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I'm trying to buy a 6500k t5ho bulb for my planted tank. Every time they ship, I find the bulb broken. Luckily I've been given a full refund every time, but I need this bulb. What Should I do?

I am looking for a t5ho fixture for a planted tank. I recently switched from having a high tech reef, to planted again. I wanted to keep it pretty simple and hopefully cheaper. Ive heard that 2 bulb t5's are what i should be looking at, is this true? Im not sure if id like to dose with co2, but...

I'm starting a planted tank, currently it's cycling. The only things in the sump are a heater, pump, and filter sock. It used to be for my saltwater tank, so I have a Refugium, and also a two little fishies reactor.. Should I sell it, or use it? And for the sump, what should I put in it? It's a...

I have had a saltwater reef going for about 2 years now, but it has taken a major downturn in the past months. Major tissue recession, algae issues, among other things. It was running perfectly before that, and was mostly an sps tank. Unfortunately, those days are over, and now I'm scared it...

Are there any college scholarships from something dealing with this hobby? This is one of the few things where i know quite a bit of stuff. If theres a chance it will save me money getting into college, I'm going to take it.

I've had Bryopsis for about 6 months now and I have tried nearly everything to get rid of it. Over Christmas, we had a big snow in Pennsylvania and my tank heater couldn't handle it. The temp went down to 74-75 and the corals weren't happy. One suffered from necrosis. I've noticed that all of my...

Bryopsis has been a ruthless algae that is nearly impossible to get rid of for me. Some remedies are magnesium spikes, h2o2 dosing, and vigorous water changes.. But what if none of that works? I've gone as far as getting rid of all my fish for 3 months to try to cut down on nutrients. It worked...

So I've confirmed that the algae in my tank is once again bryopsis.. I don't know what I should do.. I do two 10% water changes a week for a thirty gallon reef with a clarkii clown, camel back shrimp, and a pajama cardinal. I have a 20 gallon sump with skimmer and fuge. I have gfo media, but not...

I've had issues with algae in my tank for a while now, but I've been taking care of it vigorously. I had bryopsis in the tank from a frag of zoas. I thought it was feather caulerpa so I kept it.. BAD mistake lol. Well anyways, I have a new, similar type of algae in my tank. It doesn't have the...

I am trying to clear up my old memory so i can add new pics of my tank. i know that you used to be able to go into your control panel, go to attachments, then clean up whatever you need to. now, i cant see any options to delete things. maybe im just being stupid, but if anyone can help me out it...

I Have cyano in my sump, could I keep it in there as a nutrient export system or does It reproduce in the water column?

I have a thirty gallon reef that's been up for about 3/4 of a year now and I'm wondering if I can remove the sand to make it a bare bottom. I have a 20 gallon sump if I need to keep the sand for some reason. Is it possible? Im tired of having sand.

As the title says, what would be best? I have the dimmable 120w Chinese fixture. I can only do one bulb, I have mostly sps, and I have a 30 gallon tank. The reason this is possible is because I have a canopy.

Has anyone ever wanted the challenges of keeping coral, with the beauty of plants? Of course! But wait, there's a catch.... No water?!?! Yep, it's true folks, there's such a thing, and it's not that expensive.. A moss terrarium/ garden. I have just started a few, and I came to find they have a...

I have a 30 gallon tank with mostly sps. The fish I have are 1 flame hawkfish, 1 six line wrasse, and 1 bangaii cardinal. No agression and the six line is very peaceful. Could I add green chromis, and if so, how many? Any other ideas on fish if that can't work?

I'm posting the most recent pic of my tank and a few of the things in it. For livestock I have 1 Sixline wrasse, 1 bangaii cardinal, and one flame hawkfish. I also have a few inverts but no shrimp. For coral I have too much too list, it is an sps dominant with several Lps and a few softies...

My tank has a 1 1/2" trim of speckled grey, they tried to make it look like granite. I've painted my stand and I've made a canopy, they are both black. How could I get the trim black also? There are fish and corals in my tank, so I would prefer whatever it is not to have fumes or something, but...

I'm looking to put 2 t5 bulbs in a 36" canopy.. I have a led unit in the middle. I'd like two separate fixtures, how could I do this? They are going to be at the front of the canopy and at the back, they don't need to be the 34" bulbs, it could be smaller, I'm using it as supplemental lighting.

My tank is a 30 gallon reef with 120w chinese dimmable LEDs and near perfect parameters. I have abnormal growth in my corals though. It seems like the corals grow in spurts. My Monti grows like crazy, then stops. Then my acro sp grows, then stops. This happens more so with my sps compared to...

Here they are :) the one is a tabling Acro, the other he called a purple tip, but I don't know what it is specifically.

After looking around the web for something that would show me what diodes I would need for my corals to thrive under LEDs, I came up blank. I decided to make my own. I thought, if halides have worked for this long, why not make LEDs as close as possible in likeness to them? I wanted all the pros...

Hey everyone, I'm building a canopy for my 30g sps dominated tank. I'd like some help building it, it's 36" long and I think 12" wide. I'm making I because I want to hide my lights, I'm building a DIY led unit in the near future and want it to look nice. I'm going to need to be able to get into...

For me, I like how everything isnt set in stone. Some things aren't known yet in the hobby which makes it interesting, I always want to hear about the next new thing. For example, LEDs are a relatively new thing with reefs ( at least new in popularity). There has been a burst of information on...

I've read some articles and watched a few videos of coral growth and color with metal halides vs. LEDs. The most organized one was that of the YouTube poster mr saltwater tank. After comparing the results, it seemed the corals with leds looked more bland and generally less attractive then the...

Was wondering what the best lighting would be for my tank. I have a dimmable 120w led and since they are only royal blue and white, I was looking for some more. I think stunners are the way to go. Its a 30 gallon tank. I have mostly sps and I'd like to do whatever is best for them, what fixture...