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What kind of filtration are you using? I had a Na problem with my wet/dry, so I took all the bio balls out and just used it as a sump tank and levels droped over night. I also recommend pulling your power heads out every 6 mounths or so and clean them out good especial the impeller.

no I was dividing 382 (total watts) by 75 (tank size) gives you 5.09333333. Is that not right?

I second the mysis shrip. I switched from brine to mysis and everything is done much better

anyone!? can I keep soft coral/sps with this setup?

I just added some more lighting to my tank and wanted to get some feed back. I have a 75 gallon reef tank that is about 1 year old. Bellow is a diagram of my light setup. PC 96 watt 10k ( [hr] ) FL dual 40 watt atinic ( [hr] ) PC Dual 65 watt daylight ( [hr] )(...

Nothing will kill them things!! lol I thought i crushed mine when I added some live rock and saw him tring to get out three weeks later so I lifted the rock a bit and out he came. still as good as new.

The only prolem I see with those types of testers is that you need to have NO current in the tank or it will not read right. So if you don't mind shuting off all your power heads and filers then it should be fine. I would recommend of ones with the floating arm. Jus my $.02 ;P

Nice looking tank. How big is it?

add salt. I use instant ocean. Put 3 gallons or so of water into a five gallon bucket and add two cups of instant ocean or other salt additive and mix it up really good until all the salt is melted. Add a air stone to arreate the water for a while then add it to your tank. If you have a sump I...

I'm confused isn't 75 to cold for a reef tank and 81 closer to ideal? what is the best temp for reef tank?

In case your like me (being new) and have no clue what DSB stands for it's Deep Sand Bed. meaning like, rabid frog said, 3 -4 inces of fine grain live sand. To save money you can use half live sand and half regulat sand, just make sure it's fine grain and put the LS on top of the regular stuff...

Thanks for the input one more question I have seen a lot of post about getting rid of damsels. Mine seems to be fine with my sebae clown and yellow mimic tang. any reason I should not put him back in after the move? ( need to move for more resons then alge problem, should have thought it through...

anyone? any thoughts?

I have had my tank setup for about 2 months and I need to move it down stairs due to the fact that it is getting to much sun light and I can't get the temp below 80-84 (which I think is why most my stuff is dying and my alge is out of control). I have added a black sheet around the tank during...

reef hermits clean my brown junk up in like two days!! great little suckers

no offense taking. you'd have to TRy pretty hard to insult me ;) . but any ways back to your question. I have had no spikes that I have been able to see in the testers. my LFS guy says i had a spike during the second week when two fish died in the same morning, but was fine when i tested the...

thanks for all the replies. Is it ok to add sand with fish and inverts present or should i wait till second tank is setup and move everything?

thanks for all the replies. Is it ok to add sand with fish and inverts present or should i wait till second tank is setup and move everything?

is what I have good for a 75gl tank? should I add more sand or is that a bad idea now that I have fish and stuff in it 1 blue damsle 1 yello mimic tang 10 reef hermits 2 starfish 3 feather dusters 2 cleaner shrimp 2 turbo snails (whom i think might be dying :(

Ok beet me about the head and neck but I can't seem to find what DSB stands for I searched and all I get is DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB........ My tank currently has 20lbs of LS and 20 of CC with 50lbs of LR, but I'm setting up a second tank (which is being installed into the bar in my basment) and...