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I miss my TEK. It was great and sleek looking. I just couldnt fit my canopy on the tank with the TEK light :(

ive been running my pro for about a year now and its had no problems. The light is much better than the 4 light configuration just because of the two extra bulbs (plus theyre all on individual reflectors). I have to mention the light that I had before the nova extreme though. It was a TEK 6 bulb...

I thought anything with a net was a waste of time just because of my amount of rockwork. lol i sat for a few minutes trying the nets and just got completely discouraged. The bottle was better for me

Ahh hypo lol I've always said I would eventually get to it but im too lazy unfortunately. My fish have been doing fine even with the parasite in the tank but if you have the time to accomplish this or the patience to quarantine your fish in hyposalinity before putting them in your display tank...

once mines built ill post it up but in the meantime heres the design.

It wont elminate it from the fish but in my experience they have helped control outbreaks. You will get mixed feelings on them but I would not run a reef without one since they help kill floating organisms. Many people will say that it kills beneficial bacteria too which is partially true but in...

Originally Posted by Eric B 125 what is a SWCD? also, is there some kind of valve i can incorporate into my return plumbing that will allow water to flow up to the tank, but in the event of pump failure, will not allow the water to run back down, starting a siphon and flooding my floor? Float...

I just pulled out my flame angel that started to eat my corals with the bottle method. It take a little bit of patience but it works best since it doesnt stress your other fish out by waving a net around. And taking rock out can be a big project when you have lots of it. I couldnt see taking all...

I found the design where you modify a 2 liter bottle into a trap and after about several hours of it sitting in my tank with pellets in it i decided to try something new... I put live brine in and lowered it down. Sure enough, the Flame became a bit more interested in it now and started coming...

Originally Posted by BCollett I started with Red Sea test kits, but after a while i started noticing something strange. If i tested my pH and got a reading of 8.2, if i were to leave the test tube alone and come back to it later it would be down to 7.0. I even started to notice this with my...

I've had my Flame Angel in the tank for a couple of months now and everything was fine untill a week ago when i noticed my frogspawn was not opening up fully nor were my acro's pollops extending. While I was looking into the tank, i noticed my flame angel start nipping away at the frogspawn and...

red sea makes a good one. I use it for my reef.

Originally Posted by jackri Ideally I would run two batches at a time at alternate times, and feed once the majority has hatched as that's when they are highest in nutrional value. I know someone that runs two 2-liter bottles, and feeds out one of the two liters every other day so he has a...

About how long do you think that they will live in the aerated cup? When i refrigerate them they tend to last about 4 or 5 days before starting to die off.

When clowns don't have an anemone they will sometimes move into a frogspawn type coral. My maroon loves his frogspawn and will occasionally swim over to my hammer coral aswell. By the way, it looks to me like you have a torch coral, not frogspawn.

I've always kept them in the fridge to extend their life between feedings but i have recently stopped growing phytoplankton and now have a spare air pump lying around. Would it be better to put them in a cup and run the air pump in it or just keep them in the fridge?

Heres my temporary setup untill my new sump is ready.

I keep mine on from 12 in the afternoon till 8 at night.

I'm gonna use the Blue Line 40 HD-X (not sure if your familiar with the brand but there made by the former chief engineer of Iwaki pumps, so there basically iwakis just a bit cheaper and a different color) which is rated at 1270 GPH at 0'. My over flow box can handle between 600 and 800 GPH...

No, you'll want to make the middle baffle atleast an inch off the base of the sump to effectively reduce microbubbles.