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Hey guys, I have a question I hope you guys can help me with. Currently water flows from my tank to my sump on the bottom through an overflow system. The water is returned back to my tank via a RIO pump. When there is a power outage, water will be sucked back down through the tubing and back...

My hagen test kit is a little over a year old. When I first got it, it worked and the measurement work correct. My ph, nitrate, calcium, and ammonia looked good. I'll get a new test kit like you suggested, and see what happens. Plus, I'll do a water change. thanks, Mike N.

Hi everybody, As you can see I am asking a lot of questions lately. I've had my reef tank over a year now and have been really lazy and now it's starting to catch up to me. But I'm going to change that, I'm going to be a responsible reef tank owner. :) So here is my next question: I just did a...

thanks mnreefman --

Ok.. I think I will get myself Sea Chem Reef Complete: this product has calcium, magnesium and strontium. I will also get SeaChem Iodide.. Is this good enough: All I have for corals are some mushrooms daisy coral star polyp.. Please let me know what you think.. thanks again. Mike

What are the life span of Metal Halides and Flourescents. When do you need to change them out. I guess they are not like your household light bulbs that only need changing when they burn out. 2X175 watts Venturi 1X 10,000k Coral Sun 1X Actnic Coral Sun Any advice? thanks Mike

WebCam sounds good, yahoo webcam seems pretty easy to setup. I had a power outage about a month ago, and when everything powered back on the pump that flow from the sump to the chiller didn't start up. (Rio pumps suck) or maybe I just have a bad batch. Anyways, I came home from work with a...

Sorry about the lighting, I kinda misrepresented it. I am running Coral Sun 10,000k abd Coral Sun Actnic. I run them an 8 hours a day. I also run my Metal Halides for about 6 hours a day. So those two flourescents come on an hour before the metal halides and one hour after. Also, water changes...

Thanks Kipass.... you saved me a lot of time.... :)

Thanks Kipass.... you saved me a lot of time.... :)

Think I need to do some more research: calcium is for live rock/ coraline algae growth Iodine: Is food for the mushrooms Strontium: what is this for? Magnesium: what is this for? Plankton: what is this for? Might be silly questions, but I am still a beginner.

My tanks has been setup a little over a year. :) --Mike

NM Reef: 100 gallon plexi-glass 75 lbs of live rock 2X metal Halides 175Watt 1 day flourescent 1 night flourescent Overflow sump and retun pump Aqua-C 150 protein skimmer 2 powerhead for water flow Chiller to keep my temp at 76 Inhabitants Clean up crew ( scarlet, bluelegs, emerald crab) 2...

On the Move, I'll never buy another anemone for as long as I live. Sure they look very nice, but when you are not looking they move. Sometimes into a powerhead and sometime into the overflow system. My experience, They don't last. by the way I am a beginner. :) Mike

Hello everybody, Like usual, I'm unprepared. Alsways buy stuff first, believe what the LFS tells me, and when things go wrong.....do some research on the internet. And of course, ask the people on this message board. So it started with my mushrooms getting smaller and smaller until they are all...

Hey Phil, I wish I had your problem.. :) I wish I had extra coraline algae growth

Thanks for the advice everyone, but I'm interested in finding out: what are coraline chips? Is it a correct guess to assume that it's bits and particles of live rock? --Mike And by the way why am I a pepperment shrimp all the time?

Hi everyone, I've had my tank for about a year now. I hardly see any coraline algae growth. I've been trying everything that my LFS has recommended, so I decided to forget what the LFS had to say and do my own research. I was wondering if anyone out there had there own recipe on how to grow...

76-78 degree ...2 degree diff on the chiller.. tanks seems much happier that way. :)

I have a Custom Sea Life 1/4 HP. The inlet/outlet is 1". My pump that I am planning to use is a RIO which is 5/8" So I need a converter with a Male 1" on one side and the other side 5/8 so I can use for my pump. Any suggestions anybody?