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I am running a Little Giant 4DQX-SC on my 240 gal reef setup. It pushes 1225 @ 3 ft. It is pretty loud, you can feel and hear it in about 1/2 the house. The tank and stand are on waterproof foam padding, with a layer of insulfoam between stand bottom and sump/fuge & pump setup. Can anyone...

I am setting up a second tank and want to do things a little differently. Can I get your ideas plus and minus of sump pumps. Do you put them into your sump or have hem outside. Why and how you decided? Thanks

I have had my 75 gal reef for a few years now and in the pocess of remodeling our kitchen we decided to redo the whole living room and dining room. This created a nice spot for a 180. Problem 1 - The joists run north -> south, & the tank has to sit north -> south. So I went to a structural...

I am upping my setup from a 65 reef to a 180 reef. Two of the fish I currently have are a yellowhead and a blue spotted jawfish. I have read that people don't lke CC as a substrate, but I have about 2" of it onto of a 4" sand bed in my 65 with no problems, what should I use as a substarte in my...

Is it just me or are other users having problems with the sponsor link banners at the top of the page? All the time I get a forbidden response when I double click on them.

My RO/DI system isn't working. What water should I buy? Distilled or some other?

How long should a Shurflow 100 gpd last? I have had mine for 1 1/2 yrs. we are on a well and the setup is after a Culligan water softener. The pump does not engage at any pressure. Water just flows thru, I did not realize till this am after eing away for 2 days and the well run dry, but the...

Okay, I have a prob with my jawfish. Her tail & top fins are going away raggedly. She has been in the tank for months, then disappeared into the overflow for a few days, (I thought she was dead till I happened on her in the overflow). Also, I recently moved the tank and noticed alot of...

A little while back I had a jawfish die, then the other just disappeared. I wrote them off dying due to moving our tank and disturbing the DSB. Tonight I was giving the tank a good once over and happened to look in the overflow in the back corner and there sitting on the bottom of it in some...

I was just wondering what other people do? When mixing your SW and then storing it, do you use an aeration hose on your PH? I was told it was a good idea by a trusted LFS.

I have a friend who has set up his tank & is looking to add a couple of new fish. I have a blue Tang that he is wanting and I'm willing to help a friend. I tried to net it for 1/2 hour, no luck. I am NOT in the mood to dismantle my aquascaping after just moving the tank. Any ideas on how to...

I woke this morning to find my jawfish, that I have had for ~9 months died. After checking water paramaters, they all came back fine. I am puzzled by this, she seemed to be doing fine. The only change to the tank was a large CBS last night. Is there any chance that the CBS could have harmed the...

In moving my tank, my anenome got attached to a rock I can't have it stay on. How do I get it to release its foot?

I had no choice but to move my tank to another room. We bought a BIG TV and had to make room. My question is: In breaking down and bucketing I came across lots of these long orange centipede looking things. I am unsure if they are good or not. I don't have a digital camera so no pics. Any help?

I am having too hard a time getting Tropic Marin saltmix. So I have decided to change to Oceanic. I read what people posted about it and regretably am changing. I was really enjoying the results with Tropic but alas. My question is; what percentage change should I start out with? 5% or higher...

I just noticed that my pair of clowns seems to have mated. When I bought them they were the same size, one outgrew the other and I guess she became the female. Well, yesterday she was fidgiting around the anenome and I saw an orange growth. Well today the male was fidgiting at those same eggs...

Is there a general agreement on how long you would keep mixed SW before pitching it? I have some water that was mixed 2 months ago, it is in a tight 30 gal container with a 25 W heater & PH in it. I have not touched it since I mixed it up and the SG was set for my tank. Would it be okay to use...

Okay, I have a skimmer that has been working great for a long time, no problem there. All I have ever done is empty the collection cup every third day and tweak the flow here and there. Now it seems that the cup needs to be emptied only once a week. The bubbles are still as always, just not much...

I have about a dozen blue legged hermit crabs, and yesterday I saw blue legs on the sand. No shell, claw, or obviously dead crabs around. Do they molt like shrimp, or was this one killed? The tank is a reef setup with no aggressive fish. Any thoughts?

I was thinking about a skimmer topic from last week, in it they said not to clean the collection cup when you empty it out. Is this a general practice to leave that scum in the cup's column and just dumo the liquid? Thanks

I was at the LFS and picked up three good sized Blue legged hermit crabs. After I got home I was wondering, should I have QT'd them and not just did an acclim and put in the main tank?

I am having a problem with my RO/DI system. I have a 100 GPD 5 stage unit. The problem is twofold; 1. the drain tube has a constant drain to it, there is always water coming out of the tube. It would not be a big deal, but we are on a well. There is not alot just a steady outflow. 2...

One of my LFS (that makes tanks) will start making their own CO2 reactors. He said he would sell me the first ones for $150. I trust him totally but wanted to get some other input from others is it practical or not recommended to do both kalkwasser and a CO2 at the same time? should I stop the...

One of my clown fish, the smaller of the two (by half its size) has been acting weird. The larger(female?) has hosted on my anemone and the smaller(male?) stays with her, but he also hosts to 1 of my feather, but now he is stressing out my goniopora. In one of my books it says that this will...

My next question for you experts; in my fuge I am seeing these little tiny 1/4" spheres throught the whole fuge but mostly on the intake compartment walls, sorry but no digital camera yet. I looked thru my books but couldn't find anything on this. Thanks again.