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Hey everyone I currently am setting up a 150 reef and am shopping around for a quality return pump and skimmer. It's still up in the air whether I wanna go in sump or out of the sump. Any suggestions on a good skimmer and pump? As of now I'm looking at possibly an mrc or asm skimmer . Thanks...

Been feeding them a mix of shrimp and plankton that's marinated in garlic. Might take her by the LFS to see if they can tell me what's wrong with her!

Hey all I was wondering if anyone could assist me on this. I have a 40 gallon reef tank that has been up and established for 2 years. The tank's only fish occupants are a pair of maroon clowns....a male and female. Over the past month, the female clown has started to act very odd and it seems...

Hey all my nitrates are still very high....like 100-150. I am doing water changes to get it down so hopefully sometime soon it will be back to the normal level. I was going to go purchase a clean up crew today from the LFS, but now that the nitrates are high, I am hesitant. Was basically...

Hey all I currently have a Canon powershot and was looking to trade it in for something not as bulky. I have narrowed my choices down to the Sony DSC-T7 and the Canon Elf (can't remember model number). The only real negative I heard about the Sony was the battery life which can be under an hour...

Hey all I am looking for a skimmer for my 120 gallon. I was wondering if the Aqua 180ev is a quality skimmer and what pumps it would do well with. Any info will greatly be appreciated!!

Ok cool. I was freaking out for a little.

Hey all I just got my Milwaukee TDS meter and am running around the house messing around with it. It appears to be already calibrated for me as it came with a piece of paper attached stating it was calibrated to 800ppm. So I go and dip the meter into my RO/DI water and it reads 0...cool! I...

Hey all I received my MR-2 skimmer a couple of days ago and am now looking into some pumps. Seems that I will be needing a pump to shoot water into the skimmer and of course, a return pump. I plan on having my skimmer inside my sump as some people have told me it works better in sump. On the...

Thanks for the reply!! Will I also need a pump to shoot the water into the skimmer? If so, what are some suggestions??

Hey all I just received my MR2 protein skimmer which I plan on using on my 140 gallon tank that isn't set up yet. I was wondering if it would be better to place the skimmer inside the sump or not? I know I need a return pump, but don't I need a pump that will shoot the water into the skimmer...

Bump for quick response!!

Hey all I'm looking to restock my clean up crew due to a couple of deaths from high nutrients in the water. I just checked my water and all is fine except for nitrates being on the high side. I was looking to put in some red legs and some nassarius snails. Would these critters survive in a...

Thanks for the info.. So basically it's a good unit for the amount of $$ you put in. Anyone have any other unit suggestions??

Hey all I noticed a RO/DI Unit on ---- and was wondering if anyone has ever used the ones by WaterGeneral?? I was possibly looking to purchase this one: http://cgi.----.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...39994&tc=photo Hope I didn't break any rules in regards to posting from another site. If I did, please...

Yup I believe I am gonna place the skimmer in the sump.

Hey all I'm looking into getting an MR-2 protein skimmer for my 140 gallon tank. Was told earlier that I would need a pump to shoot the water into the skimmer (pressure pump?) and a return pump back to the tank. I'm gonna go with a external return pump so that water temperature will not be an...

Ahh now I understand your trick!! Very genious I must say. The skimmer that I use is a CPR HOB protein skimmer and my tank is a 38 gallon. I also do use RO/DI water. I'm gonna definately try that plastic bottle trick. Thanks everyone!

Originally posted by ViPeR_930 When I had that film stuff on the top of my water, I cut off the top of a plastic water bottle and put the bottom part around my pump to my skimmer. Now all the water from the surface falls down the cup along with all the dissolved organics and gets skimmed out...

Hey all I have been having a problem with disolved nutrients in my tank big time. I have a brown film on top of my water and a red hair algae growth on my sand bed. I have done a 30% water change last week which seemed to fix it, but it's back again. I tested my readings and everything was fine...