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Has anyone ever noticed if they get a film/slime on the inside of there RO/DI holding tank? I have a 30 gal rubbermaid garbage can w/lid that I hold my water in. I was moving my heater in it around and I felt the side of the container, and it had a film/slime on it. Should I empty the...

So when I replaced my my sump with my acrylic built one I had a empty 20 gal tank sitting there. So I just placed my order last night for parts to build my 20 gallon Quarintine Tank/Hospital Tank. I should have all my parts by end of the week. It a nice feeling to have knowing that if someone...

Monday night I swapped out my old sump/fuge with a new sump/fuge that I built. I added about 35 gals. of salt water. Then on Wednesday I pulled out all of my live rock and scrubbed some of it (cyano) and re-scaped my tank. I only changed out about 5 gals of water. Yesterday I tested my water...

I plan on doing a MAJOR over haul to my 75 gal. I had a 20 gal sump/fuge that has been running for awhile. I wasnt really happy with the set up so I got some acrylic and built a new sump/fuge. When I swap out the 20 gal and put in the new acrylic sump will this cause my tank to cycle? I...

My Metal Halides are bringing my temp up. I have 4 computer fans that I need to figure out the best place to put to cool the tank down. Any suggestions? I was thinking two blowing down on the water in my sump. And two blowing across the DT between the top of the tank and the bottom of the...

I needed some fans to cool off my tank. I had a old computer that I got some fans out of and hooked one up to a old phone charger. I wasnt impressed with the out put so I figured I would fab up the powersupply from the old computer to power the fans instead. So this is how I did it...

I was watching my tuxedo sea urchin today and I noticed something strange. On the top of him right in the middle it looked like sand was coming out. Kind of in spurts. Am I to assume that my urchin is taking a bathroom break? Or is this something else that I need to be concerned about?

I just came back from the LFS that I frequent with some stuff. While looking at the receipt I came up with a small dilemma. I noticed that I could get most if not all of the stuff online for cheaper. Now most of you probably think its a no brainer. But I went to pretty much all the LFS in...

I have a bad case of cyano. I've read TONS of post about it and they all say the same thing. And Im starting to follow it. I do have a question though. I did a 30% water change and vacuumed out as much cyano as possible at the same time. How often should I do a water changes, and how much...

I just lost my PBT this morning to ich. I lost my Lemon Butterfly fish to ich about 2 weeks ago. One of my clowns is laying on the bottom of my tank ( I have never seen him do that before). I think in the year of trying out saltwater I have lost more fish then I have kept alive. I know...

Has anyone had any experience with this? HM Digital In-line Dual TDS Meter, Purity Monitors > Reverse Osmosis > Saltwater Aquarium Supplies

1. What do you guys do to clean the outside of your glass? Normally I take some glass cleaner and spray directly onto the cloth (away from the tank) and then wipe down the glass. But I noticed that there are still marks on the glass. Im thinking its from the salt. So what should I use? 2...

I put my blue tang in today and he was swimming around and even ate a little bit. He was swimming strong and interacting with the other fish. I went down to rearrange my protein skimmer for a couple of minutes and when I looked back in the tank he was gone! I looked all around in the LR and...

My wife is buying me a skimmer for our anniversary (yay me). Ive been looking and looking and looking, reading, and more looking. Well I went to a LFS today to get a pistol shrimp for my yellow watchman and asked how much it was to order a ASM G-1X. Now this is for a 75 gal with a 20 gal...

I decided to redo my plumbing yesterday and today because it just wasnt working for me and I wanted to change a few things. In the process I made two big mistakes. First I cracked one of my bulkhead fitting. No big deal I was able to get a new one. And the second major problem is I over...

I just bought a RO/DI unit and got it all set up. Ive been using conditioned tap water (I know I know) in my tank and am ready to start changing over to RO/DI. My question is how big of water changes should I do at time in the tank without shocking it? Its a 75 gal with a 20 gal fuge. I have...

Do I ever need to clean or sift my fuge sand? I have about 4 inches in it. Any other maintenance things I should do besides cleaning out my pump? Thanks.

I went to the LFS today to invest in a RO. I was in luck and got a Maxxima Max60HiS for $100 used. :dance: I got home and downloaded the manual and compared it to the 60HiS and I noticed the tubes were hooked up wrong. No biggy I hooked them back up and proceeded to install my new...

I bought a small yellow watchman yesterday and he was doing good. I checked this morning and he was no where to be found. I came home later today and went to feed the fish and was looking for him with no luck. Well I just happen to look in my overflow (its a reef ready tank) and there he was...

Well I havent really been doing to much with my tank since I havent really had the money to do anything. Its been up and running for about 6 or 7 weeks now. So I went to turn off the light today and I noticed there little tiny white bugs, about the size of pin head and look like miniture...