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Barry, I thought I should test for copper because I already filled my tank with tap water (per the strong advice given by the guy at my lfs). I was prepared to use RO/DI water and he told me not to bother that it was a waste of money in this area because the water here (supposedly) doesn't need...

Hi again, Here's an update, 48 hrs after adding 1/4 of a raw scallop to my tank (about the same amount of meat as a coctail shrimp). After 24 hrs, I measured ammonia (only). It had come up slightly and I estimated the value to be ~.1 based on the color. After 48 hrs, I measured again and got...

"First get a GFI outlet for the outlets that will service the tank." Sorry...what does "GFI" mean?

Hi! I could use help in designing/sizing my sump/refugium system.I've been reading some archived plumbing threads, and I see that design decisions should be based on many factors such as overall goal of the sump system, size of main tank, intended inhabitants of the main tank (which determines...

Thanks everybody for your help. Next steps: test for copper, test the cycling with raw seafood. I'll post back with how it went.

Ok, so based on what everyone's said I think I should do a copper test of my aquarium before introducing anything into it. Is there any reason not to add a phosphate remover at this point? Can I hurt anything if by doing this if there are no actual phosphates in the water? Should I do a 20%...

Thanks for the welcome and feedback. About the tap water...I followed the lfs guy's advice because I'm ignorant/dependent at this point. I live in the Seattle area and he said our tap water is so clean here that people don't need to worry about using it. You may be right, though. To answer...

Hi all, I'm new here and I have a one-week old marine tank, 40 gallons with 40 lbs of live cured Figi-type rock (allegedly cured, anyway). One of these rocks came with some pink lichen-like stuff on it, the size of a silver dollar, and several reddish-brown, palm-tree looking plants on it...