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Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici 8.0-7.8 pH is fine,pH will fluctuate during the course of the day so if your testing to see if its changing make sure you test at the same times. I wouldnt worry about 7.8 though, just keep to your regular water changes and keep an eye on your pH to make sure...

+1 diamond gboy they are awesome keep my san nice and clean. You do have to watch them though. I have a few scollys and a brain on my sand. Every so often he decides to make a home under one of them and he takes all the sand from under them and puts it on top of the coral. Not a big deal though...

Hey I got a skimmer I made in my back yard I will sell for 2 grand. Do you really want to find out if it is good or not on mixed reviews.

I thought about one of those and found the same reviews. I dont have experance but would say it is hit or miss

here is somthing I set up. It was 5 10gal tanks I was going to use as a frag set up. Nothing special but I am sure you will get the idea. Tanks on the floor so I could make a table to set them on after I made the table and they were up and running here is the sump nothing fancy just all the...

Why dont we keep that my little secret haha. No I just pile rocks around the intake. and every so often I will find a small strand here and there no more than when I did have baffles in there

oh ok I must have missed that. You should be good then

about the same as a cube of frozen food you get at the lfs. I just take a pinch and tear it out the bag while it iss frozen still put it in a shot glass and fill the glass with plankton zoo or phyto and let the food thaw. then stir it up to break it up good and dump it in

I have to be honest here. I would not use the 30 gal. if you are going down a floor then go big real big. Think of it this way my 180 has close to the same footprint. When I shut off my pump the water level in the 55 sump raises about 2'' and its about 2' of plumbing. So in a 30 your looking...

about 75 most of the time but I dont have a heater cuz I live in florida and my house stays at that temp right now it is 71 but nothing seems to be bothered

Originally Posted by King_Neptune Never enough room is right. I built my stand with 40 inches of room inside...and last night I had to turn down an awesome skimmer because it was 8inches too tall. 8'' stoped you man thats when you have to improvise lol. I have lots of room ballasts are all in...

I have a food prosesor and I go to the local bait shop for fresh fish and shrimp and what ever else floats my boat grind it all up and put it in a bad to feed my fish. They love it and its alot healthier than the stuff you get at the LFS for a fraction of the cost.

first off DO A WATER CHANGE. 7.8 is not that bad not good you want 8.2. Do you have a sump to grow macro alge. chetao works good for nitrate removal with a good skimmer. How much rock to you have? Flow all that adds a even biger part than chetao imo

You are right the more contact time the more nutrients it will absorb but also allow for detruis to settle and rot adding more nutrients to the tank. . Thats why I like my sump. I have an external skimmer plumbed to my overflow (recirculating) that dumps into my sump thats a 55 gallon tank with...

Strong emphasis on the word help. It is not a cure but will help.

Originally Posted by Bulldog123 How much flow do you want going in/out of the sump? How much flow do you want going in/out of the refuge? Is it the same, or would it be best to be different? I dont see how it makes a difference. I would rather have my skimmer filter the water and what it...

How long has this tank been set up? You said you have a nice fuge going with lots of pods. If it has been going for that long to have lots of pods not letting it dry I dont think is your problem

Ok I got ya there but got to ask you a question. By controlling the amount of flow going to the fuge ad the skimmer area. Where is the proven benefit and if there is no proven benefit why bother plumbing all those lines. IMO it is hurting more than helping cuz every uneeded line slows down flow...

yep get a sump and plub them both to the sump

I dont care for that stuff. Just keep calcium levels up and you will learn to hate the stuff in time