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I have 14gal Biocube that I setup the other day and I am having trouble keeping the temp. up during the night. I have a 50w finnex titanium heater in the 1st chamber in the back and it is set for 79degrees. During the day with the lights on (3x24w pcs) the temp stays at a constant 78.6...

This is my first venture into the world of nanos. I have the Bio Cube 14 with 3x24w pcs over it. I also upgraded the pump to a mj900 to help with water flow. I replaced the bioballs and rings with live rock and got rid of the spong and filter and replaced it with some filter floss that I will...

I have had large tanks in the past, but due to a few moves and my new location I have not had a tank in almost a year. I am interested in putting together a nano tank in my home office, but I am unsure on what the best options are ( I have seen a lot of Biocubes around my LFS). I am interested...

I just moved into my first house and I want to build an aquarium in the basement that is an overlook tank. I would like to do it out of wood and pond liner, but I am affraid of the wood bowing with all the water in it. I would like to do something around 300 gallons or more. Using concrete or...

I have a 55gallon setup with a customer sump/refug in my basement. The temp has started to climb with the Georgia weather and I was wondering what type and how powerful a chiller I might need? My main problem is going to be when my 2x150w MH and 2x130w PC are on in the middle of the day. The...

First a little back ground. I setup a 55gallon tank 28 days ago it has a customer built Refug/sump, a turboflotor 1000multi protein skimmer, and i have 2x900 maxijets and 2x400 maxijets on a Redsea Wavemaster system. My lighting is 2x150w MH w/2x130w PC Actinics. Now to the problem, about 2...

My new 55g is cycling and everything looks great. My question is I have three powerheads in my tank(also have a return pump), 1200 and 2x900 Maxijets, and I was wondering if I should continue running them all the time or should I invest in a make maker? I have seen the RedSea Wavemaster pro at...

I am setting up a new 55g reef tank and am looking to use a Aquamedic SP3000 Niveaumat top off unit too keep my salinity(specific gravity) at a constant point. What my plan is to have the Aquamedic feeding RO water from a 10g tank to my sump. My main question is could I instead of topping off...

I am setting up a new 55gallon reef tank and I have most of what I need for the new setup, but my one question is which auto topoff I should buy. I am looking at either the JBJ Auto topoff or the Aquamedic SP 3000 Niveaumat (mouth full). The price between the two is not a factor, so I am...

I am steping up in the world from my 20long with 160w of pc over it to a 55g with 2 125w MH and 2 130w pcs. I am wondering about coral placement. I have a pair of black and white clowns and a neon goby, so I was wanting some suggestions about a new tankmate or two for them. I am not sure if I...

I have a 20 long reef that has been up and running for a year as of Feb 1st, but now I am putting together the plans for a 55g. I already have the tank, stand and the equipment. My only concern is with the light system. My new light system will have two 150w mh and 2 130w actinic pc bulbs...

For the past three or four days now my zoos in my 20 long have been closed. The system is a little over a year old and the different zoos have been in there from 8 months ago to 3 months ago. I have two 65w pcs over the tank. the 10k bulb I changed acouple months ago and I changed the actinic...

I have a year old 20 long nano reef. For the past three days very few of my zoos have opened. I have tested the water the past few days and everything is normal (0 nitrates, 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia, pH 8.2, cal 425ppm). I have two 65w PC, 1 10k and 1 50/50. The 10k was replaced about 2months...

I have a 20gallon long that has been up and running since February. Currently the tank has: -clarki clownfish -frogspawn -purple leather finger -many different mushrooms -many different zoos -green open brain -a few different acropora frags I was wanting to put another fish in, but just...

For the past few days my purple leather finger frag has put its polyps out. Nothing new has been added or taken from the tank. All tests came back normal. It is in a 20gallon long tank that has been setup since December and it has been in the tank growing and looking great since February...

I am in the planning stages of setting my 29g back up and I have everything figured out for the refug/sump and plumbing, but I am lost on which lighting I should buy. Is there such thing as too much light? I am looking at a setup with 2x65w Actinics and either one 150w, 175w, or 250w MH. I am...

I have been looking all over the site and have found great ideas and suggestions on what to feed and how to feed a snowflake eel, but everyone has alot larger eel than I do. My girlfriend baught me a small SFE, about 4inches at most the other day. He is the only thing in my 55g except for alot...

Where is the best place to get the super glue gel to help hold down some of my frags I am about to have? Is this something that you have to find at a LFS or online or is it like the regular super glue that you find at a hardware store? That might be a stupid question. Thanks

My main question is do different color ricordias need different amounts of light? I have a 20g long tank that has been setup and running now for over 2 months and I am finally ready to start putting a few things in it. The lighting is 1x65w Actinic bulb, 1x65w 10,000k Day light bulb, and 2x1w...

I got a frag of a leather finger today, about 2inches. I attached it to a small rock and put it in the middle of the tank with medium flow and good light. It was fine at first, but has since laid over. Any suggestions on what to do with it or is this normal? Thanks for all the help yall.