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Would love it if some reef pros would share there $0.02. I have a 125g tank with some soft corals. I have it running a marineland c-360 canister, emperor 400 and aqua c remora pro skimmer. I religiously clean my canister and have minimum nitrates and phosphates. Lights are VHO's but soon...

Hello everyone. I am looking to add better lighting to my 125 gallon semi-reef tank. I have 4X110W VHO's running now, but my soft corals look like they are suffering. I have a retrofit kit now with my VHO's but want to ditch the canopy and just get a light strip to put direct above the water...

I have some soft corals and a clown, hippo tang, firefish, swordtail goby, watchman goby, coral beauty, chromis, snails and crabs. What would be a good non agressive addition to my tank?

Hi everyone. I am having trouble getting my calcium level above 360-380. My PH is 7.8-8.0, Nitrate 0, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, phosphate 0, carbonate hardness 11. I have added Kent marine 2 part calcium supplement daily and also the probuffer my kent marine. That did not get it above 380. I...

This might be a dumb question....When adding calcium/alkalinity buffers, do I need to turn off my canister and emperor 400 filter and protein skimmer? I sometimes do and sometimes don't. Do these have the capability of filtering out the effect of the supplements? The reason I ask is I have been...

I have a 125g gallon reef with some fish. I have had a C-350 forever and was wondering what media I should put in it to improve my setup. I have about 175 lbs of LR and believe that is enough for biological filtration. I have heard of modifying a canister into a phospate reactor. How can I do...

Over the past month or so I have been getting brown and light green algae over pretty much everything in my tank, glass, and very thick brown algae on my live rock. I haven't changed anything. Phosphates have always been 0.5 in my tap water (I am waiting on my ro system in the mail to change...

Hi everyone. I just started converting my fowlr to a reef tank and purchased an RO/DI portable for my water changes. I know, I waited too long and have been using tap water. I have always got expert advice here. When using RO/DI water, do I still need to use amquel? Also, I have read that...

So after further research, I am looking to modify my canister filter. I am in the process of converting my 120 Gallon FOWLR to a reef. I have an Aqua C remora PS, Emp 400 Hang on back and Marineland C 350 and about 50 LBs of live rock. I know I need more live rock but is costs an arm and a...

I am in the process of converting my 125G FOWLR to a reef tank. I just upgraded my lighting to 4 48" VHOs. The problem is it raised my temperature in my tank to about 84 degrees. It used to be consistently at 80 or 81. What temperature is too hot for a reef tank with some fish? I have a...

I have two Koralia 4 at opposite ends in the back pointing towards the middle at the same height near the top in a 125 gallon. It is forming about a one inch tornado time funnel in the middle of my tank. Is this too much flow?

I have a 60" long 125 gallon reef tank with an emperor 400, Marineland Canister 350, aqua-c remora pro protein skimmer and 2X Koralia 4 powerheads. My lighting consists of 4 VHO 110w each with an ARH ballast totalling 440w. Do I have enough powerheads for water flow? Where would be the best...

Do they have covers for a 60" long 125gallon tank or do I have to buy two 30"? I am worried because I just bought VHO lighting and want to keep moisture from the lights due to evaporation. It is a retrofit and sits in my canopy about 5" above the water. Do you think it would be fine without...

Is it possible that an Emperor 400 can act as a refugium? Every time I clean the carbon filters I see live crustaceans. Water runs directly through it back into the tank so this would double as a refugium, am I right?

I just purchased an Icecap 660 4 lamp VHO retrofit for my 60" long 125 gallon. I have 2 actinic and 2 50/50's. When installed in my canopy it will be about 5 inches over the water. How much will this effect my water temperature? Right now it is about 82 degrees during the summer here in...

I just had a quick lighting question. I have a ballast that I used for 2 48" 40W, 1 flourescent and 1 actinic. The old bulbs fit snuggly in the setting. I could not find the larger 48" bulbs (1" or so round) so i purchased 2 48" 40W T8s. They plug in and fit in the old ballast setting but...

I recently got two red tree finger sponges. One is doing good and still has its red color. The other turning white and transparent. I could still see a "core" under the transparency. Is it shedding or dying? They are both in the substrate so levels of light should be similar. It is still...

I live in Port Richey, FL and was wondering if anyone has experience with the local water. I have a FOWLR system and cannot afford a RO system. I have been using tap water with amquel and instant ocean salt mix. Does anyone have any other suggestions to make the water a higher quality? My...

My 140 gallon FOWLR has been established for about 3 years now. I have a Marineland C-350, Emperor 400 filter, a Koralia 4 PH and an AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer pushing the system. I added De*Nitrate in one of my extra media trays in the Emperor and have carbon in the other tray. I have read...

I have a 140 gallon FOWLR with an Actinic blue and 10000K flourescent light. Currently I have about 100 lbs of live rock a mixture of sand and coral substrate, a damsel, clownfish, hippo tang, shrimp and feather dusters. I have been getting excessive detritus (brownish/reddish dust on top of...

I have 3 fish in my QT right now and they all are eating and seem normal. I noticed on my clownfish he has a white bump on the tip of his bottom fin. No irregular spots on any of the other fish. I did a couple treatments of parasite meds and it did not go away. Do you have any idea what this...

I just recently added a pixy hawkfish about 5 days ago to my 5 gallon SW. I have a 140 gallon FOWLR but I am just using my 5 gal as a quarantine tank which I am doing to all new fish after a nasty ich outbreak. I have had a clownfish and cleaner wrasse in their a week prior to adding the...

I recently got a flame angel, hippo tang and lemon peel angel. They all came down with ick/white spot and I quarantined them. I tried the low salinity method WITHOUT a refractometer, but with a basic hydrometer. Over the course of 2 days I dropped the salinity to about 1.012. After 2 more days...