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If you reference the picture of my sump (in a post above) i placed the carbon in the bag underneath the blue balls. It has only been about four hours since i placed it there as well as added new filter media. Maybe i am being impatient but i am somewhat of a perfectionist with my hobbies. Any...

Should i leave it in the filter or let it do its job and then take it out. Does it matter where in the sump i put it? Should i put it directly underneath where the water enters the aquarium?? Thanks Nick

According to my test the PH is perfect, i do not know what carbon is, i am very new to this. From what i understand is carbon some sort of filter? There are pictures of my sump in this thread https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/223524/new-to-the-hobby-need-help

The water in my tank is kind of cloudy, not really cloudy but some what. My comparison is made when i goto the lfs and see how clear their water is. My fish are all doing very well but this is really bothering me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Nick

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The tank has been setup in my possesion since sunday. I used all ro/di water and i used instant ocean salt. The tank was setup for about six months before i purchased it. It has a sump pump filtration system. Thanks again for all the help. Nick

There is no sand in the aquarium, i purchased the aquarium from someone and there is actually rock pebbles in the bottom (which i plan on removing once i have the money).

I would just like to say that this is the best resource that is possibly imaginable. I am so happy that i found my way to this site. My LFS (Pets Inc in Tempe, AZ) is about as worthless and condecending as they come. Anyways i digress; my question is in my tank i can see lots of little...

Hey Zman sorry to keep bugging you, i really appreciate all your help; but i was wondering if you could suggest a light setup for my tank. It is a 55 gallon, but is 48" in width, i have been looking around and a lot is lost in translation to me with all the terms. In this instance i would like...

The picture would help.

You can not tell because i had to shrink the image so much but you can see his iris it is not completely darked out. I have heard that trait means that it is a percula and not an ocellaris. But the black bands are not very prominent around his stripes. I am very confused as to what he is...

I am running a 55 gallon tank. Zman could direct me towards a website with the parts so i could DIY. I have learned with all my reptiles that DIY is usually the best route to go. Thanks Nick

Thanks Zman, i was wondering if you could recomend a good one. I have never really looked at in sump skimmers the only ones that i have seen (until i saw some pictures today) where the hang on side ones or at least i thought. Thanks alot for all your help my one clown fish that survived the...

Well now i feel stupid. Here i am trying to come up with a way to attach screen or something inside my tank and the obvious answer is staring me in the face. Another question that i have is do i need a protien skimmer? Eventually i want to make this a reef tank but want to get more experiance...

I recently baught a 55 gallon saltwater f/o tank out of the paper. The tank utilizes a sump pump and i have no idea if i have it set up right, the guy i baught it off of was less than inclined to help me out. The tank looks great, all of my tests have came back perfect, but i have no idea how...