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    Stupid Rock Question

    Hey guys..its been awhile. I used to be on here awhile back but took my tank down due to some moving circumstances. Now this brings me to my question. Im getting back into the saltwater reef..I just purchased a new tank. now when we took down the tank we had live rock in a cooler, that well...
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    custom sea life

    Hello everyone,..About a year and 1/2 ago i bought a power compact light by custom sealife..GReat light. However the Fan in it is squeaking and dieing. I have tried cleaning it etc but nothing.ITS LOUD.. Tey are no longer in business and i need to get a replacemetn. I tried searching in local...
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    lighting replacement

    OK I havent been on here in awhile...Hello everyone again.. Huge question..I have a custom sealife powercompact hood for a 75gallon tank..it has 4 lamp...2 acnitic and 2 daylight.. I need to replace them, i started getting mass hair algae and cyano and ive had these lamps for over a year.. My...
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    Base rock question

    ok I got about 95lb of mixed liverock and baserock all which is completely purple now...its a 75g..I had setup my daugters little nano tank for about 2 weeks with some baserock and was going to get some liverock and decided i wanted to not go ahead with the nano...So i have an extra 25lbs of...
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    red slime

    Man..Im getting killed with cyano...Its all over my substrate.. I use ro/di, I checked my phoisphates and there 0. All my levels look good. I feed once a day. Not overfeeding. I siphon with twater changes and then it comes back within an hour.. Please help 1 other questiuon..i have 100lbs of...
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    ricordia

    Hey guys..I got my first coral..Its a bunch of green ricordia on a piece of rock...Nice stuff(Ill post pics later)...My question is will these eventually reproduce and spread in the tank?..Sorry for the ignorance...
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    ready to take the plunge

    Thanks to to everyones help here I have had the marine aquarium going strong for awhile now with only 1 death(damn copperband stopped eating)...Anyway I have a 75gallon witha bout 100lbs of liverock. My lighting is a custome sealife powercompact with moonlites... I have done some purchasing of...
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    new fish help

    I want somethin a decent size for the tank and I was looking at the flame angel..Anyone with experience with these...I have 2 perc clowns, 1 yellow tang, blue green chromis, 1 lawnmower blennie..75gallon...Will the flame get along with these.. Thanks
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    ro question

    oki think i got this figured out..i have it hooked up to my laundry room outlet...now i have one hose going to the drain and one to the 10 gallon bucket....i turned in the faucet and its beginning to put water in the bucket..(this is my first time turning it on, and the water first came out...
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    WooHoo--Merry XMAS

    Thanks guys for all the help this year...I have finally something that Im really interested and absolutely love. Thanks for getting me through all the crazy questions this year..Wife got me a 100 gift certifcate and the book Aquarium Corals by Eric Boreman..Guess Ill read and then bring my...
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    help with ro hookup

    I got a ro/di of of ebay from filterdirect..Im a little dumb when it comes to this stuff so help me out..I have the intake connected to the laundy source and then the orange tubing hooked up to the intake...Then theres an out..where do i go from there?? THanks
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    mantis

    Ok I know this question has been asked before... I ocassionally hear a click from my aquarium...But to no ends I am not able to find a mantis..I look during th night to see if one is coming out but nothing..The rock was added in sept and since then only 2 red hermits have died..they were out of...
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    ugly looking tank..algae

    Man..I purcahsed a custom sealife powercompact with moonlights..Well i love the lights..But ever since I purcahsed I have had massive algae problems..Brown and green...I have cut back on the feeding...added some more snails...I have been using regular tap water for the lack of an ro/di..Which I...
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    ro/di last question

    Hey guys ok.I finally broke down and bought the ro/di 6 stage by filterdirect on ebay...Now this is what I want to do..I bought the laundry hookup so i can connect it downstairs..I want to output it to say a 30gallon bucket...Forgive me but I know you can hook up a floatvlave for automatic...
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    ro\di hookup

    Hey guys I am buying ro\di...Couple of questions..Whats a good model..I was looking at the Kent Marine Maxxima hi-s or does someone have a good suggestion on one. ALso I want to install this ro/di in the cellar. Is there a adapter of sorts that I can hook it up right to the same place my...
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    couple questions

    1. I am thinking about purchasing a powercompact with moonlites(thanks darin) and right now i just have the standard flor lighting with a glass cover on the tank. If i get the pc lights should i remove the glass cover and just leave it open?? 2. can anyone rec a good lighting schedule for the...
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    copperband and clown

    I decided last week to take the plunge and by this fish..I absolutely love it. i know alot of people have problems feeding with them and so I was worried..It likes to hang down below in the rocks but it does come out alot. When feeding it catches some of the formula on the way down. So I started...
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    protein skimmer blues

    Man I had replaced my seaclone 100 for my 75g with a red sea berlin turbo classic and everything was good..Skimming was producing nice foam compared to the seaclone..Then last night the winds up here in the northeast knocked out my power..when the power came back on the pump to the skimmer would...
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    Hwo much more

    Got a quick question... I got a 75g with about 95lbs of liverock..I am adding about 35lbs of rock. For fish I have 2 perc clowns, 3 blue-green chromis. I have a peppermint shrimp, 2 crabs, about 20 mixed snails and whatever is alive in the rock... I want to add a blue tang for my daughter...
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    Converting Sumps

    Ok I have some questions..I have a Marineland Tidepool 2 and honestly I dont like it..Its an odd setup where the trays are.. I was thinking of either going to an ecosystm filter with the mud or another sump non refugium type. WHat do you guys think...I have a dsb and heard you shouldnt with an...
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    never skimp

    Aright Im sure everyone knows this but I just had to see it to believe it.. When I started out my tank over 4months ago I had picked up a redsea berlin classic turbo for my tank...My sump (tidepool2) had plenty of room for it but the problem was that the first chamber in the pump held all the...
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    sump help

    Hey everyone.. I have a 75g with a tidepool 2 filter..I am trying to optimize it to best i can..The overlow goes down into the filter, passes thru a drip tray then trhough 3 other trays of media..right now i have 1 tray course and 2 tray blue floss. then int o a comparmtent where the bio wheel...
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    lighting

    Ok guys..I run a fowlr setup...I have just a normal floruscent twin tube fixture(for now)..I have 2 bulbs in there...ones a 10000k coralife and ones a acnitic blue lamp..I run them at the same time..should i be? with a normal twin tube flo, what bulbs would work the best in there with what...
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    Combining tanks

    hey guys I hae a 75g fowlr tank going pretty good now for a couple of months. it has 2 clowns, 3 chromis, some snails and crabs..I have about 50lbs of live rock and 50lbs of base rock which is now looking like the liverock... My daughter has a little mini 12gallon eclipse with 10lbs of live...
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    berlin protein skimmer turbo classic

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2356532333&ssPageName=ADME:L:DS:US:8 guys i got this on ebay if anyone is intereseted thanks
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