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  1. olingerjccj

    bubbles

    I have bubbles under my live rock trapped under them. Should I try with a turkey baster type thing to remove them... thanks
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    Protein skimmer

    Ok cool I got it thanks this stuff is all so new to me. You all on here are such a big help.
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    Protein skimmer

    Ok so i want the water close but not full thanks
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    Protein skimmer

    The guy who had this before me set it up. the sock I did myself the water is going right to left if looking at it...
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    Protein skimmer

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    Protein skimmer

    Ok so you dont want the top collection thing to be full of water.
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    Protein skimmer

    Its a euro reef here is a pic of it
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    Does this look ok??

    Its gonna be both reef safe fish and reef stuff Have not picked any yet.
  9. olingerjccj

    Protein skimmer

    Sorry Im full of questions tonight. I was given all this stuff. I went to turn on the skimmer there is a on off. I cant get the collection chamber to fill up with out water coming out the overflow. Can someone walk me through this? Thanks
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    Does this look ok??

    Never set up a live rock set up. Does this look ok? Its not pegged together feels pretty stable. Thanks
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    GFCI Help

    Is your wall a 2 prong. if so you can buy a adapter that takes 3 prong to 2. there like a 1.00
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    A 2 part question

    I know i am planning on buying a ro unit in a couple weeks. I just dumped this months extra in getting the tank set up.
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    A 2 part question

    I guess I wondering my tap water has 0-2ppm nitrates my tank reads 100ppm nitrates. Is it just trying to cycle. using the cheato to speed up the process the tank is 47 gal and my sump is about 15 gal my heater is rated at 30-60 gal I almost have it on full i could turn it up a bit more.
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    A 2 part question

    1st question this tank is new nothing live in there yet Its my heater it really does not keep my tank at a constant temparture ranges from 73 to 78 I have another heater so I could use 2 would you do that or just buy a bigger one. 2nd part since i use tap water would you recommend putting a...
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    Confused?

    Im not adding anything for about a month till I get the nitrates under control. I just want to add my live rock today then let the tank cycle for a while.
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    Confused?

    The Tank is probably 3 weeks old just the sand no live rocks yet. No Fish.
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    Ammonia tests

    I was given all this stuff with my tank. I tried to do a ammonia test and there is no color chart with it. Im not sure what to match that with. Thanks
  18. olingerjccj

    Confused?

    I found a quarter in my tank not dog poo but a quarter. I have high nirtates with really nothing in the tank. Would the quarter cause my nitrates to spike. thanks
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    Here is where I am at so far

    Originally Posted by alix2.0 looks great! that sand bed is probably fine. is it going to be a reef? edit// assuming that your last name is olinger, i have to add that thats majorly cool, so is mine. not too common. Thanks for the plug, I am going to do a fish/reef not sure how crazy I will...
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    Here is where I am at so far

    Well there is 30 lbs in there right now. If I were to add more would that be a huge mess or would I have to drain out the water in there now. Ill measure the depth. If I move the sand from where the LR is going to go it will disperse more..
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