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Originally Posted by jhawk Need help finding something to buff out a old tank.I seen somebody on here talking about a few different types of buffers to use but can't seem to find any.The tank was free don't mind spend alittle on it.It's a 65 gallon tank with lights,stand and top. Used it on my...

Originally Posted by Kari Maureen This is going to sound probably SO stupid... (I'm having so many problems with this tank, I'm ready to giveeeee uppppppp ) I finally have 50/50 lighting for my tank... Well now when I shut it off for a while (Because the lfs told me not to leave it on over 10...

Originally Posted by jocomaster My Flame Angel arrived yesterday from SWF.com, unfortunately it is not eating, tried seaweed, brine shrimp, mysis, pellet aswell as flakes, the other tankmates seem to be eating all the food! Should I just wait and see for few more days? Tankmates 2 False Percs 1...

Originally Posted by KerriAnn Alright so we have a 75gal tank that has been cycling with the live rock/sand for about 10 days and I'm wondering if we'd be ok to start adding a clean up crew. Everything's tested well and we haven't noticed any major spikes - all the params are right on the ball...

Exactly what does this mean and how will I know when my tank is "established"? I started mine 11/06. TIA

Originally Posted by reef46 I've tried everything from krill to silversides, shrimp, squid, and even ghost shrimp. He just all of a sudden stopped eating. I just went through a move and I know I stressed him alittle. How long can he survive without food? It's been about 2 weeks since he has...

Originally Posted by butters i think its 60x18x24 high got my sweet set up at ***.com and I couldn't be happier

Originally Posted by Big Pat I already use garlic guard and I sit a few feet back after placing food in the tank. He still doesn't come out and eat very much. Yes, there are 5 tankmates. What are his other tank mates? This could be a territorial issue perhaps, and afraid to come out.

Originally Posted by florida joe acrylic may be hard to tap for the screws i would go the wood way and you want to we able to remove the retrofit if you have to so i would not clue it to the blocks Yes I forgot to point this out. In my canopy, the reflector is screwed to the acrylic...

Originally Posted by florida joe Can you send a pic of your canopy with out seeing it hard to tell but a guess would be since you need to keep the reflector off the canopy with some kind of spacer I would go to my local home depot and see if they have an adhesive for wood to acrylic I am sure...

Could it be bubbles from you skimmer that are being sent back up to the tank? Mine was doing that, so I "slowed" down my skimmer.

Originally Posted by rudedog40 Just don't make the mistake I made and get a good selection of inverts in your tank, then put a fish in that loves to eat them (puffers, wrasees, etc.). Don't mean to HJ, but will a linckia starfish be okay to add in the presence of a puffer and a GB Wrasse as you...

Originally Posted by zman1 Drill a hole in the return for a siphon break https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/201581/my-return-pipe#post_1520196 Thanks!

So I got my tank up and running finally. I have a 130 gal acrylic with a built-in overflow and a predrilled drain and two predrilled returns at the bottom of the tank's overflow box. The drain has a Durso pipe. When I shut down the wet dry to simulate a power outage, the 2 returns will act...

Originally Posted by lanna2213 If I try to force feed him won't he puff up . Don't want him to be more stressed out then he is . But it would make me very happy even if he took one bite . Eventually he'll eat and boy will he eat. As suggested, try raw shrimp WITH the skin...

Originally Posted by sweetpea1286 Thanks :) I have about 100lbs of LR in the tank now, but it is all in the back and is VERY open in the front. I don't want to take anything out until I can be sure there is anything alive, stuck to, or in them)The tank has been up and running for about 5-6 hours...

Originally Posted by Lambeaudog Thanks to all. Parameters are: Nitrates 80ppm Nitrites 0 ppm Alkalinity 300 ppm PH 7.8 Also I forgot to add that my salinity dipped to 1.019 at the start of this, but I did a water change (with tap water) and got the salinity back to 1.022. The nitrate level...

Originally Posted by jpc763 I am confused! I am too...I thought doing a water change BEFORE ammonia and nitrites are at zero could potentially cause another cycle or lengthen the current cycle.

Originally Posted by lovecraft Thanks for your help, I've been on about every site I could google. I can at least replace with cheaper standard bulbs pretty easy. Much harder to find the "nifty" stuff. Pm sent. Hope it helps.

Originally Posted by SCSInet Well a 1.5" drain can handle 2000gph easily, so you can run two pumps at 850 gph each with no problem, one on each return. Thanks SCSI!