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Finnex titanium heaters are great! I would avoid the 500w version though and possibly go with two smaller ones in case one of them broke - the other one would keep up until you can get it fixed. The reason I would avoid the 500w is because it has been known to leak voltage. I read reviews on it...

Is it a 125 long or a 125 wide? A wide tank could have a 40g breeder tank underneath it for a sump- and they are cheap at the $1/g sale at the big box store. A 30g or 40g long would be good for a 125 long unless you have room for a 55g. A 20g ATO reservoir might be necessary if you are out of...

How about a pic of the tank?

Buy a bigger tank

Yay! I like how you post specs instead of pictures. Lol

Moving a tank either way will cause a mini-cycle. Removing part of the sandbed was probably a smart thing to do. Most sandbeds are about 2" deep and for the most part don't build up hydrogen sulfide since it is stirred enough by critters and the meiofauna present. Removing part of the sandbed...

So I guess you should heat the water up to the temp your going to keep it and then mix in the salt. Cool.

It wouldn't hurt. It's a bacteria supplement that may help reduce ammonia. Adding it regularly could help alleviate some stress. Leave your live rocks alone and in the tank. Try to find your missing fish- live or dead.

Probably. Take out anything that is dead and decaying. That is a source of ammonia. Water changes and time will fix the problem. You don't want to start dosing chemicals in a reef tank. Just be patient and it will only get better. If you start dosing chemicals it won't properly re-cycle...

I looked. It was taken down after the site was "upgraded"

Well, there used to be. I think. Lol!!

There is a mobile app I think. For the iPhone.

Yeah Darth, kids used to be distracted by booze and loose women. Now their into Twitter and video games. Where did your generation go wrong teaching them their priorities?

If it's monochloramine its a smaller molecule than Di or Trichloramine and is harder for it to get trapped through the first pass of catalytic carbon. That's why I have two carbon filters on my unit. My local utility switched to monochloramine and I didn't know about it.

Catalytic carbon removes chloramines. Those GEM coconut carbon blocks do not. You can buy catalytic carbon for cheap- usually around $10 and you can buy refillable filters for about the same.

I plugged in 50ppt and 100ppt into a reef calculator and came up with it. But like you said, it's off because of the temperature differences. Ill go by salinity instead of specific gravity from now on. So a reef tank at 1.026 specific gravity at 80*F is about 35ppt salinity? So let's say I mix...

I'm so tempted to get the kalk stirrer online. Must wait. Must wait. I might get three more pieces of large rock to finish the aquascape. I need some additional rock anyway. I'm just about ready to toss the maxijets. The third time one of them has fallen and stirred the sandbed. I keep on...

Looks great! I like the mixed reef and the single island look. It's hard to aquascape a cube. You did a good job.

That's the way to go! I like my in-line meter. My sediment filters I can buy at just about any Walmart for $3 or less. Almost every hardware store sells the standard 12" versions as well. I don't trust the GEM coconut carbon blocks because if they don't absorb chloramines, then what else don't...

Range is 1.038 up to 1.077 before laying dormant eggs,... That's some really salty seawater!