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your socks should be installed in such a way they can overflow and they'll never cause any sort of back pressure on the drain from the tank, if you don't clean them at least every other day the trapped detritus in them will be quickly broke down in the high O2 environment and you'll get elevated...

Clarkii's are very passive, they'd rather go the other way then be confrontational. i started off with my pair of Clarkii in my 180g in their Haddoni and my female Maroon 6' away in her Sebae nem, the Maroon decided she liked the Haddoni better so the Clarkii gave it up without a scuffle, most...

my female Tomato stands up for what's hers, my Purple tang nor my Maroon clown dare to challenge her.

only got the one Ca kit, and as you know i have to use reagent out of my Sr kit for it, so how about 25 lbs or rock and you keep the PO4 kit?

I'll give you 10 lbs of live rock and a used up Salifert PO4 test kit for it????

Tried to sell off all my 250w MH stuff on another board and only had a few takers.....here's what's left if you're interested. 1 used but in great shape and working order ARO electronic ballast (3ys old, used 6hrs/day for 14 months) I've got several CoralVue bulbs (listed below) that i was less...

good bad or indifferent to the model number, i picked up another tank tonight so I'm just gonna keep the skimmer, thanks to any who showed interest.

It's an EV-150, it is the 'New Style' though. they made all 4 (120, 150, 180 and 400) in this style. kc

I recently traded off my 120g tank and this EV-150 takes up a bit to much room in the stand of the 75g setup I had it on. It was intended for a pump such as a Mag 7, I've ran it with that, a Mag 9 and an Iwaki 40RT (Japan Pressure pump). $325 w/ your choice of the Mag 7/9 .......or with the...

one almost always, well always, ends up performing when then other just sits ideally by not doing anything, I've tried it with several over the yrs all with the same outcome. the second does help with gas exchange though. kc

you've got test kit or test person problems. IF the NO3 was at 40 and you did a 20% water change (and that water had 0 NO3), they were then at 32 NOT at 0 kc

agreed with the T5 suggestions, a 4x54w T5 setup with individual reflectors will be sufficient light for anything you'd ever want to keep in a 55, and even more so if used on an IceCap 660 ballast. kc

IME clarki and percs aren't as aggressive as some of the others like the tomato and especially the maroons. I've kept perks and clarkis together in a 29g for several yrs with no trouble, I've got a breeding pair or clarkis in my 180g currently along with a 5" female tomato who get along great...

Originally Posted by Shrimpi the only way I know of flatworms being 'bad' is that when they infest your tank, they literally 'cover' up the corals because there are so many of them and the corals suffer from decreased light and feeding. They suffocate your tank basically. some flatworms eat...

I've had a couple of the blues and all of them were a PITA to keep confined, they'll find a way to get out of the tank and will even climb out into air and on the floor, you also have to keep screens over all plumbing even returns as they'll climb inside and off to the pump they'll go. the only...

one of my first fish ever was a yellow tang, got it in the mid 70s and it died in 2005, during its last 2 yrs of life it was completely white. I've had several tangs that lived close to and over 20 yrs and all fade in color a few yrs before dieing. kc

the only way they over run a tank is when the tank has excessive amounts of food for them. naturally the coral eating type you don't want to keep providing with corals to eat, but the other harmless type their population is self regulating by the amount of excessive nutrients you add to the...

back in the days allot of distilleries used copper pots and collectors for the distillation process, now a days it's mostly stainless steel so it's acceptable to use it. kc

some are, some aren't, what type do you have or do you have a pic? kc

I've used lava rock in several tanks it does not float. the problem with it is allot of 'new' lava has allot of unwanted elements in the rock that you do not want in your system. once it's been in a system and has become covered in coralline algae it's hard to tell from CaCO3 rock other then...