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first off it sucked!!! second i had a deep sand bed of 4'' and when i moved the tank there was a bit of an odor from the sand...and the tank... i've had a problem with hair algea... so i thought that might be it. Not sure if anyone knows what it might be... or if it's just normal. It never...

my LFS told me about pulling corals and such out of you aquarium to be placed in a bucket for 20 min. to be fed... So i was thinking, couldn't you just go to home depot and buy a large piece of pipe that would fit around the coral/sponge/clam you were feeding. Then you could place the pipe...

I was planning on getting three 250w MH lights over my 125 long (6ft) tank...one / 2 foot like they suggest.... i'm starting to think that if i have 2 it would be enough. I could put clams in the middle under the most intense parts and still have the sides of my aquarium for my lower light...

Ok, so i think i have a good sump system going, then bam a 15 gallon overflow... so i revamped the system... Now i have a syphon to a 15 gallon sump under the aquarium... then another overflow box to take it to a wet/dry. But now the wet/dry pumps the water out faster than the 15 gallon sump...

I am about to start one with my 125 setup... my question is do you put a sand bottom in the refugium? I have an extra bag of southdown i could use... i have a 4'' dsb now in the actual tank. The refugium will be 15 gallons. I'd like to put some macro algea in it. any suggestions. thanks matt

I am cycling my tank now and i was thinking of getting some more live rock. Since i am cycling i figured i could save a few $ by buying uncured LR. However i can't find any place that sells it. If someone knows where i could buy some please email me at mvogel2@yahoo.com I love this site and...

Ok, so i finally got everything running in m new 125 tank... however my heater has not arrived yet in the mail and my current temp is 75. Is this too cold to start a cycle??? I also added a little piece of live rock to it...i wanted to add more but i was afraid the lower temp would kill a lot...

I wanted to do this, but is there any precautions i need to take to make sure the algea doesn't get sucked into the return pump? Also can i add macro algea to a cycling tank? thanks in advance matt

I've been having some water difficulties that i am now fixing with RO water, but my gorgonian was looking really bad...Then it started peeling, now it looks better than the day i bought it... is this normal or is it just struggling with my poor water quality... i think it'll be ok now that i'm...

Ok so i just got my 125 filled with RO water and i finally get my sump setup, I got a used overhang prefilter with the U tube. Then i cut up my own PVC pipe down so the water would flow directly into my 15 gallon sump. Then i just took a rio 2100 and hooked flexi tube to it as my return...

just wondering if there was anything wrong with coral life salt. Petsmart has a 150 bucket for 43.00 with a t-shirt, oh boy! anyway it's a bit cheaper than IO. anyone have any experiences with coral life salt... i know the company has been around for awhile, just not sure about the salt...

i've heard a lot of good stuff about these guys. I was wondering can they both be in the same tank? I was thinking of gettin one of each in my 125 gal. reef. thanks matt

Just got my order of base rock in, looks great. I did have a question. Should i rinse it off? It has a lot of powdery residue on it. Didn't know if the residue was beneficial. Any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated. thanks matt

thinking about what will go in my 125 gallon tank once it gets cycled... i wanted some schooling fish. So i was thinking about getting something like 5 chromis. I don't want to waste my whole bioload on one type of fish though, i was wondering if these fish produce a lot of waste...is 5 too...

I was wondering if there was another way to buy salt, i am about to fill my 125 and a friend will be filling his 150... we're going to need a lot of salt.... is there another outlet besides the LFS? thanks matt

hi everyone, just wondering what would you put on a 125 gallon reef setup as far as return pumps go? i think i have it narrowed down to the Sedra 12000 and a magdrive #12... do you think i need more water turn over? thanks matt

So i keep trying to use the search option to find out about hqi MH lights and i feel like i'm getting no where. I would just like to know about how much more they cost to buy. How much longer do they last, and if they are easier on the electric bill... i'm putting them on a 4' long 125...

Just wondering if there would be any harm in buying a bigger water pump at a home depot instead of a pump designed for aquarium use... The home depots give me much better circulation for my $ but i didn't know if there was any leaking or exposed metals that could cause problems... any info would...

I'm about to move the 30 lbs of live rock that is in my 30gal. tank into my brand new 125 tank... the problem is i have developed some hair algea on my existing live rock (a bit of red slime too). So i thought that maybe i could put them into a rubbermaid container for a couple of days with a...

yeah, yeah i know everyone is tired of lighting posts, BUT i think i'm ready for the metal halide jump :D so i was thinking of picking up this unit, is it ok? I've been doing some reading, but it's hard to get straight answers from sights that want you to buy their lights. don't want to make...