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I have a niger trigger that I just recently acquired and he appears to have ich. I qt'd him and put the Selcon in the tank (10g). However, I forgot to remove the carbon from the small HOB filter. Should I remove the carbon and put the med back in the tank?

Anybody know where I can find this? I remember seeing it awhile ago, it had a bunch of pictures of diff. brands of lights and diff. colors to get a feel for them all.

I've been doing a lot of research on manifolds and this is reffered to quite a bit. Haven't been able to figure out what it means, can anybody enlighten me? :D

I've been doing A LOT of research and talking with members of the site about the best way to get good circulation in my tank, which by the way is a dual overflow 125g allglass that is going to be a reef tank. I want to steer clear of submersible pumps because of the heat they put out. I am...

Just wondering if this is a good way to diversify hitchikers, rock appearance and algae. A lfs sells fiji boxes of 50lbs for 140.00. so i was thinking of going with some of that, some of the keys rock from lr.com and maybe some others. Is this worth the effort or will it all end up more or less...

Well, after about 4 months of working on it here and there the stand is finally done and very soon will be holding my 125g reef tank! Hopefully these pics attach correctly... Seems to be the best way to look at them is from the "my gallery" link to the left. Let me know what you guys think!

Hi everyone, thanks for all the help thus far, I am on the last stretch now and will hopefully have things up and running in Oct. I am quickly approaching the plumbing of my tank but before I get to that I am trying to figure out the best setup for my sump. I am pretty sure that I am going to...

ok, so i have my 40g tank that is sitting around waiting to be transormed into a sump but i want to be sure i am on the right track the first time around. i had been planning on running two in sump pumps for my return but after having done some research, I am now debating on whether i should do...

I have a 125g tank with dual overflow. I am going to need two pumps to push the water probably about 5 feet high from the bottom of the sump to the tops of the overflows. Since this is going to be a reef tank i want a lot of water mvmt. so i need your advice as to what pumps i should use to...

To begin with i should ask why you guys have live rock compartments in your sumps, are they supposed to perform the same function as a fuge? If i need the lr compartment where should it be in the sump? I was planning on this arrangement for my 40g breeder sump: Skimmer>Return<Fuge. Thanks!!!

Just got the skimmer today and boy do the instructions leave a lot to the imagination! Was wondering what those of you that have one keep your water depth at? Thanks!

My Emperor 400 has been unusually loud lately. I broke it down and cleaned it out the other day and it is still just as loud. the major source of noise is coming from the impeller- it just makes this constant loud vibrating sound. When i first got it, it would make this sound on and off, when it...

What exactly is the difference here? I missed a cs6-2+ on ebay by a couple of bucks and found a cs6-2 recirculating skimmer for $400. there is definitly a big price difference, can anyone explain why? Thanks!

I am trying to decide wheather i want to paint the back of my tank blue or black and would greatly appreciate if any of you that have done it could post pics to help me decide which color i want to do.

Just wondering if the RO system that is already hooked up to the sink for drinking will be adequate for the tank? The only reason i ask is because the guy at the LFS said that drinkable RO water doesn't filter out all the stuff that aquarium RO water does. According to him some of the minerals...

I will be picking up my 40 gallon breeder tomorrow and am trying to figure out the order that I put the compartments in. I am using this diy that RLG2182 posted as my outline for constructing the sump: http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53046 In this example he has a LR compartment as...

I've been talking to the guys at the LFS and they've been telling me not to bother with a skimmer (in the process of setting up a 125g). Instead, they say to just use a refugium only. With the assortments of algae, mushrooms, feather dusters, some gobies, and live rock amongst other things I am...

If you have either one of these models available then please pm me as i would be very interested in buying it from you. Thanks!!!

Haven't heard of this one yet, but the guy at the LFS told me when i get my boxes of LR, that i should go over each rock with a toothbrush and get off as much crap as i can. He said specifically the sponges and algae need to be removed. If i am setting up a new tank and plan on curing the rock...

Just wondering how the keys did- all I've been hearing about is New Orleans getting FUBAR. I'm planning on ordering my liverock from lr.com and am just hoping i won't regret not having done it a few weeks sooner.

I will probably be leaving home in about 2 or 3 years to go to school for my masters and may or may not sell the property. I have been collecting a bunch of equipment to start my 125 gallon as a reef tank. Now I don't know whether i should scrap it or go with it anyways and handle the situation...

Just picked up a used hood that has 3 175w MH's, and 2 96W PC's. I got that with ballasts (Custom Sealife) for 500. The guy told me that they were electric ballasts, but is there anyway to actually check? I opened the one up the other day and had no clue whatsoever as to what I was looking at...

I think I found the solution for my lighting on the 125 that i am gradually putting together. 3 175w metal halides, 1 elec. ballast to power them and a connection for 2 PC bulbs plus ballasts for them. They're not retrofit and the canopy has two fans as well. No bulbs are included. For $500 am I...

I was thinking of using a 40 gallon long aquarium as my sump and was wondering if a depth of 16" will be enough for water to flow through and still be able to catch all the backflow should i lose power.

I found a guy who is selling a 40 gallon acrylic tank locally for $125. I would like to make a sump out of it and was actually thinking of making an acrylic sump myself until i found this. Approximately how much do you guys think plastic for a tank this size would cost? Just trying to decide if...