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  1. paco83

    Makeshift protein skimmer?

    I have 2 of the penguin bio-wheel mini's on my 15 gallon nano tank. I would like to add the functionality of a protein skimmer to my setup but i don't really wanna drop too much money on it. Would buying an air pump, splitter 2 air blocks, and placing the airblocks at the bottom of the filters...
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    cleaning a tank

    I'll be moving tank soon, so i'll have to empty it out, and i wanna give it a good cleaning before refilling it. Whats a good way to get rid of the correline algae that i have on the glass, and some of the salt stains both on the glass and the plastic?
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    Brown murky water

    Hello all. I have a 15 gallon tank, with about 5 lbs of live rock in it. I also have 2 penguin mini biowheel filters, and a powersweep powerhead with the aeration hooked up to it. Right now i only have 1 damsel in it. about 2 months ago my water became very murky and brown. i have tried several...
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    Couple Questions about my nano

    I have a 15 gallon nano tank setup thats been running for about 2 months now, 1 month with fish(1 clown, 2 small damsels). All seems well with everything but a couple questions about the algae. After about only a week, the sand i used as a substrate (not live sand) has a brown layer of what i...
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    10 Gal nano tank

    I'm planning on starting a 10 gallon saltwater tank. It will have fish, and about 20 pounds of live rock, I may decide to add coral later. Someone told me that i should try to have balanced water flow on both sides of the tank ie small filters on each side, and sweeping powerhead in the middle...
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