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Did you pull the pump apart and check the needle wheel? I'm not really familiar with these but if the air line is open then I would think it has something to do with the needle wheel or how it's seated.

I've read a few threads about this subject recently and everyone has had pretty good success with the change. The common practice is to do a small percentage at a time say 25% every other week this allows for benificial bacteria to seed the dead sand. You may see a small spike from disturbing...

Do you have an air stone in the tank?? It also looks like some sort of purple algea not coraline. Maybe cyno?? I would post your test results PH,ammo,nitrates,nitrites,calcium,phosphates,alk. Do you use RO water or tap? The brand of salt you use how often you feed and how much. This will help...

The PVC pipe idea is great.

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Originally Posted by cabin7882 We sucked up some of our sand when we did a water change to get rid of some of the bacteria I'm battling with and I was wondering about adding another bag? How do u do it? Oh and I took some LR's out and washed them and didnt' know better but I let them dry out...

I built my stand for a 230G and it sounds identical to yours except I ran 4x4's in the middle as well. I went to the LFS and looked at the $800 stand they had and just copied the idea but with the middle 4x4's they only used 2x4 in the center. I think you should have more than enough to hold up...

The instructions with my refractometer says to use distilled water to calibrate. I would read the instructions on yours and it should say how to calibrate it.

Do you use RODI water? I was told that tap water may contain traces of copper and over a period of time it can build up to a troublesome level. Another idea is a problem I had when I started my 33G a gorrilla crab hitchhiked into my tank and was killing my snails I lost about 8 snails before I...

Thanks I'd read before about Calcium precipitation when adding calcium I was just wondering if Calcium carbonate would do the same when raising your ALK and if there were any other effects. Thanks again for your quick answer.

What could be the negative effects of having your alkalinity to high? I'm not having this problem I'm just wondering.

I have had a torch in my 33G for about 6 months. I have had no trouble but like nycbob said the brown stinging tenticles are out alot and they need their space. I keep mine at the top of my rock work so it would have trouble reaching anything. I like the look of the torch better because the...

No I tried acclimating them as slow as possible but the water was actually starting to freeze in the bags when I found them.

I ordered a load of zoa frags and some acan's off of a site here in Canada I started off by asking the success rate of shipping in the colder months. He told me he ships all the time all over Canada NO PROBLEM. Well that maybe true if the shipping company Knocks on your door or rings the bell...

Test strips can be very inaccurate. I would look at getting a master test kit lots of different brands this is one they sell on here. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=6 See what your numbers are like with the test kit also I would look into a Refractometer to check your...

https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=350963 There's a thread about this I would ask them.

I actually have one of these on my 33G I like it. It took a long time to get it set up right and skimming decently. I took out the goofy little filter and I put carbon and purilite in there you could even thrown a little algea in there and have a fuge. Stanlalee is right to say 80 G is absurd...

The bigger the better. Buy the best light you can E b@y. I would go for HO T5 or metal halide if you buy a cheap light you will be wanting to replace it later when you want to keep more demanding corals clams ect. Get a 6-8 bulb individual reflectors of T5 or a couple 150-250watt metal halides...

Wow that looks great. Did you buy your clowns mated?

It all depends on what kinds of coral's you are looking to keep. What do you have now how many bulbs,wattage,individual reflectors??