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Fshhub, or anybody else I am going to put in a refugium under my 125 gallon. It should hold about 35 gallons of water and is 3ft long. How much water flow would you recomend going through the refugium, and would a simple PC from homedepot be enough or do I need to go with expensive aquarium...

I have always thought that a refugium would be much eaier and acomplish the same thing if not more than DSB. I never was to fond of using so much of my tank for sand.

Reefman. You seem to have me confused with a DSB expert and enthusiest. I am not one by any means. I re read all of my post and you seem to be taking me all wrong. When you say that it is recomended, it sounds like you and one or two other people recomend it, which is far cry from a...

I don't have a DSB so I could not tell you how to maintain them. My point was that all filtration methods take some maintenance to keep them from going south. I see no problem with someone changing out a DSB every couple years if that is what they are willing to do to maintain that type of...

Kipass makes a good point in that a DSB needs to be maintained to be succesfull. I believe that C/C does not become a Nitrate factory if properly maintained and vacumed. Even UGF work great if maintained with the proper enthusiasm. A refugium seems to be the best nitrate reducer in my opinion...

I just bought a used 120 gallon tank. The guy gave me about 40 lbs of crushed oyster shell/concrete rock. After seeing how cheap it was and the nice pieces that he made I am deffinately going to make some of my own and build up my 125 more. The rock was large and really looked nice. He had...

I joined a couple different boards about a year and half ago. I never ran a DSB in any of my systems that I have ever had. often I arguered against the advice that a DSB was a must. I never said that they where useless, just not a necessary item. lately I have noticed more and more theads on...

Have you thought about selling your T-5's and going with 6 ft VHO actinics to suppliment your MH. The reason why I ask is because you may be able to sell your t-5's for what it would cost for a set of 6 ft VHO's. I do not know the price of t-5 bulbs but 2 VHO bulbs have got to be cheaper than...

I wonder how mant times the owner and his drunk friends will decide to stand on the deck and pee inthe pool before CRUNCH.:eek: :eek:

Where is the Tetra website. After they secrewed the pooch I did a search and got right on there website. Now as much as I try I only get the store locator page. I wonder if they shut down the site because of all of the flak we gave them.

Glad that the fish is okay. WARNING WARNING:::::: Do not feed your 5 year old liver. My five year old was hungry so I dangled some liver in front of her face. She ran across the room and straight into the door, she then jumped into the reef tank where I finally got her out with some...

In my tank. When the temp raises to about 80-82 in the summer, stuff will open up really big for a week or so and then slightly less for the rest of the summer. Then in the fall when the temp drops to about 77-78, things will open up really big once again and then after a week or so and then...

If you notice the thread was not closed untill he quoted prices on indivisual livestock items. I know that it sucks, but last week was the kicker that caused this new policy which really is not a new policy, but is finally being enforced. I can see where SWF is coming from though since why...

I want to talk about it I think that as natural and self sufficient people try to make their tanks with regards to LS, DSB, Refugium and anything else we can think of, the fact still remains that it is a closed system. Because it is a closed system conditions will gradualy decline over time no...

The rules where allowed to be bent for a long time and then some people started trying to sell stuff totally off the wall and then people started to complain and now the board has to be pretty strict so everyone is treating farely. The rules state used equipment.

I believe it was because he was selling livestock which is not allowed. The rules have gotten pretty black and white since people where abusing the board.

One of the simplist things to do is increase water movement through the rocks. If you place a powerhead low in the tank blowing across the back it may help raise the ph by breaking up any stagnant areas.

Thanks. Can you e-mail me at ( prlem74@aol.com ). Would you want any star coral in trade. I have lots of stuff.

A year ago I made the mistake of buying a scooter Bleenie thinking that my Pod population would sustain him. I was wrong and within a couple months He was dead and my tank was depleted of pods. I have since upgraded to a 125 gallon and still have little to no pods. Is their anyone in the...

Unless the bubbles are going up through the corals then the only drawback is salt creep. All that the bubbles are doing is creating water movement, and if you like the look then go ahead and keep them. You will have to wipe up salt creep alot but that is corrected by a lid. Of course with a...