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i started switching over to the temp tank. what do i do with my sand its like 150 lbs and like 4 years old. but look at the pics. its nasty. do i throw it away and buy new? or clean it? thanks

got most of the stuff out by vacuuming and netting. water is still way cloudly. and stinks. skimmer has filled up 3 times yesterday. usually fills up every two weeks. did a 30 gal waterchange last nite and am mixing another right now. all the sps is dead. 2 wrasses and dead. softies look real...

so when i upgrade from the 150 to the 300 this weekend how much of my old water do i have to use to keep the new tank from cycling? i posted another thread about my kid dumping a 1 lb tub of flake in the tank and everything is starting to die. ive done 3 30 gal waterchanges in 2 1/2 days and...

my wonderful precious 3 yo boy thought he would help daddy this morning but feeding the fishies. a whole 1 lb bucket of flake food and a whole can of shrimp pellets. and seeing the look on his face when i walked into ythe room... priceless. so an hour and a half of netting the food and vacuuming...

angler is in the sump for now. he'll have his own 20 gal home soon. and i already have an auto top off rodi system. what type or brands of comtrollers would you run. 1 controller to do everything? or individual ones for temp, ph? what else do they make them for? thanks again.

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so no uv. ive never needes a chiller or fans or even a heater. but tanks total volume will be over 400 gallons and run 4 400w halides? what about moon lights?? do you NEED them??? heres some more pics also

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yesterday i got my new all glass 300. 10 x 2 x 2 . thing is huge. right now im running a 150 with a 100 sump/fuge. so im gonna build a stand and have a 300 display and the 150 i'll turn into the sump/fuge/frag tank!! i have a pm skimmer capable of 300 gals. 2 halide 20k 400 watt and some...

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i currently have a 150 display with a 100 gal sump. just got my new 300 gal glass 10 x 2 x 2 yesterday. thing is HUGE!!!! so the questions and suggestions on equipment..... i have 2 400w 20K halides. pm skimmer, and.. thats it. kepy lps and softies for years. tried sps with minimal luck! i want...

what kind of insump skimmer would you reccommend. in order for the skimmer to work sufficentally how much water transfer from the main into the display do you reccommend? my return pump is only pumping a couple gallons an hour. is that enough?? thanks again

outbreak started when i added the new rock and added the halides. there 6 or 7 months now. sump has pc's that are 1 1/2 years but no hair algea in the sump. i bought 30 mexican turbos today to see if theyll help. i see my asirth snails and hermits eating the algea, (i have a few hundred of each)...

ro water and changes once a month. canister filter with charcoal and phos ban in the display. skimmer in the sump. a little jebo one. 400w halide x2 20,000k plus 2 400 w 6500k flood lights. on 5 to 6 hours a day. feed little flake every 3 days. frozen shrimp th the corals once every 2 weeks. alk...

i have a 150 display and a 100 display sump. been up 2 years and have massive amounts of hair algea and no real coral growth. i have 5 or 6 power heads messily scattered. tank is not drilled. running 1/2 inch pvc to a 3/4 inch float valve and a small pump back up. im wanting to ditch some of...

do you think i should raise the alk? or use purple up to promote coraline? seems where theres coraline theres no hair algea? any other ideas? thanks again

i had a sea hair for a week when i found him sucked into a powerhead. your right alk is a little low but not bad. i buy my ro water from the local water store. water out here is horrible. also what would you feed corals that wouldnt promote algea growth? i used to run a canister with carbon but...

got probably 100 hermits and 100 snails and no sunlight hits the tank