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hey guys I was a feshwater guy who ooed and awwd over reefs, now i reef and I'm a reef guy and I love the way planted tanks look.... the grass is always greener So im going to get a 5 gallon ecoxotic ecopico aquarium and i have a few questions. tank Is the lighting sufficient for a...

hey guys im looking at reactors and media. what is you guys expeirience with different price levels of carbon and GFO and is it worth the money for the expensive stuff?

hey guys im going to be purchasing a media reactor in the future and im curious what people are using in them and how effective they are?

hey guys Ive started stocking my 90 up for the long run do you guys see anything wrong with this list, too much maybe? I currently have: yellow tang yellow watchman goby scooter blenny (4) banggai cardinals I plan on getting mckoskers flasher wrasse yellowfin flasher wrasse clown fairy wrasse...

Hey guys what is the shelf life of mixed saltwater in a 40 gallon drum, and what are the best conditions to keep it at for a couple weeks.

hey guys for the past couple months Ive been upgrading my 90g reef into a basement sump while adding a 20g long and a 50g breeder. the pump (mag24) pumps the water into the return a about a quarter of its output is diverted through a uv sterilizer (turbotwist 6x) and into a protein skimmer...

hey guys I was perusing Craigslist and found a large quantity of commercial metal halides. They are 400W hanging fixtures. Is there any difference between these and standard aquarium metal halides?. Obviously the reflectors are different but could these work?

Hey guys, I'm setting up my basement sump:D and plumbing a refugium in. Its gonna be fed directly by my protein skimmer . I've read about quite a few set ups but not sure which substrate i should use (DSB, cat litter, refugium mud) or how intense my lighting should be. which macro...

Hey guys I was plumbing my in progress basement sump and got a little aggressive when I pressed the pipe into the bulkhead fitting and cracked the bottom pane. I plan on replacing it with a 3/8 piece of plexiglass that I had lying around. Its a 20 long the will be hopefully be my refugium. has...

hey guys, I've been planning on installing a denitrification chamber into my in-progress basement sump. the system will be at its very least 200 gallons and eventually even more. Is there any limit to the size of a denitrification chamber and if I do make a large one will the resulting nitrogen...

Hey guys im setting up my aquarium sump my mag 24 came in today and im gettin it all started. im converting a couple of my reptile / hamster tanks to an inline system the tanks are still slightly dirty which is the best way to safely clean the tanks for reef use?

Hey guys, I am adding a basement sump to my 90G that has about 120 Lbs of LR, a medium yellow tang, two fire fish, two damsels, and a large clarkii clown. I have several soft corals and a few LPS. It has a berlin protein skimmer that reads 75-220G and an amiricle wet dry with the bio balls...

hey guys, I've had my xenia for about a year now and its happily multiplied all over my tank despite poor water quality. I am now much more on top of my water quality. until recently some of it has started to retract while other colonies are better than ever. nitrates-0 phosphate-0 calicum-390...

hey guys I'm looking to purchase a yellow watchman goby/ pistol shrimp pair from blue zoo aquaticslink. is there any thing i should be worried about when keeping this pair. and I would eventually like to keep another species of goby in the tank probably a panda goby is this possible? I have a...

Hey guys, First post. I'm planning on adding a basement sump to my 90G reef setup. Its got a berlin protein skimmer with a 15 gallon amiracle wet dry. the bio balls have been removed to reduce nitrates and it just serves as a sump now. the tank is lit with 2 150w MH I've got 120 lbs of live...