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So here's my problem. For about 6 months, my aquarium sat up in my room. I slowly started putting coral and such in and everything was fine. Coraline was growing, clowfish were showing signs of mating, and so on. Well I decided to start a Mantis Shrimp tank and I couldn't have both tanks in one...

Hopefully you have figured it out by now but if not I'll try and help Sorry for the late responce. Ive heard alot of people say that not only does the Coralife Super Skimmer leak but it also produces tons of microbubbles. I had one for about a week and hated it. Your's may still need some more...

I would say leave the Canister Filter. Im pretty sure that is the best brand you can buy. You just need to stay up on cleaning it every week or every other week or you are going to get alot of nitrates. I would recommend returning the SeaClone Skimmer. I had one on my very first 55g and it did...

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So, Im getting close to FINALLY starting my mantis tank. I just need two bags of sand, salt, and 2 powerheads. And move my 55g reef downstairs...... I have been thinking alot about how I am going to be able to keep my tank clean and I think I am going to try and take a ton of collonista snails...

I was also wondering how I could reduce microbubbles. Im planning on putting the filter sock on which should help but the baffles dont help enough and microbubbles get into the DT still. Can I add some sponge of somesort to help? If so, what sponge and where can I find it? And what do you mean...

Thank you for all your info. The drawing was just a quick sketch. It was already made before I bought it and had a refugium in it. Tank had been setup and running for a couple years so I guess the refugium was good.

Currently I have a 20g long sump/refugium that I am working on for my new mantis tank. Ive always been a big fan of mechanical filtration and have always had HOB filters. I decided to try a sump but I wanted to add maybe a small bag of charcoal and a filter sock to the sump to collect any...

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Not sure who or where you can find them but lots of web surfing, I found a couple unique aquariums.

Ok. Thank you very much

More times than I can count, people have said they kept Cichlids before transfering over to saltwater. Is there something special about them that everyone likes? Pretty colors? Good personalities?

Ive seen a couple tank threads like Cranberry's 100g tank and I see that when they were working on their plumbing, they were using a black type of hosing that looked alot better and more plyable than the stif stuff I have now. Its a black rubbery looking hose. Ill attach their tank for example...

Could I add eggcrate to the bottom of my aquarium or does it need to be an acrylic sheet? And if acrylic, how thick of a piece

Yup. Three baffles to catch microbubbles, refugium, two more baffles, then return pump. I have a Remora Skimmer so no need to add extra space for protein skimmer. Ive been running the tank with tap water to do some tests. I cant find any hoses that are small enough to fit. I dont have any...

Awesome tank. Random question but I am curently working on my sump. I have a large amount of bubbles and microbubbles entering the tank from the hoses running to the sump. Can I make a sock or something that will catch a large amount of these? I tried a sock as a test run and it worked great. I...

Ok. Thank you. Should I put some eggcrate on my tank just as a precaution or should I be ok?

Ok. Whew. Should I put eggcrate on the top of the tank? And do you think a 24" 2x65 with 1 Actenic and 1 10 K bulb would be too much and possibly cause Shell Rot?

Do you think he would be bold enough to climb up into the air and into the overflow?

Awesome. Thank you guys for the responces. I did a little research and alot of people have recommended the Krylon Fusion. I have already shaved off alot of the new stuff with a razor blade. I plan to sand some off then do the steps that were said above. The good thing about the silicone that I...