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  1. buffalobil

    Best location For Powerheads

    I have two Koralia 3 both in the back corners of the tank facing Diagnolly. I seem to be getting alot of deadspots in the front. (Cyano) I just saw a picture of someone with 90 similiar to mine having two Koralia in the back facing the front. Any suggestions on where I should put them. I...
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    Safety,ElectricBill, Budget

    Hi guys, I'm confused on whether I should go Metal Halide or T5. My concerns are Fire happening. I have 10 month old so that would be mine and I"m sure all of our worst nightmare. I have the tank in my dining Room and that room is pretty big and last year I had AC on but still got up to Mid...
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    T5 Retro kit for 90gall

    What do the dimensions have to be of the canopy for a nice T5 Tek light or Aquatinics? In the market for a canopy and want to make sure the one I want to buy will work. Thanks Buffalobil
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    RODI Question

    I have an RODI unit that I have never set up. I'm waiting for the attachment for the sink. However, not sure which filters go in what chambers. Below is a picture of the unit. I can't figure out how to open up the top white chambers which I believe is the DI part. The person who sold me the...
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    Shipping Frags

    I was wondering what is the best way to ship a frag. Or am I best to go through my local fish store. Just Curious. I live in Boston and this person lives in Michigan? what do you think? Worth the risk or NO?.Any advice would be appreciated. Kevin
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    Huge water change Question?

    The LFS told me I need to do a huge water change. I have a 90 gallon tank and wants me to do a 25 gallon water change because my phosphates are at 2.0. The problem I have is when I do a 5-10 gallon water change my sump always gets to low and the motor starts going crazy. Then I have to rush...
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    Skimmer troubles not sure if working properly

    I have one of those Bak pak 2R+ and not sure if it's working properly. I see the bubbles in the chamber but the cup doesn't seem to be getting filled. I recently moved it from one side of the tank to the other. Now it's near the return from the sump is this the problem. I aimed the return away...
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    chocolate chip starfish

    I might be getting some purple mushroom polyps and wondering if they would be okay with CC. I feed the CC two to three times a week pieces of KRILL. I don't have any other corals what do you think? :help:
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    live rock/Feather duster help

    I got the live rock and the feather duster back in September from a previous owner. Now the last couple weeks I've noticed the feather duster not coming out as much and noticed the live rock is half coraline and now half like a greyish color right around where the feather duster was. It's like...
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    Sleeper Goby looks MAlNOURISHED

    I need some suggestions. I have had this fish for about 1 month 1/2. This fish seemed fine for the past month but now I noticed him today and it looks like he's losing skin and he's becoming real skinny. He moved homes recently and now he doesn't seem to be coming out as much. I have a...
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    Help want to add salt without water

    :help: :help: My salt has been at 1.018 and I just did a water change. I want to add more salt without adding anymore water. reason being my sump is at the max. Should I wait for water to evaporate and do it during my top off. Or is this something to worry about I have a ton of invertebrates...
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    Please Quiet my overflow

    I just hooked up my u.v. in my sump with a maxijet 900. Now I have two pumps in my sump hey it rhymes. a lot of water is dropping down into the overflow and being loud. The overflow only got about inch or two of water and the water overflowing is a good amount and dropping about a good foot...
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    stupid question about u.v coral twist turbo

    I'm setting up my u.v. sterilizer on the side of my tank with a powerhead as the pump. I understand how the pump sends the water to the u.v. then from the u.v. not sure how the tubing should go. Whether the tubing needs to have suction cups or what so that water doesn't spray everywhere any...
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    Uv sterilizer help

    I just got my u.v sterilizer. It a turbo twist 9w so I'm not to sure how to go about setting it up. I have 25gal sump underneath and my tank is 90 gallon. My skimmer is a hang on so I have that on the back of the tank which takes good chunk of space. If anyone has any suggestions or pictures of...
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    stray voltage...................

    I screwed the metal ground piece into the outlet and bought multimeter digital one. I also found that the heater in my sump had water in it and when I tried to break off the suction cups from the heater it caused a hole. I guess the heater was pretty old and corroded. Do you think that the...
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    Hlle/not sure what's causing it.

    I have had my tank up for five months. I lost a Koran Angel to Hlle. I recently lost a yellow tang and now my coral beuty has it. The first two I kept them on a brine shrimp diet which I know could have been the reason they died. But I also think I might have a problem stray voltage. My...
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    sick Hippo

    Okay, heres my situation my Hippo been in qt tank for about two weeks. I noticed it had ick and I'm using maradel copper and hypo. I have the salanity to 1.013 and the guy at the local fish store said my water tested good and the tank is still showing it has copper in it. Unfortunately it...
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