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Does it make sense to use bio-pellets and activated carbon at the same time?

I have a 60g tank, no canopy and I wonder if this is a good alternative for reef lighting? I also have been looking around to see what FC2 means, I guess is the lamp configuration? Are they expensive? I've seen all kind of prices from too cheap to too expensive, whats the catch? Any input would...

Almost two weeks ago I removed my old canister filter and replaced with this new setup. Basically every concept was taken from this forum but I wonder if I am missing something before I start spending money on corals. I am using 2 96 watts compact fluorescent lamps (10,000,6700 and actinic...

I have an idea that i want to share with others to see how it can be improved. I built a control box to automate the most common tasks when you own a saltwater aquarium. 1-It simulate the day light cycle by turning lights on at different time intervals.This function also controls a moon light...

Is it worth it to set this tank up?

I have a 150 gallons acrylic aquarium and the top reinforcement of it has two sections that came loose from the other piece of acrylic or back wall.My question is, can i just put some acrylic welding compound to re-weld it again?

I have a huge bubble algae problem. I tried emerald crabs ,also removing them little by little and nothing works. They just took over all my live rocks and the tank looks terrible. Here is my kind of crazy solution. I need to know how to remove my leather coral from the rock that it is attached...

Parameters PH=8.2 Nitrates=2.5 low range Nitrites=0 Amonia=0 Calcium=390 Alk=4.23 or dkt=11.8 SG.=1.026 Lighting= 2 34"SunPack 96w with 6700k,10000k,420,460 running 7 hour a day. Filter= using 20g sump+fuge+skimmer. Temp=79deg. F Need to know if this is cyano bacteria.It happend after i went on...

Can somebody tell me what is this? They came on a piece of live rock that i put in my tank maybe 4 month ago.Fist i saw 5 or 6 and decided to ignore them.What a big mistake,now theay are all over my tank.They move around like snails,no shells and look like small leaves.Are they bad,good?,,do...

I have a 30g tank,some live rock,soft corals,sand bed,small cleaning crew and three fishies in it.I'm using a satellite fixture 36"long with two 96 watts PC lamps with the usual actinic and daylight combination,actinic 420,actinic 460,daylight 6700k and daylight 10000k.I am not happy with the...

A friend of mine just gave me like 50 pounds of what used to be "live rock".He told me that he was getting rid of his aquarium,sold all he could and still had this rocks.He mention that he cleaned them with pool bleach and now i don't feel like its a good idea to use them.I am wondering if you...

Couple of weeks ago i noticed something in my fuge filter that called my attention but i decided no to pay any attention to it and i guess i regreat now.It looks like a small cotton ball with a small opening at the center.Every thay it becomes bigger and bigger and the worst part is that now i...

I'm looking around for a skimmer for a 20g sump+refugium.Is this a good one for $78.00? I just have about 5 1/2" by 9" to setup the skimmer.Tank is a 30g,lr,ls.

I want to set up a 46g bow front and i want to make it a reef tank in the future.Is this a good piece of equipment for that purpose? Price is $ 245.00 and everything you see is included.

Can somebody tell me what kind of food is best for a brittle star?.Also,i'm adding calcium,iodine,strontium and manganese.My intention is to start adding some corrals in the future.Is this a good idea? All i have is 30g tank,wet/dry with 8g sump,protein skimmer,live rock,live sand,a small...

I have a 30g LR, LS with one red fire fish,one bangaii cardinal,one false percula and one royal gamma.I am feeding them with regular flakes but i noticed that they just eat three or four small flakes and as soon as the food goes to the bottom of the tank they dont eat anything else.That is not...

I just got a refractometer and reading the instructions i noticed that my room temp. according to this should be 68 deg.F. to calibrate it.Does that means that my AC has to lower my actual temp in my apartment that low just to calibrate this thing?My actual room temp is 77 deg.

I just got some pieces of live rock from a LFS two days ago and tonight i realized that i have some guest living in them and i have no clue what they are.Some of them look like small snails,i can see it's little antenas and they move around licking my rocks.Some other things look like little...

Is it posible to put live and artificial rocks together to make the artificial rocks become some how live rock?

This is a simple question.I have a 30g tank and my skimmer is putting some micro bubles in it.I have a wet/dry filter rated for 75g and the skimmer is part of it.They are really small,almost look like dust particles.Is this dangerous for my fish?,can i just ignore them? :help: