading through alot of posts im not sure this is my best option. Should i switch to purigen, chemipure, or both ? i use the carbon in 3 week intervals, does it remove to much of the good stuff. Any suggestions would...

Well it looks like we are going to catch a break in the weather and hit highs in the fifties early next week so I am going to go ahead and place an order with saltwaterfish.com for a cleenup crew and a couple other different things. My first question is has anyone dealt with Saltwaterfish.com...

What happened to the chat room and is it coming back eventually? Is it on this new site somewhere and am I missing it ?

Anyone out there that uses Salifert Calcium test kits I would like to know what your normal reading is using reef crystals on a new batch. I am geting a reading of about 350 and I was wondering if that was normal. Also I would like to know when you stop adding drops. Do you keep adding them...

i am a little worried about colt coral - been a day or two that a small section of it doesnt open up as much as the rest of it when the lights are on. Is this a bad sign? how can I tell if that area is dead? what should I do ?

Well I have been debating on whether or not I should go ahead and a clean up crew too my tank. I have wanted to do if for sometime but havent had my tank to the point where I wanted it before adding all those snails and crabs (was afraid of smashing them when adding new rock) anways now that I...

I have a couple questions as I plan to make a few modifications to my current 75 gallon set up. First I am geting ready to order 30 pounds of lr rubble from liveaquaria. My goal is to slowly eliminate the need for chemical media other than phosban for the most part. I have a fluval cannister...

I was not ready for this but I had no choice. Today knowing that I had been debating on when to add corals to my tank my sister decided to bring me a home a colt coral for a christmas gift. The first thing I did after temperature acclimating my first coral to my tank to go straight Live Aquaria...

Currently I have a 75 gallon tank with a yellow tang, a blue hippo tang, 2 percs, and four green chromis. The tank has been up for nearly six months now, I have 90 pounds of live rock (adding at least 50 more pounds of base and live rock in the next two weeks) My water paramaters are as follows...

Has anyone used this type of reef/ base rock in there reefs http://www.petsolutions.com/Reef-Rock+I12517147.aspx Currently I have a 75 gallon aquarium with 90 pounds of lr, I want to get this number up to around 150 pounds or so and I believe I am going to order 30 pounds of the lalo rock from...

I was wondering if any one who has purchased some lalo rock from live aquaria would tell me what they think about it. Is it worth the extra money compared to premium figi rock ? and is really as porus compared to figi as the doctors say ? and how does it look compared to Figi rock six months...

I have had a fluval fx5 cannister for about a month now and the last two days it seems to be sending enormous amounts of micro bubbles into my aquarium. I thought I had it figured out yesterday however today it is just as bad if not worse. I can not for the life of me figure out how so much air...