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JNicho - Alright, thanks for the advice. I currently run a powerhead, the two Koralia 1's and of course my skimmer & fuge (which each require their own pump). I'm able to maintain a temp of about 78 w/ the tank under an a/c vent and no heater, but have seen occasional 79-80 swings. I figure the...

Man, I've had several in my short 1.5yrs of reefing. #1 - Same as above - didn't know about siphon hole and lost 10g or so on the floor #2 - Worked late one day and came home to find the tank off!! The GFCI tripped - my wife had been home for hours and it didn't dawn on her how quiet the...

Upgrading from 55 to 75. I've read several threads about crashes after a move and obviously want to avoid that. (good thing I read those too b/c it appears you can't transfer sandbed - I had every intention of doing that!!) I want this to go as quick as possible, so I'm thinking I'll speed up...

The issue is though that I want to feed a refugium w/out a second pump. In order to do that, I HAVE to slow down the flow. A 1.5" drain can flow a lot of water - way too much for a refugium. An idea just came to me though.... Two 1.5" drains - one dumps straight to sump and the other goes...

Ideally I want a fuge/sump combo. I've seen several different scenarios - just not sure which is right for me. If I could draw my own up though, I would have one 1.5" pipe dump into the sump and the other 1.5" pipe would have a ball valve so that I can control the flow and that will dump into...

And avoid heat built-up. If you're worried about kamikaze fish, use some sort of mesh material or that plastic grid stuff - think some people call it eggcrate?!? Not what I picture when I hear that word and maybe I'm thinking of the wrong word, but I don't know how to describe it other than it...

Well, I'm making the big step up from my 55g to a 75g. I know, almost certainly not worth the hassle, but the tank was free and I know my fish won't complain about the extra room. It also gives me a chance to fix some things that I didn't know about when setting up the 55 that really bother me -...

If I understand you correctly, you want a higher turnover rate for your filtration. You are basically limited to the amount of water you can filter by the amount of water you can drain - ie - you can't put a pool pump on there if your overflow can't flow enough water to feed it. So, you just...

Yeah, have a 75 I want drilled and local glass shop said $25 each. I'm worried too. Watched a few vids on youtube and it really doesn't seem bad. I got the tank for free and am cheap, so I might give it a shot. I saw one vid where a guy used Play-doh to make a ring around the area he wanted the...

My dog is named Rugby - perfect fit for him. Funny the way that works out sometimes. Anyway, as for my fish.... Clownfish - Tiger Yellow Tang - Sharkbait Yellow Watchman Goby - Elian (Gonzalez) - I'm obviously NOT a very "PC" person (I chose the name b/c he hides a lot. Ducks into the...

I haven't taken a pic yet, but will if it's deemed necessary. They're about 1/4 - 1/2" long and pink in color. Some sort of hard, tube-like growth. Very small in diameter - 1/8" or so. They are all over rocks, powerheads and even the underside of my open brain coral. 99% of them are in...

Have a 55g reef tank now. I was just given a 75g today for free and although it's not much of an upgrade, the price was right and it gives me an opportunity to change some of the things I don't like about my current setup, but not too large that I have to buy a ton of new equipment (skimmer...

Okay, tank has been setup a year now and some of my corals are spreading a lil more than I'd like. I love my green star polyps, but they've taken over the rock I put them on and are starting to spread to the one next to it - I don't want that. I read that they will grow on glass, overflow, etc...

My tank is a year old now and the clown has been in for 10 months or so and the xenia around 8. There was a period when the Xenia had randomly died off completely, but I left the shell that it was attached to in the tank and after about a month, it started reappearing. It is now everywhere! I...

Just thought I'd update this b/c it's been awhile. Well, it had completely died off - there was nothing left on the shell that it was once attached to. I was going to throw the shell out, but really just got lazy and left it in the tank (and also b/c I had glued it in place on top of one of my...

I currently have a Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Watchman Goby, Banded Coral Shrimp & Yellow Tang. I also have a mix of soft corals, few blue leg hermits, snails, etc that I don't think will be an issue. I'm looking for just one more fish and a Strawberry Basslet (or Fridmani Pseudochromis - which...

Well, I moved it that night to a lower spot in the tank and one that has a lil more flow, but not direct flow. I think the kid at the LFS was wrong - I went back there yesterday and he said blue Xenia - I honestly think it's a waving hand. Regardless though, it's definitely dying. The half that...

How much would shipping be to FL 32086? This tank is sick and would look awesome on my computer desk

55g display tank, Algal scrubber, Remora pro skimmer, T5 (4 bulbs) Okay, first let me start this off by saying that I'm not even 100% sure what my coral even is (I know, I know). I believe it's a blue xenia. There were about 50 or so blue "tentacles" attached to what appears to be a clam shell...

Okay. I didn't realize it took several weeks to break-in. I thought it only took a few days to a week. And yes, the collection cup is as short as it can go. Thanks.