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Unfortunatly it wasn't me that modified the bubble trap. It was chipmaker in this thread that made the suggestion. I was interested in this as well, but I have decided to upgrade to a larger drilled tank and will then house my skimmer in the sump, so I shouldn't need to modify my skimmer...

Originally Posted by tinmanny The by pass sounds good but I would not let it run above the water level or you will add bubbles right at the pump and your display will show this. I am using a mag drive and have valved it back just a tad that is no different than increasing the head height when...

The pump is not too bad, but the bubble dissuser box is big....but its easy to rectify.......Just pull out the entire bubble box assembly and slip a foam filter sleeve lkike they have over the strainers on Danner Mag drive pumps......works like a charm, and its only 2" in diam and needs to be in...

I just put a coralife super skimmer 125 on my 55gal tank, and it is awesome. I will warn you though that the pump and the bubble trape are HUGE!

Hurt I appreciate your response. The pump is a magnetic drive, and I believe your suggestion may be the most effective one, because, at the same time it is slowing down the flow to the DT, it could be oxygenating the water in the sump. That is if I leave the end of the pipe slightly above the...

I picked it up for next to nothing. Do you think it will still run if it is turned down that much. I was thinking of using a gate valve on the output side of the pump.

I am in the process of upgrading to a drilled tank and I picked up a pump that I was planning to use as a return pump. It is a GX-8500 rated around 8500 L/h (approx. 2200 Gal/h) at 0-feet. Do you think this would be overkill to pump the water up about 4-5 feet with a 600 gal/h overflow in the...

I just replaced my Prizm skimmer with a Coralife Supper Skimmer 125 and it is making micro-bubbles in my tank like crazy. Also, there doesn't seem to be alot of bubbles in the reaction chamber and the back syphon hole in the return pipe constantly leaks water. I am just trying to figure out if...

As a matter of fact they do. If I switch to sand, how does that change my maintence routine. You can't vacuum sand, can you??

It is a 55 gal. tank. The sand sifter has been in there for over a year and appears to be doing well. He has neary doubled in size since I bought him. I have been thinking of trading him in for a couple of serpant/brittle stars before he runs out of food though. Are you talking about Ocean...

Have you been testing copper levels while you were treating?? Excessive copper levels can be toxic.

I am looking for food suggestions for my aquarium as my fish need a larger variety in their diet. I am currently alternating between flakes and a frozen marine blend. In the tank I have: 2 Ocelerius Clowns 1 3-Striped Damsel 1 Dlue Devil Damsel 1 Neon Dottyback 1 Yellow Tang 1 Sand Sifting...

I wouldn't even know where to begin to look. The only real fish store we have locally is a Big Al's and I have never seen live sand in the store. I see that arag-alive "says' that it is live sand but I don't understand how that can be if it is dry in a bag? How will sand lower the nitrates, or...

I'm not 100% sure how the circulation at the bottom of the tank is, but my tube anemone flows constantly and it is at the bottom. Any ideas where to get live sand in Canada, or would a bag of reef grade (ie arragalive) do the trick?? Do you think that my nitrates are the cause of my clownfish...

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It is a 55 gal tank with ~80lbs Rock (approx 60% live 40% dry base). Approx 2-3" crushed coral substrate. 260watt PC light with new bulbs installed last week (2 10,000k and 2 true 03 actinic). I have a prizm skimmer with the "upgrade" kit which I clean every other day. I run a canister...

Beth, Please elaborate because I would like to find a solution before anything dies. Thanks.

I don't understand what you mean by how do I have my tank set up?? Like were is it located? How is it aquascaped? Other Equiptment? Please explain because I really don't want to loose any fish or other livestock. Thanks

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I don't have a pic right now. I feed once a day. I found that the nitrate problem is caused by waste build up under/behind rock work, and I am in the process of doing water changes every 3-4 days and "vacuuming" the crushed coral substartate each time. Nitrates are going down. As of right...