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For Sale in SE PA area: 72 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront Reef Ready Tank Bowfront Black Cabinet Black Canopy Glass Covers Dual Light Strip Oceanic Reef Ready Model 1 Sump with Plumbing 200 pounds Tropical Play Sand (Argonite) 90 pounds Hirocks.com Hawaiian Dry Base Rock Never used, in boxes. About...

Anybody have a clear preference for one vendor's RO/DI units versus the other's? I am looking for a unit to initially use for drinking water, then RO/DI when the 72 gallon goes back up in a few months. I know both vendors get generally positive reviews here, so I'm looking for something to...

From wetwebmedia: "The RO's for home use are designed to work with chlorinated water. The chlorine in the water prevents bacterial buildup on the membrane. Keep in mind that a good RO system usually pushes water through a 1 to 5 micron cartridge before it enters the membrane. There are units...

I'm thoroughly confused after reading some wetwebmedia threads, so I'll ask the experts here... Is RO/DI water ready to use for start-up (after salt mix) and top offs? The need to aerate overnight to remove CO2 and buffer prior to mixing salt is mentioned. Previously, I had thought it's good...

1. What was your PSI that prompted the pump addition? 2. Significant improvement? 3. Any recommendation on where to buy (and ballpark cost as they seem quite expensive)? TIA !

Couldn't find a definitive answer via searching, so I'll ask here... I have a "stock" 48" Oceanic double lighting strip for a 72 gallon bowfront which states that it's compatible with T5, T8 or T12 bulbs. Given that I'm starting out FOWLR, can someone enlighten me regarding the best bulb...

Just wondering if anyone has an idea or experiment results on this one...if you're adding the typical 1.5-2.0 pounds of LR per gallon, what percentage of potential water would be displaced? Now before everybody comes back saying, "it depends on this, it depends on that," let's say it's 1.75...

I happen to live in a specific neighborhood that seems to experience more than its fair share of short duration power outages. The outages last anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes and this occurs close to once a week, on average. Other than plumbing the system so that the sump does not...

OK, I have plenty of calcium carbonate base rock for my yet-to-be-set-up-tank, including a few pieces that are quite dense and not particularly porous at all (in other words, not all that pretty, just big solid rocks). So I get this idea...why not pull out a drill and a whole bunch of new...

More or less taking a poll here to assist me in planning: My initial purchase of LR will be from LR.com (both Keys and Gulf). Now, if it were you and you wanted to add some more LR later, but a different type for biodiversity and/or different aquascaping, what type would you add? Figi? Tonga...

Our friend the mantis shrimp is a TV star. ABC news had about a 2 minute spot on the mantis last night, crowning it the planet's best power puncher. In the way that only TV can, they basically theorized that a mantis the size of a human would kick any Olympic boxer's butt since it would pack...

Any recommendations? The product seems to have disappeared from LR.com's site. Thanks.

Do most of you have dedicated circuits to your systems? If so, how many amps for set-ups in the 75 gallon range? I'm doing electrical planning for a 72 gallon FOWLR set-up. Any pros or cons to these approaches, dedicated circuit, shared circuit, split among >1 if possible? Thanks.

I seem to stumble across alot of messages on techniques to rid tanks of these, but I haven't been able to discern why they are not wanted? Can someone enlighten me? Does the answer change depending on whether it's a FO, FOWLR, or Reef tank? Is this an issue with Keys LR from liverocks.com...

Next on the list as I accumulate equipment and deplete my bank account is an RO/DI unit. Would any one be so kind as to provide their experiences/recommendations with EBay sourced units? There seem to be at least a couple of providers. Unit would be needed for a 72 gallon tank with 30 gallon...

OK, this is more of a rhetorical question than anything, but comments are welcome. In setting up a 72 gallon reef-ready (Oceanic) FOWLR tank, if I shoot for 1.75 pounds of LR per gallon, plus the oft-recommended 4-6" DSB, then factor in the volume eaten up by the overflow, that doesn't leave a...

OK, from hours upon hours of reading off this great site, it's pretty apparent that mantis shrimp are not welcome critters in a tank. What I don't have a good handle on is how much havoc a mantis shrimp can cause in a tank. Just what kind of livestock can a mantis take out, crabs, pods, worms...

My 72 gallon reef-ready bowfront tank (Oceanic) with 29 gallon sump has just arrived and I'm now in the final planning stages for the initial set-up within the next few months. This will be a FOWLR set-up. While there may be no such thing as a stupid question, there are elementary ones, of...

Untreated well water test results (prior to installation of water softener): Nitrate = 3.7 mg/l Iron = .002 mg/l CA CO3 = 174 mg/l PH = 7.075 Now what? Is RO/DI the way to go? If I buy such a unit, should the softened water be routed through it or the straight well water? Tank is in the...

OK, my 72 gallon reef ready tank is on its way, destined to be a fish only system forever with a moderate bio-load. Just when I think I've convinced myself that a wet-dry filter system, Oceanic or Amiracle, is the way to go (via many, many hours of research), I read some article or opinion that...

After a 10 year absence from marine fish keeping, I am researching equipment to use in the set-up of a 72 gallon, reef-ready, Oceanic bowfront tank and would welcome any recommendations or advice. The tank will be FO and I do not ever anticipate migrating to a reef tank. Expected bio-load is...