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Please help. I noticed a couple little TINY black looking bugs moving around the base of one of my acro frags plugs. To small to take a photo of. What could they be and how much should I worry. I noticed why moving from one tank to another, the one tank was a bit warmer which I believe is why...

Approx 2 months ago I added some RPE & PPE and they don't seem to be to happy anymore. Weird they looked awesome when I first had them up till now. Most of them shriveled up a week or so ago. Couple of them recently came popping out of the shrivel, looking beautiful. What the heck is going on...

Kent Products - need help with daily schedule (feeding/dosing tank) pics Can someone help with a schedule on feeding/dosing my tank and coral with my new line of Kent products. What/How Much/When I have the following Kent 8 oz. liquid bottles ZooPlex Micro-Vert PhytoPlex Coral Vite Coral Accel...

Looking for a light to add to my refuge in process. Most importantly I'm looking for something with LOW watts, that will work good. What fixture/light/etc would you recommend? Refuge gals 15 to 20. Tank is 180. URLs/web addresses would be very helpful and appreciated. Going to be stocked with...

First, your time is greatly appreciated and needed please!! Sorry for the long post, took me forever to put everything together. Can someone please help me hopefully spend $200 or less on a really good cleanup crew. Saltwater is fairly new to me and I don't know anyone that owns a saltwater...

The tank has had water in it for about 3 weeks now. Pretty much was already cycled from the 220 lbs LR I added that I had in my basement for 4 months soaking while I build the stand/canopy/setup/etc. Now I'm at the point to start working on my refuge. What should I put in it? There's between...

Hi to all! looking for a couple inexpensive float switches that will turn my return pump off if the water level gets to high, safety measure. Just incase my return siphons gets clogged. I search and search but only came up with your standard auto-top off switches. I know I saw something out...

Now that my tank is setup and cycled I would like to start stocking it. All I know right now is that I want to have corals and fish. I already have 3 small Blue Chromis in it for 1 week now and would like to get a few Clown Fish (Nemo's) tonight if cool. Would it be OK to get 2 or even 3 for...

After adding live rock/sand/water Tank is now clear! Live Rock has no significant life on it and is still real white in color. There are a couple smaller pieces that have a little purple but just a little bit. I had the liverock in trash cans in my basement for about 3 months while setting...

Running tank for the first time. I added my live rock thats been soaking (pumps/heater) in my basement for about 3 months, all 200 lbs of it is pretty much white now so I think its dead. Only one or two pieces have a VERY LITTLE purple on it. I added my Home Depot Sand and filled it up with the...

I recently added sand (HD playsand, durascape) to my tank along with some live sand and it looks like milk. I even rinsed the sand before adding. I was wondering if if I put a couple of powerheads in it would it speed the clearing up process? The tank is only half full so I can't run the...

I have all my water mixed & ready (from RO/DI unit). I didn't have enough water storage so conveniently I filled and mix a 1/4 of the water right in the tank. Have the rest in large trash cans. next, I was going to add my playsand. Let it settle and then the next day add the rest of my water...

Need input on adding more internal water flow and or wavemakers. Mostly Reef. I'm just finishing up my 180 gal (72x31x18 "http://www.partydamage.com/fishtank/09.jpg" not 72x24x24) I currently have 4 Hydor Flo's...

I finally was able to fill the tank with some water to test everything. I noticed the siphoning noise going on in the External Overflows is really LOUD along with the splashing on the one side (right) when it exits into the sump, almost unbearable. Is there anything I can try doing? I notice...

I finally have everything pretty much finished up so I filled the tank and sump to test everything out before adding my good water. I left some room in my sump and filled the tank just above the overflow box. I tried a for a couple hours last night to get the water to start siphoning out of the...

This is my first saltwater setup so I need some INPUT from everyone, suggestions, errors, etc. Here's a couple photo's of my tank. I just finished building the stand/canopy. - http://partydamage.com/fishtank/09.jpg http://partydamage.com/fishtank/05.jpg I'm going to have approx. 250 lbs of...

I just bought a tube of this from my local glass shop who made my custom baffles for my sump. The guy said he is more then positive that it would be safe to use. What do you think? Here's a link- http://nucoinc.com/pdf/Silicone%20Sealants/ss_302gp.pdf

Looking for DIY Plans/diagrams for sump/refugium with pic's. Anyone have any links or know of any? Seeing pic's of yours will even help me out. Its going to be 40 gal long 48x12x16 Want to have my heaters in part of it too. Also some type of pre-filter because my over flow will be draining...

What submersible pump should I go with for my sump/refugium return. Needs to be around 1050 GPH. MOST importantly I'm looking for something energy efficient. I did find this one, can anyone comment on it? Its only 50 watts- Quiet One Pumps 4000 - 50 watts - 1017 GPH...

Whats a good Quient Energy Efficient Submersible Sump Pump. need two 1000gpd or one 1800gph? I found a couple 1000 gpd at 50 watts and the new Rio 32HF is 1920GPH at 115 watts. ALL IN PUT IS WELCOME. anyone use or heard of any of these- Nursery Pro Ultra NPU1000 (Sump Pump) 800gph at 5'...

This is my 180 setup I've been working on for the last couple months, built from scratch. I still need to finish up a couple minor things as well as the wiring. Turned the lights on last night for the first time and man do they glow! Anyways, I need suggestions for finishing/setting up the...

what is a highly rated protien skimmer for my 180 gal? The current one I have that came with the tank is to tall 36". I need one that is 30" or shorter to fit in my new stand. thanks

I building my own canopy for my 180 gal where it will be housing 3x 250 HQI ME's. I was told to get 4 x 4 1/2" CPU fans and install 2 on each end of the canopy, 2in 2out. I'm at the point to where I need to purchase the fans. There are thousands of fans out there and have no idea which would...

I finished building the stand for my new 180 gal. I now need to build the canopy I have 2x 6' fluorescents and will be getting 3x 250 watt DE MH, CoralVue sun replicator kits, ballasts, etc soon. Maybe some moonlighting too. My tank dimensions are 72x30x18. I was hoping anyone with similar...

YES OR NO? Anyone has success with the 72" DE MH Unit? Really considering for that price! Odyssea metal halide system- http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=148 or should spend the extra money and get the Coralvue retro kit? 180 GAL 72X30X18 Mostly Reef