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Hi there; I think I am having an algae bloom. I am adding a dose of Microbacter 7 every day, as prescribed in the bottle (2 weeks) since Sunday. I can notice the patches on the glass and back of the tank and the water looks a bit hazy. Is there anything else I should be doing? Please look...

Hi guys, I had an increase in ammonia in my tank...ended up tracing it to an overfilled back filter-area/sump (In my opinion, it was not filtering, some or a good portion of the water was simply beng pumped back into the tank) I think. Water was overflowing the dividers that separate the...

Hi guys.... How in the world do you get those to stick??? I tried epoxy (LOL), I tried Super Glue gel, still fell off. Help, please

Does the Instant Ocean epoxy work well? How do you use it? Mix and stick your coral, rock, etc together? Any special prep or procedure?

Does anyone have an Aqua-Chill? I have a 1/6hp. During re-installation, I broke BOTH compression gaskets. I could post photos, but my photos are too big. The threads on the top are a hair over 1". Any ideas? I will post the photos in photo bucket :stars: Pictures by cmdmd - Photobucket

Does anyone have an Aqua-Chill? I have a 1/6hp. During re-installation, I broke BOTH compression gaskets. I could post photos, but my photos are too big. The threads on the top are a hair over 1". Any ideas? I will post the photos in photo bucket Pictures by cmdmd - Photobucket

I have an old Aqua-CHill 1/6hp. I broke the compression gasket caps (screw on caps to hold the gasket and the elbow down). The good news...the Chiller is discontinued. Lowe's, Home Depot, Ace Hardware do not carry anything like that. What do I do?...I am opening the floor to suggestions. THe...

Hi, I got some water from the system of a trusted shop. I tested it last night, NO3 was at 80...I am pretty sure that is not splendid and I am not using it for my tank, which was the original plan. The water sat in the vessels I got it since last Saturday. The water on my new tank (6 days...

Hi, I am wondering if a good hydrometer, like the one that says "temperature corrected and accurate to +/- .001" can give a refractometer a run for its money. I am sure there will be a lot of opinions, but has anyone compared the two? Thanks

Is there an amp/voltage regulator for one of those Koralia pumps? I am looking into a 250 gph or a 450 gph. The 450 seems too much, the 250 seems too low (when compared to the flow of the tank. 28 HQL Cube 266 gph each pump...the jets dont seem that strong). Can you attach the 450 pump to a...

Hi guys, what's a good pump (350 GPH) for in-line use? Need one for my Chiller. Thank you.

Hello boys and girls; I set up my tank with 20lbs of live sand, 10 gallons of seasoned water, 6lbs of live rock to seed some old rock that I got from someone that removed it from their tank after a hair algae infestation. The rock was out of the tank dry for like 12 months. I washed the rock...

Hello boys and girls; I set up my tank with 20lbs of live sand, 10 gallons of seasoned water, 6lbs of live rock to seed some old rock that I got from someone that removed it from their tank after a hair algae infestation. The rock was out of the tank dry for like 12 months. I washed the rock...

My friend has offered me rock from her old reef aquarium. This rock has been sitting out in a bucket without water under the sun for months. Will this dead rock get populated when I put live sand in my new aquarium? Should I get 2-3 pounds of live rock to help? Again, thank you for your...

It should be such a simple answer...but, I do know that pH, alkalinity, nitrites?, amonia and what else? Once cycled, I will put hard/soft corals and a few fish in my tank, along with the usual rock, sand and invertebrates. Thank you for your responses to my previous post.

Hi, which test kit should I use? Strips or drops/vials? The lab kits would appear more accurate, but, let me know your opinions, please. THank you

Once I had a 180G reef tank, but not anymore. I bought a 29G HQI from JBJ (I think) and cant wait to cycle the tank and building a mini-reef. Can I add "Dead rock" along with "live sand" and have the bio from the sand populate the rock? (The rock will be cleaned and disinfected...it's from a...