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how often should i change out my pc bulbs?

what is the best way to lower alcalinity? my alkalinity is at about 18-19dKh right now. I have been adding a kent marine superbuffer and its making it spike up.

What should i set the timers to on my PC has 65w(2) 10K, 65w(2) Actinic? and how far apart should i turn them on? tia

This is my first coral. went to the lfs today to get a sand sifting star and ended up with this. hehe

looks like a clam or mussle with something growing on it

what kind/ brand of bottled water would u recomend? destilled water? or can i use fresh RO water from the LFS to top off or ajust SG?

is it ok to use treated tapwater to top of the tank? I use AmQuel plus it removes nitrate, nitrate ammonia, chlorine and chloramines. Is there anything better to use? any recommendations? tia Loki

this is not shown in the scetche i thought of it afterwords.

im not sure how much extra space i need for the backflow but the way i see it i left about 2 gallons for backflow. if the pump cuts out the tank will just fill up all the way. or most of the way depending on the amout of overflow from the tank. the water level should just leve out due to...

it only cost me about 20 bucs for the acrylic and a cuter at homedepot. the silicone i got at LFS. the hardest part is the cutting. since i only have a 35 gallon tank i have a small protein skimmer that will fit right in.

i usually go to creative oceans on dale mabury just south of 275 they have really nice LR when they get in a new load. ive never been to marine warehouse got to go check that out.

Thanks, good to know. Got any recomendations about LFS here?

Thanks that explains alot. the wall going from the skimmer side to the fuge side is about a 1/2 in. lower. what about filter media? i figured i can add bio balls or some other media to the chamber where the water flows in, but the chamber is not that big its only 5x5x11. is there anything...

What is the difference between a sump, refugium, wet/dry filter? can one be integrated into the other? i had a spare 10 gal. laying around and looked at a bunch of scetches of sumps and so on. I could not find anything that explains the difference between the three. so after reading a bunch...

thanks for the advice. ill stabelize my ph and check the alk. ill keep the mh in mind and do some procechecks. any perticular company thats a good buy for your buck?

right now im looking at a 24" CORALIFE LUNAR AQUALIGHT 65 watt 10,000K and 65 watt actinic. my parameters are all stable. i had some problems in the past with high nitrates, but now its all in the normal range my temp 80, ph is a little low 7.8, nitrate 5, nitrie 0... i am planing on stacking...

I am just about to add a power compact to my 35 gal. hex tank. I want to start adding coral and more LR. currently i have a 4 in sand bed. prating skimmer and 60 gal powerfilter. does anyone have any recommendations on what im missing or should know before I start adding coral?