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whats hard about this tank is its only 12" deep front to back and its in a wall between my room and living room so you can see it from both sides. the rock is stacked in the center of the tank so that could hamper the flow.

Originally Posted by mcbdz Lava roock is usually not good for saltwater tanks because it leches out minerals. What are your phosphates? Do you have any natural sunlight hitting this tank during the day? this is where the algae is the worst. natural sunlight on both end sides. one side is...

i use the same water in my 75 that i use in my 45. it was RO water from my LFS or distilled water by the gallon from the store depending on when i had time to get over to the LFS. now i have my own RO/DI unit (had the problem before i got it). i feed once a day if not every other day and only...

i have had nothing but problems with hair algie in my 45g to the point where i decided to tear the tank down and start over. new rock, sand filter the works. i have only damsals in the tank now and i want to move a few pieces of rock and the water and the fish into a 15g i have. will i be able...

Originally Posted by rbaldino If your scissortails are gobies, they're probably picking off the firefish, and maybe the blennies too. Some fish, when put together in a small space like an aquarium, will become aggressive towards similar or identical species because they feel a need to be more...

ammonia is less than .25 and the temp is 78*. I do water changes with Nutri-SeaWater since i don't want to mess with mixing water and i top off with RO from my LFS or wal-mart. the fish were fine and the bicolor was doing great for a month or so and then just started to act funny about 2 days...

to start with here is my water conditions. 75g tank 20g fuge 30 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 200 Alkalinity 8.1 PH 1.023 i have 52 lbs of live rock and 80 lbs of live sand a fuge and a skimmer. the fish i have in the tank right now are 3 scissor tails and 4 chromis. i also have 10 astrea snails 4...

i did the mods to mine and it works alot better than it did, mine hangs on the back and i think that tube takes away so much to make it a good skimmer. if its in a sump they work great, friend of mine got one the same time i did and put his in a sump and his pulls out 3-4 times what mine does...

i have one with my coral banded shrimp, they don't really mess with each other but i had 2 cleaner shrimp in there one was small and one day it was there the next the coral banded shrimp had what was left of it in its claws. if there about the same size there ok.

i'm just glad i got the because i didn't want to pull out my sump again, cut out the baffels and reinstall them

i'm also surprised they they build the things with staples no less. that would be like us building it with paneling nails

Originally Posted by bill109 hey btw how in the world did yo u get that smiley??!!! its soo cool from another message board, i have so many more its not even funny.

this may be hard to understand with out a picture but i made 2 rectangle frames with 2x4s laying on there side with 45* cuts on the ends like a picture frame, then i have 4 2x4 legs screwed between the frames, then i have 2 more 2x4s running length wise perpendicluar to the top frame screwed to...

Squidd i think thats the picture i saved on my computer and designed my sump/fuge after.

if you look at the stands at the lfs its amazing how it holds all that weight and there is nothing to them. i built one with 2x4s and after i got it done i realized i was a little on the over kill side with the bracing.

i used a Roto Zip bit for tile, Tilecut XBIT is what its called and i got it from home depot under $5. i know it says nothing about cutting glass on there web site but i tried it on some scrap glass and it worked great but it took about 15-20 mins to cut each hole in my 75. try it on some cheep...

i looked at alot of fuge set-ups and i liked that design at the time. i was trying to get a high turn over rate but still control the flow in the fuge. i haven't decided for sure yet but i may even tap in a canister filter into the sump as well if i get it all set up and running and see what my...

so should i get the Nova Extreme T-5 Fixture with 4 bulbs then? its less than 220w and 8 bulbs was 440w or somewhere around there. i know your not suposed to go off wattage but still. :notsure:

not to hijack this thread but is 54x6 enough for coral? or should i step up to the 54x8? oh and its also a 75g tank

hey guys long time first time posting. i am setting up a 75g tank right now, i have drilled it on the back for 2 over flows and a closed loop. i have a 20L for a sump and i have it set up for a fuge and thought it was good enough for my tank but have read up some more and now i have mixed...