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Everytime I have ever started a tank up from my 10 to my 65 and now to my 220 everytime i have trouble with brown algae outbreaks. how are you supposed to control this?

Hey so i was going to build one of these for my 220 and i was wondering which one is more efficient and overall a better choice?

alright thanks for the help guys

Hey i have a 220 gallon tank and i was wondering if yall had any suggestions on what i should buy for a clean up crew. is the reef packages on this sight pretty accurate on what i should get?

I have a 65 gallon tank and like a month ago i got a 220 gallon. After the 220 gallon was cycled i started to move the fish and live rock to the bigger tank yesterday. I took all of the live rock out of the 65 gallon and put it in the 220 gallon then went to catch the fish to aclimate them. My...

gotcha. i just wont have damsels. thanks for the info. and ya i go to texas A&M so you could say im a fan haha

I also have like 60 more pounds of live rock to put in that i am taking out of my 65 gallon tank.

After what seemed like forever staining and painting the stand to cleaning the glass to buying sand, live rock and equipment i finally got it started. water is still a little cloudy from sand and salt but that should clear up soon. I cant wait to put fish in it. And also i was wondering about...

so having a uv steralizer actually hurts in a reef tank?

Hey so i put sand in my tank the other day and let it all settle and a brown layer has formed on top. I think its just debis and stuff from the guys previous tank that i bought the live sand from. I have a mixture of live sand, aragonite, and white sand all sugar fine in the tank. I was...

actually it wasnt bad. i got it for 2 dollars a pound from someone who was breaking down his tank.

oh ok cool. i have about 440 pounds of live rock so that might do the trick. Ill check the levels tomorrow.

So after what feels like forever i finally have rock and sand and water in my 220 gallon tank so i can start cycling. ive been reading on here that you should do it with cocktail shrimp. how many should i put in there to cycle my tank and do i just let em float

do you just scrub it off with like a cloth or sponge?

I just bought some live rock from a guy that is breaking down his reef aquarium and it has alot of black algae on it. Can i just get like a sponge and scrub the algae off before i put it into my tank. that wont kill anything will it?

is 3 150 watt MH bulbs enough lighting for my 220 gallon reef aquarium. it is 7 feet long and like 25 in deep. is 150w good or do i need 250w?

I am wondering what the best type of material to put in the bottom of my new 220 gallon tank? It is going to be a reef tank and I was wondering if live sand, normal sand, or aragonite sand is the best to cover the bottom with. thanks

I was going to go get about 160 pounds of live sand to put in my 220 gallon aquarium from a guy who is getting out of the hobby. Right now the sand is in his tank and we were going to put it in a rubbermaid container for transport. The only thing is i dont have any water or anything in my tank...

all right thanks a lot guys. i think that im gonna go with 3 250w. thanks

I am buying a 72 inch light fixture for my reef tank im starting up and I had a few questions. First off my tank is 220 gallons and it is approximatley 23 inches deep. Now should I get 400 watt or 250? i have read different things telling me different advice going in both ways. Next should...