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I agree with the above reply. You would be better off upgrading to a single, bigger skimmer rather than adding a smaller one. The more water volume you have, the taller the reaction chamber (air bubble chamber) needs to be and the more powerful the pump running the skimmer needs to be. You could...

You really should not have to do anything. If that rock was already cultured it should be able to handle that tiny bit of ammonia relatively quickly unless it was dry for an extended period of time (24 hours or more). Ammonia is poisonous to fish and invertebrates, but 0.2 ppm is very low and...

No, you will not need to lower the water level. It doesn't produce large waves perse on the top of the water, but it does within the water column. The deeper you place the unit in the tank the less surface agitation there is, so you have to find a happy medium. The top of my unit sits about...

I agree, for a 250 gal. get two center units - you will be amazed!

The wattage from the pumps is not a concern as far as money goes - if you can afford saltwater tanks I would certainly hope you can afford your electric bill. The wattage is a concern when you consider that all of the wattage from you pumps translates to heat being added to your water 24/7 and...

Go with a Sunpod or a AquaMedic pendant.

I agree with the above - corals are in essence immortal because in the proper environment they reproduce so fast that by the time an individual polyp dies hundreds or thousands have been created to replace it. Something else happened in your system that caused that mass die out.

Yellow watchman goby, blackcap basslet, or a royal gramma. My yellow watchman goby rarely ever leaves a 3" x 3" section in my 24 DX cube and I am inclined to believe he would live happily in a pickle jar if there was a small cave for him to chill in.

I think modding the 900 is the smart way to go - sure you are sacrificing a small amount of flow, but for the savings in wattage it is priceless. Five pumps at 8.5 watts each is going to make a huge difference in the summer than five pumps at 20 watts each. With a well designed system you can...

Keeping the hood on would make things really difficult because the extra heat generated by anything more powerful for lights would need some very powerful fans to cool the hood as well. It would be much easier and cheaper to go topless and get a pod type light or a pendant.

Right on man! It took many hours tinkering with it to get it quiet and my tank is currently cycling, but I cannot believe how much water this thing pushes - it is unreal. I cannot wait to see what the fish and corals do in reaction to this much turbulence and it is awesome that there is no...

DI is a necessity - a RO membrane will allow nitrates, phosphates, ammonia, copper, etc. to pass through into the final product. DI filters out what the RO doesn't and you need it.

If you are starting from scratch and are going to do it right: $1000.

Wave2K wavemaker: 4000 GPH and it moves some serious H2O!

Sea hares are a good option too, but they usually eat themselves out of a house and home because they are so voracious and grow so fast.

Hi Lauren, I just wanted to drop you a note and let you know the Chemiclean Red Slime Remover worked wonders! The cyanobacteria is 100% gone. Thanks!

You can, but it would be a serious PITA. If they get hungry they will eat your fish/shrimp and they grow fast and will knock over rocks all the time: scratching your aquarium and dumping corals under the sand.

You ricordeas bleached either from your lighting and/or shipping and luckily they adjusted quickly - they could have died. They look healthy now and the rest of the tank looks great! I hate to be the bearer of bad news though, but your scooter blenny and your spotted mandarin both look...

Hair algae + hungry Mexican turbo snails = no algae

Probably still acclimating as others have said - as long as some are open they should be ok.