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most online stores have an international shipping policy. some say that they gladly ship overseas, but some only ship within the continental US states (meaning that they dont ship to hawaii, alaska, mexico or canada!). if the stores do not have an online policy, email the website. newty.

hello, not sure if this has been posted and i couldnt find it, but what do you think is better, a sump/refugium combo or my overflow is separated between 2 of them? i am basically putting a DIY acrylic tank under my stand, resting on the floor (on top of a pad of styrofoam). i visualize the...

i am planning on using BangGuy's design for autotop-offs to my 75 g tank (some royalies are coming your way!). but, does it matter if i can simply place the top-off end line to my display tank as i do not have a sump/refugium? if it does matter, please elaborate. in case this helps, i will...

DoubleZero, do you like it? is it accurate? i am thinking of buying it. newty.

what does the refractometer measure? total salts? sodium chloride? or something else? newty.

I was told by my LFS that there is no need to intitiate the cycle since the rock I am buying is fully cured, and would contain all the mature bacteria necessary for handling nitrogen waste loads. They basically said: get the rock, wait a couple days, get a crab or something like that, see if it...

i know there are several ways of initiating a cycle with live rock and sand. the most common reference is to use raw cocktail shrimp. i am unsure as to exactly what kind of shrimp to use. for example, does it matter what shrimp species you use? jumbo or small size? from a can, frozen or from a...

i have access to 99.995 percent grade MgCl in powdered form at my lab. think i could use this instead of buying companies mag supplements? i can make it up to any concentration i want in RO/DI water. shawn.

i am wondering that too. i was wondering if i can actually put my tank through the cycle phase with standard NOs and then upgrade to VHOs sometime down the line, such as 2-4 weeks after i add shrimp? shawn.

Thanks for the info guys. Oh yeah, one more thing. What is the total length of 48 inch VHO's plus end caps (with or without standoffs)? please take out your tape measure and inform me! i know that NO bulbs are 47 inches wide and standard dual light fixtures are 48.5 inches wide. the overall...

Hello, Been reading here for a few weeks, and learning quite a bit. I am planning on purchasing an Icecap 660 ballast unit. Is there anything else I need to purchase, such as a wiring harness or single edge caps (if needed, then from Icecap)? I plan on running 4 110 watt bulbs, 2 super actinic...