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Hopefully I can help. I am assuming you have a HOB overflow? If it is the kind that has two compartments then it should not lose siphon in the event of a power outtage. If only one compartment then it will drain all of the water and lose siphon. Then need to install a stand pipe in it. The...

I am not seeing the problem. If you have a tank which is drilled for your overflow then when the water gets below that line it will stop suckioning to your sump. So, then all you need to do is make sure there is enough space left in the sump for that much water to come down. When the power...

My vote would be to toss the bio balls completely. They require too much maintenance for my taste. Put some live rock in it's place. The pods like to have more rock anyways to reproduce so it works out better all the way around. But of course this is just my opinion.

Well, there has to be one in every crowd I guess and in this case it happens to me. But from the experience I have had with skimmers I will never ever use another one. First, I truly believe a good portion of the so called "junk" they are pulling out is the exact food that is in the water...

I have the 20" sunpod. MH, white, and then the blue moonlights. I have the MH on 9 hours a day. And just before and after that comes I have the white leds, and then it goes to the moonlights, that way the power of the light is gradual.

Your PH is at a good level. You will want to invest in a test kit for alkalinity or dKH (they are the same measurement). Knowing this will let you know how well the water conditions will be. It does sound like your tank has finished cycling so that is a good thing. You said the salinity was...

Welcome to the boards. First, you will want to slow way down with your tank. Patience is the key. What are your water parameters? This is how you will now the tank has finished cycling PH Alkalinity / dKH Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate Ammonia and nitrites should be at zero when the cycling process...

My vote would be to use the KISS method and just add Chaeto and a light. The light only needs to be something with lower wattage.

Water chemistry in a marine environment is a strange animal. First, what is your PH at? It may be just fine. For the most part PH is only a small piece of the puzzle and usually is not a factor. If you are between 7.9 and 8.5 I would not try to change the PH. As you describe when you do that...

Baffles are dividers that would divide the tank into sections. HOB stands for Hang on back. (Which is what your Bio-wheel is actually) So the only option would be another small tank then really. What are you keeping in the 20G? If having a lot of corals, anenomes and such then would be worth...

I think there may be a couple of options for you. You could take like a ten gallon tank and make that into a sump/refugium. Since it would be a small tank I myself wouldnt put any baffles in there. I would put some live rock rubble in there and have your return pump on one end with a mesh...

I would add two pumps when you get ready to have corals. One maxijet 1200 pump on each of the tank pointed at each other. I like the maxijet pumps but there are certainly other comparable models out there.

What size tank? If you are keeping a reef then more flow would be better. Can't really have too much of it. Just as long as it isnt aimed directly at the corals.

From your description it sounds very similar to what I had happening in my tank. I had a 60G hex tank so it was pretty tall. If it is a matter of where you can see these particles just floating around in a circle then you need to change the water flow in the tank. If you have an overflow...

Looks like you are moving right along with your new set up. Cant wait to see the pics for when you get your aquascaping done.

You will find a wide variety of answers for your question. It will all depend on what critters you want to work the sand bed. Hermit crabs will do a great job of eliminating the algae you describe on the sand. I would get like 7-10. You can mix and match hermits and should be ok. Just be...

Your question about flow - More flow is always good. Do you have any powerheads running or just the biowheel? If just the biowheel I would add at least one pump or maybe even two. I am kind of partial to the Maxijets. The reason having two of them is good is because you can aim them at each...

I could be wrong and it would certainly be worth illiciting more opinions than mine but from what I have read is that you typically are not going to mix LPS and SPS types or corals. Not because they wont get along or anything but because they will require different water parameters and...

Yes, I believe they make a smaller overflow - U-Tube style syphon you could use. I am not a nano expert so I have never seen one in person. I definitely would not go with the 2 pump idea. They will never pump at the same rate and one of the tanks will end up overflowing. The main thing you...

I agree with Nicetry. The lion is going to get pretty large. Also, the copperband butterfly is mostly only going to want to eat aiptasia which is a pest anenome. Some have been known to eat flakes or mysis shrimp but finnicky nontheless. The flame angel, a small wrasse, maybe a couple of...