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Originally Posted by Devil Dog If it was me I would do 1 1/2" and then go to your 1" T... you can get reducers at any hardware store. I hope I helped... That sounds like a good idea. So reduce to 1 1/2 right after the bulkhead. leaving enough room on the pipe in case should need to cut it...

Total plumbing noob here so bear with me. I recently purchased a used 200G acrylic tank. It has a center overflow area with 2 holes that are about 3 1/2 inches each. Luckily I was given the bulkheads that go with them. The bulkheads are about 5 1/4 inch all the way across and end up with 2"...

Originally Posted by Hammerhed7 Nice set up Alfon, the broomtail looks incredible I would have to agree. The broomtail has some nice colors.

Originally Posted by BoneSnapper Are Butterfly's reef-safe? Also, what about a Kole Tang? Most butterfly fish are not considered to be reef safe. The only one that is is the copperband butterfly. As I mentioned they do eat clams and feather dusters. Mine even picked at a few snails. But I...

Originally Posted by BoneSnapper Well, I posted in the Reef section that my tank has a leak. So I am going to get a new tank, probably a 55. Here is what I have, and what is going to go in: I have a Coral Beauty, Percula, and an Algae Blenny. I would like to get a juvinille Yellow Tang. What...

Originally Posted by jfingers088 I have a good colony of zoos on a rock but i noticed that there are 3 aptasias growing in between the zoos. So my LFS told me to bring it in and they would put them in a tank where they have a Copperband butterfly to get rid of the aptasias but im afraid they it...

Originally Posted by mcbdz Just something else to consider while you are in this stage of setting up. Have you decided yet what kind of tank you plan to set up? Reef, FOWLR. Also equipment you will need? The reason I ask is I'm setting up my 240Gal and found with all my equipment the...

Thanks for the responses. I guess I will take a look and see if home depot has some of the plastic shims as talked about in the ehow link there. I am guessing they make variable sizes to fit different levels. I had discussed putting the foam in between the tank and stand because I had read...

I have purchased a used 200G acrylic aquarium. I have been trying to do some research to make sure I dont miss anything that might be important to setting it up so thought I would get ideas. The stand is also made of acrylic and the top of it is pretty much perfectly flat. Here are the things I...

Originally Posted by jden092901 I had a cleaner shrimp die...30 gallon tank. My water is PERFECT, I think it was getting bugged by my 6-line wrasse, and I didnt feed as often as I should have. Anyway...I want to get a Coral Banded shrimp...are they fun to have...like the cleaner was? Thanks...

Originally Posted by G_Dobbs Thank you. I guess I will throttle the pump back a bit, and try to place rocks and such, so I don't even up with a tsunami. I'll space my baffle out alot in my sump to allow max flow to go through it. Since I dont want to have to throttle the pump back tooooo much, I...

Originally Posted by G_Dobbs I have a few questions, about things that could potentially be problems for me. for reference, I have a 20 gallon tank, with 10 gallons sump. 1. I have a mag 9.5 for a return from the sump (I know its a bit overkill) but as it stands that works out (at 800gph with...

Originally Posted by jessica47421 i got a bunch of star polyps and they are bright green some of them are turning a whitish color what does this mean? When I first got my green polyps it took a few days for them to adjust to the tank. If I remember right they also started to turn a little...

Originally Posted by scotto214 My tank is about 5 months old and out of nowhere these two feather like bunches have appeared growing out of my sandbed. They are white with black dots and they are only about an inch long. Does anyone know what these are? Sounds like small feather dusters...

Originally Posted by Toeknee Have the wet dry has the blue bioballs in it. I plan on having FOWLR for awhile, curious to see if I should replace the bioballs with cheato or anything else? Personally, I would remove the bio balls. They tend to be hard to clean. At a minimum I would add some LR...

Originally Posted by fishfreak1242 I have a 55 gal. tank that is fully cycled all of my parameters are fine and I decided to buy some powerheads because my first fish died out of nowhere and I didnt know why. So i bought two aquaclear 30 powerheads and I put them in the tank one is in the middle...

Yes, I would use a piece of air tubing. Put it up in there so it is just at about the halfway point at the top of tube. Suck the air in like you were going to syphon water out of a gas tank. This usually leaves a small place that will have air at the top of the tube. This will usually clear...

Originally Posted by Tiberius I have had my yellow tang for 7 years. He has only ate 2 bits of food in the last 2 weeks. I have just tried frozen Formula 2. When ever I put food in for the clowns and blenny, he hides. The other guys eat. I was concern maybe a month ago when the inside of...

Originally Posted by jpc763 Hi, My tank has been up for 4 months. I have a 55g All Glass with a 15g Fuge. My water parameters have been very good (0 Ammonia, 0 Trites, 0 Trates) since it completed the cycle. I have 3 fish (2 clowns and a wrasse) and some inverts. I have seen little or no...

Originally Posted by MaTT B and what do u guys think about a refugium filter over a wet/dry? My vote would be to always have a refugium of some sort if you have the space. Ideally if you can have a sump with your protein skimmer in there, and then a refugium as well that would be the way to...