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will a small bubble maker work? I had an old one from hatching brine shrimp?

ok, I will see what I can come up with. Thank you for your help

no, i have no other water movment in the tank. I don't have any powerheads b/c it was a custom build and there wasnt a need for them. I will be ordering a back up pump next time, but I am just hoping I can get by this time. what are your thoughts? thanks

I have a 35 gal reef tank with only 4 fish & my sump pump went out 03/26/2010 which is located in the cabinet under the tank. I immediatly ordered a new one on SWF.com It should be here this week. Will my fish make it until then? I'm worried about the amount of oxygen in the tank due to the lack...

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I was cleaning my sump the other day and noticed that I have lots of baby starfish crawling around ontop of the mud. They are tiny serpent starfish looking, but they are white. Can anyone tell me if this is normal? Will the die off since no food is available down there? How would they get there...

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Thanks Bang Guy. Jarvis, well i have heard some mixed opions on 24hr lighting i have had it set up for over 3 years now and it has been fine, it grows and dies back as needed on its own. As far as it being all nasty in the sump i have a small 30 gallon tank and if some of that junk breaks loose...

Does anyone know of any creatures that I can put in my ecosystem sump to keep the algae growth down on my glass, but also be able to withstand 24hr lighting? I have an 8 gallon sump with 24 hr 50/50 PC's on it. Also, would any corals be able to withstand 24 hr lighting down there, it would be...

In my opinon 5" of sand is too much for and ecotank. I use only about 1" of LS in mine. The reason for this is that since you are not going to be doing alot of water changes, the sand is going to get dirty, and it's alot easier for your clean up crew to keep 1" of sand clean vs: 5" inches. As...

Alsie, I use an ecosystem setup and I love it, very low maintance. Though I did run into a few problems in the first year (I think due to inexperience) but I'm in year three now and its doing great! I think that the most imortant thing to remember about having an ecosystem is to try not to put...