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Should all topoff water be lime water? I'm considering dripping kalk and i'm unclear as how to determine how much to drip. Do you first have to determine your calcium/carbonate consumption rate? Can it be overdosed? I tend to add about 2 gallons of water a day to my sump. Should all of...

It looks like my longspine urchin got stuck between the glass and a rock in my tank. Just about all of his spines have broken down to about a 1" length. Is this bad? He still has all of his spines, but they're just short. Jim

Why is a tri-color acro called that? I just purchased a light colored one with neon green tips, i'll post a pic when i get home. Are there all different colors of this kind of acro? I've seen purple, blue, white. And what is the 'tri' in 'tricolor' referring to? thanks Jim

The new 120, upgraded from a 55

I'm in the process of moving everything from my 55 to a 120 thats in a different house 14 miles away. I currently have the new 120 up and running with the correct salinity and temperature. Yesterday I moved 50# of my live rock to the new tank in addition to the 60# of base rock that's already...

I just ran all of the plumbing for my 120 and filled it. The return pipes in the sump either splash like crazy if they are above water or they sound like a hot tub if they're placed underwater. How do you handle the water returning to the sump. Should it be run through a filter sock? Thanks Jim

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adhesive recommendations? This is for my sump/refugium. I'm gluing acrylic/plexiglass baffles to the 20 G long. Jim

I'm going to set up my lights using X10 and was just wondering if anyone has any opinions on it. All of the equipment will be able to be reused if i ever upgrade to a neptune system controller, so i think that's a positive. Jim

Has anyone set up a switching panel so equipment can easily be turned on and off? switches for fans, lights, pumps.... I think i saw a tank somewhere that had an American DJ switching relay board. I'm planning on running a 20A dedicated line to the stand and then branching the power there to 6...

I'm setting up a sump/fuge under my RR AGA 120. Does anyone have a recommendation for size? I know the bigger the better, but easy access is a good thing too. Thanks Jim

I set up a trap last night. But instead of the mantis, I caught just about everything else.

I'm going to get a 250W halide system. Would it be better to get a dual 250W HQI PFO ballast or two IceCap 250 W Metal Halide Ballast ? is it better to have one over the other? Could an icecap ballast be used with a PFO HQI 250 W Mini Pendant? Would i need a PFO / IceCap Converter Plug? Thanks Jim

In my 55 i'm currently running a AquaC Remora, but I'm upgrading to a 120 shortly. Can I continue running the Remora, or will it not be enough? Thanks Jim

has anyone used this pump? I found two differnt names for it. Poseidon PS4 or Velocity Titanium Water Pump - T4 They look like the exact same pump. Are there any positives/negatives? Thanks Jim

In 5 weeks I'm moving into a new house that's about twice the size of my current house, so I decided that I should upgrade the fish house as well. I can't be stingy. :) The old tank is a 55 and the new one is a 120. I don't have to be out of my current house immediately. So I might have a...

I know that in a tank you should have about 10X turnover. But how much of that should be going through the sump as opposed to powerhead water flow? I'm getting an equipment list together for my new 120 and i'm stuck on which pump to purchase. It has to be quiet, doesn't have to be...

I currently have a 55 gallon tank and i'm upgrading to a 120 with a 25 gallon sump in the next month and a half. I currently have the following: 2 false percs 1 yellow tang 3 green chromis 1 sixline wrasse 1 flame angel any ideas for additions? I'd like to add: (some, not all) blue tang...

I need some Feedback on the lighting setup that i have planned on my 55 to 120 upgrade. I currently have 2x96 PC on my 55 that i would like to resuse. The rest will be new. 2 X 250 watt DE HQI 14,000K hamilton run off a dual PFO HQI ballast. Should I supplement actinic PC? If so, can...

I picked up a cheap frag over the weekend of what looks like a form of green star polyp. It has the same purple base except the green portion is feathery instead of the smooth 8 points, almost like a xenia. It has not completely opened up yet so I can't get a pic. Thanks Jim