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Hey everyone, I just bought a Urchin Skimmer w/ Maxi Jet 1200 pump. On the site it clearly says that the footprint required for the Urchin is 6"x3". My sump measures 7"x7" with a Rio 2500 pump inside. I measure, and realized that the Urchin would juust fit. I got it today and realized that...

Hey everyone, I've decided to hold out out on buying my first nice fish (flame angel) because I want to setup a skimmer in my tank and learn a few more things. Im going to be making an order for my skimmer soon but I also want to get some Vitamin and tank supplements along with it. What are...

Hey, just wanted to know of a good submersible return pump for my friend's 100 gallon tank. ViaAqua? Rio? ViaAqua is out of stock at the place we want to buy so we're looking for alternatives. It's just gonna sit in the sump, basic setup, nothing special. Just something that's reliable. Thx...

After doing this water change im my tank (first in a year). Im wondering if I was better off just leaving the tank the way it was. I did the change on Sunday, and my tank is cloudier, the feather dusters and what not are all or gone. Im wondering...with a wet/dry, 55 lbs of live rock, DSB and...

The purple is slowly turning to green on my live rock. All my levels are good. What is going on?

Hey everyone, I haven't been on these boards in over a year...anyways..I setup my 65 gallon tank August 2002. I initially bought a six line, two clownfish, and a royal gramma, all from ***********.com. I also had a clean-up crew and 50 lbs of live rock too. The royal gramma never seemed...

Hey everyone, I added my clean-up crew about two weeks ago. The kit included 12 scarlet reefs, so far I believe that six or seven have died. My snails and dwarf hermits are doing fine. I found the scarlets out of their shells and hacked up. Are the other scarlet reefs killing them to get...

Hey everyone, I finally got my digi cam and I just started taking pictures of my tank (please excuse the poor quality of shooting). The tank just has live rock/sand/ and a clean-up crew. Two days ago my rock was heavily covered in algae, but the clean-up crew seemed to take care of that. I...

I asked ***********.com about my algae problem and they said that I should have been doing 25% water changes regularly while my live rock was cycling my tank. Is this correct? They said that it may be the cause of the algae bloom. Also, when should I do a water change in my tank? The tank has...

Hey everyone, It seems that my algae is going to start to be uncontrollable. My rock used to be a nice purple in color, but now the coraline is fading and the rock is looking more brown in color. I think im also getting small amounts of hair and bubble algae on some portions of the rock...

Hey everyone, my tank is doing very well now, progressing nicely. The tank has been setup for 3 weeks now, 2 weeks with live rock/live sand. The cycle has already finished, water parameters are near perfect. I want to add a clean up crew and 4 fish. Im going to order from an online retailer...

Hey everyone, my tank has been setup for 2 weeks now. Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 10-15 My salinity seems a bit high, I filled my entire tank with salwater from the LFS which I believe is just filtered/purified seawater. The salinity is at 1.025-1.026. Is this too high? I was also...

Hello everyone, my tank was setup last Wednesday, 53 lbs live rock/ 145 live sand (100lbs Nature's Ocean/ 45lbs live sand). The tank has already gone through a cycle. Here are the tank conditions: Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 15 SG - 1.024 pH - 8.3 Diatom algae is COVERING all of my live...

Hey everyone, I added 53 lbs of live rock and I have a 4" DSB w/ 45 lbs of live sand from this site, the other 100 lbs are Nature's Ocean Live Sand. I saw my ammonia peak on Thursday/Friday, it dropped to zero on Sunday, my nitrite peaked on Sunday, and now is at zero. Does this mean my cycle...

Hey everyone, I added live rock and live sand in my tank about a week ago, the ammonia levels dropped on Sunday and now the nitrites are very high. On Sunday I also saw a diatom bloom, which now covers about half of the sand and on the acrylic of the lower 1/8 of the tank. Today I noticed...

Hey everyone, I've been looking at some member webpages and I'm seeing that maybe 45 lbs of live rock will look VERY sparse in my tank. I have no intention of going reef, just fish only. Will 45lbs be good enough or will I need more? Also, when I get my live rock should I leave the lights on...

Hey everyone, I have an IceCap 430 electronic ballast with 2 48" 110 Watt VHO bulbs. When we were running 48" NO bulbs there was a problem with the lights in that they wouldn't stay on longer than 1-2 minutes. After 1-2 minutes the tank lights would just shut off. I thought maybe the problem...

Hey everyone, my 65 gallon is ready to be filled with water, however I've heard numerous things about how bad tap water can be for an aquarium. I don't have a RO unit so I was wondering how exactly I could fill my tank up? Thanks. MakoFury

Hey everyone, I want to have a DSB. I have a 65 gallon tank and I already have 60 lbs of base sand. I am thinking of puying 40 lbs of that pure aragonite caribbean sand for the second layer and then eventually buying live sand from this site when my tank is ready. DOes this sound right? I...

Hey everyone, im going for live rock/live sand setup. So I think I should turn my wet/dry into just a sump, taking out the BioBale. Is this correct? I also want to add a protein skimmer. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! MakoFury