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I have heard conflicting info on the feeding of echinos. I have read both yes they need to eat, and no, they don't. Some describe long sweeper/feeders that the coral will send out at night, but mine does not do this. Even looked one night when I was up at 3am, and no tenticles were out...

Saw this and was wondering if it might be worth a try before I have to tear apart my tank to remove my fish to QT: No-ICH Marine Scientifically formulated Reef-Safe water treatment for Cryptocaryon irritans (marine “white spot”) and Ichthyopthirius multifiliis (freshwater ich). Engineered to...

I have 2 48" T5 fixtures over my 240 gallon (may be 250 gallons, but whose counting). Each fixture mounts 8 54 watt T5 bulbs. They came with 4 10,000k bulbs and 4 460nm actinics in each unit. I am considering trading out 2 of the 10k's in each unit for 14k bulbs to improve the lighting...

Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to put it where it would be seen. I just noticed on the bottom of the forums main page it shows todays birthdays for the forum members. And their age Kind of funny to me. I wonder who else never noticed this?

I ordered some zoo frags that will arrive tomorrow. I have some that I was given, and they are doing ok, but I'm looking for advice on how to handle the new ones better. The ones I have I just mounted the plugs to rocks where I wanted them to grow. They are doing well, but since then I have...

I have several Monti Cap frags coming this week. These will be my first attempts at keeping hard corals. While I have done some research, I would like to get some opinions on where to place them in my tank. Here are some specifics on the tank: 240 gallon with ReefloDart on closed loop...

So I found the answer to my problem from my earlier thread. My Diamond Gobies are stirring up enought fine sand to cloud my water noticably. I have mostly SeaFlor substrate, but did add 60Lbs of live sand to the tank at start up, and it seems that the sand is whays being stirred up. Is there...

Hello. I've been having an issue with my water becoming cloudy. The water itself is clear, but there are a lot of very fine suspended particles. The wierd part is that my lights make it worse. In the morning the water will be fairly clear, then during the day, as the lights are on, more and...

Looking for input. I have the 240 up and running well. So far the fish list is: Yellow Tang Powder Brown Tang Flame Angel Two Diamond Gobies Rainfordi Gobi Ocelaris Clown I would like to add to the fish population, while also adding to the color scheme. So I'm trying to come up with some good...

So I just got one of these for my 240 gal set-up. The instructions are just a line drawing that says "assemble as pictured' with no directions. The on-lime 'manual' is of little use also. This is my first calcium reactor, and I really don't have the ability to figure this one out on my own...

I see many recommend Chaeto over Caulerpa due to the tendancy for Caulerpa to go 'sexual'. First, what exactly does going sexual mean for Caulerpa? (I know what it means for me ) Second, elsewhere it was said that Chaeto is not as good an exporter of nitrates as Caulerpa. Is this correct...

OK, I haven't added and fish to my existing tank in years, and when I did, I only drip acclimated them, no QT ot Dip. Obviously those fish are ok, since I haven't had to replace them, but I want to improve my practices as I graduate to my bigger tank. Questions: If only doing a dip, that would...

Hi. I just finished setting up the 240. I am new to larger tanks and overflows. when I first set it up, it was VERY loud. So I set up a regular standpipe, i.e., just a length of PVC to raise the water level up closer to the tank inflow level. That reduced the noise by a lot, but it is still...

Is thee a 'best way' to place and arrainge live rock? Typically I see these walls of rock sloped towards the back of the tank. However, in doing my research for setting up my 240, I read that it may be better to leave room behind the rock for circulation and any clean-up that may be rquired...

Just started cycling my 240 gallon tank. I have never done an aquarium this large. My thought is to have a light to moderate bio-load, i.e., fish, with a lot of inverts (thinking of basic stuff, zoos, mushrooms, etc. for now). So far my fish 'want' list is: Royal Gramma(s) Longnose Butterfly...

I started filling my 240 with water, so far so good, but ran out of RO/DI water before I hit the closed loop, so that will be tested tommorrow. Anyway, my question is, with 2 overflows can I have two separate sumps? Will having separate returns be a potential cause for an overflow issue...

I am setting up a 250 gal acrylic tank. It is about 3 years old, and the seller told me it did not leak. However, I am wondering if it might be a good idea to re-weld the seams, just to be safe. Is this a good idea, and if so, how do I do it? I have some acrylic weld, but was wondering about...

So I'm setting up my first real full-feature tank. I had smaller systems without refugiums and all the plumbing that goes with them. Now I jumped up to a 250 gallon system with a closed loop and 2 overflows. Which is better for the plumbing, PVC or Vinyl tubing? I see a lot of systems...

Hi, and thanks in advance I am moving up from a 40gal FOWLR set-up to a 250 gallon tank that I am configuring now. I have a Dart pump for the closed loop, rated at 3,600 gph. I will also have 2 overflow returns that I am probably going to run to 2 separate refugiums. These will be given...

Hi. I took the plunge into the deep end and bought a 250 gal acrylic tank that I am now setting up. It was a used system, and I am working out how to reconnect the closed-loop water pump. The pump has PVC pipes still attached, which I would like to replace. Is there an easy way to remove them...