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I just got my new Turboflotor 1000 in the mail. It is an in-sump skimmer. The problem is that the base of the thing is made of hollow plastic, and is very buoyant. It is so buoyant that it cannot stand inside water without the base floating upwards and knocking the thing over. The...

I just ordered a wavemaker for my 90 gal reef tank. It makes waves by turning up to 4 different powerheads on and off in certain intervals. I am only going to use 3 powerheads in 3 corners of my tank, and I was wondering what size powerheads you guys would recommend? Also what brands, as I...

Does a calcium reactor calcify water from the tank and put it back in, or does it require an outside source of water to add to the tank?

I have a total of 4 fish, 2 clowns and a dottyback and another that isnt dying. Last week one clown started hanging out in the bottom corner of the tank, unusual cause the clowns almost always swim together. I thought since clowns mate in captivity maybe it was guarding eggs. Then the other...

Yeah HPS does suck. What I mean is are the Metal Halide conversion bulbs as good as normal Metal Halide bulbs? The conversion bulbs are MH's that fit into a HPS ballast.

I am about to aquire 3 1000w ballasts for almost nothing. I was going to use 2 of them on a 220 gal display reef tank. Before I set them up I have some questions: 1) The guy who confiscated them from a pot grower doesn't know if they are metal halide or if they are HPS ballasts. If they turn...

I am going to top off my reef tank with a Seachem Reef Builder mix of RO/DI water on every other week, and then Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium RO/DI water on the other weeks. Should I mix the powders in the RO/DI water just before I top-off, or should I mix them in at the beginning of the...

I could use some help identifying some coral if anyone can spare a minute! The link below goes to a geocities page I put up to hold the pictures. Sorry about the little ad to the top right of the page. http://www.geocities.com/fdr508r4d/unid.html I dont have to have scientific names, just...