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I have a pesty greenish film growing on the inside glass of my 90 gal. When I use the magnets it disappears in a cloud but reappears a couple days later. What could it be? It's not hairy algae, just a thin film of very small particulates. My parameters are great. My lighting is reduced as well...

My Octo Classic 150 Int skimmer has been working flawlessly for years.... Now the pump is not delivering its expected output. I have twice cleaned the needle-type diffuser inside the pump..... it worked for a while and got weak again. I suspect that the diffuser is heavily coated with debris...

I read somewhere that super glue in gel form would work.... not seen at Home Depot or Lowe's Any ideas? Thanks

I use a turkey baster.... it's slow and time consuming..... would love to hook up a super slow pump on a hose. Cannot siphon.... no gravity.... the tank is on the floor! Thanks

My skimmer is a "classic 150-INT". The clear plastic bottom part is all sealed.... (not clear anymore)..... impossible to clean. I'm afraid the crud is going to stop the mixture air/water? Any tips? Thanks

Hi everyone.... I have a very well established 90 gal with two connecting 20 gl refugiums below.... Going super for ten plus years.... never dose anything..... two four gal RoDi WC per month.... super good Eshopp protein skimmer in tank #2.... question.... I'd like to keep my sand pristine...

I have a great 90 gal plus 2 refugiums.... everything running smooth for ten plus years.... never check anything..... just two four gal WC per month..... some glass cleaning..... some turkey basting blowing on rocks..... excellent mechanical filtration (got rid of cumbersome FLUVALs)...

I used to drip kalkwasser in my 90 gal (20 gal + 20 gal sump and refugium) Too much fuss.... I switched to 2 caps of Purple Up every two weeks..... I don't dose...... the system has been stable on autopilot for 15 years..... Can someone recommend a Calcium additive better that Purple Up? Thanks

Hi everybody, Can I add a medium size angel in my understocked 90 gal? Right now I have live rocks, deep sand bed, lots of soft corals and one medium size yellow tang, one six line wrasse, one coral beauty dwarf angel and six cleaner shrimps.... The tanks has been running for 15 years with two...

Hi everybody.... Trying to find the right flexible tubing connection between my refugium to my DT... the goose neck to the DT has to be open and flowing.... Have tried many combination including heating smaller plastic tubing to try to match... Any suggestion? Thanks

Hello everybody.... still working on my new setup... I currently have a Maxijet 1400 return pump (pumping from 20 gal refugium to 90 gal DT).... I'm adding another 20 gal tank for sump..... I need a bigger return pump to increase the flow. What do you recommend? Thanks

My 90 gal DT flows down to a 20 gal high in which I plan to cultivate microalgae and pods. My skimmer is in that tank..... are the pods going to be trashed by the skimmer?? Thal 20 gal high flows in a 20 gal long with the return pump to the DT.

my would like some green in the 90 gal DT.... would some chaeto be OK if harvested regularly?

trying to convert a 55 gal tank as a refugium for a 90 gal display tank.... Any ideas? Thanks

I had two successive Red Sea Prizm protein skimmers..... need an upgrade... any recommendation for my 90 gal tank.... something simple and not too bulky to hang on. Thanks

Just got a 2" blue hippo tang for my well established 90 gal display tank with refugium. Good parameters all over. I drip acclimated the new fish OK..... He has been very shy since his introduction to his new environment five days ago. He's swimming very little mainly at to bottom of caves in...

I had bubble algae a few years ago in my 90 gal tank..... they disappeared for a couple a years..... They are back..... My water parameters are great..... RODI water, refugium, protein skimmer, etc.... Why do they come back??? Do they have some kind of cycle? Thanks

My phosphate is zero in my 90 gal (live rocks, soft corals) with refugium..... I have to plucked often small clumps-bushes of stiff green algae (not the filamentous kind) Why is that green algae coming back? Am I missing something? All parameters are perfect. Thanks

I'm lost searching the web...... Can anybody can recommend a good replacement? Thanks.

Hi, I'd like to replace my HO T5 with LED's I'm lost when trying to understand what's on the market.... Can anybody recommend a good-simple-to-use unit? My tank is 90 gal. Happy fish and happy simple corals..... Just needing a simple good lighting.... Thanks