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My sump is a remote sump in my basement and I keep 4 300w heaters in there. If my return pump fails I'm screwed but the most likely cause of that...
sps is very easy to keep actually. It's getting the tank ready for them that's hard lol. The real answer is that it depends on the specific coral....
I've seen them claim they reproduce but never seen it happen. Had an interesting conversation with the Tigger Pods folks that went something like me...
If you come across it or remember it, please shoot me an email. Would love to know in the event I need to jump start my population.
here's another link with more of the cycle. This one includes the denitrification cycle. Many aquarists stop at the nitrogen cycle and then end up...
haven't seen any bottled pods that reproduce in your tank either so if you go that route you have to keep buying them
If your tank has been set up for a while you already have them even if you never see them. The question is whether there are enough to feed a...
they will grow from the live rock. You shouldn't need to buy any. There are places that sell them but they are not inexpensive. If you need to buy...
consider picking up a copy of The New Marine Aquarium by Michael Paletta. Great book to get you started in the right direction.
The Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle I like this one because of some of the comments. I really like the one about NOT using fish food to cycle.
Reviving an old thread here but wanted to post this to give an idea of how hard and long it could be to win the battle against HA. My tank crashed in...
Depends on the setup and what you have in your tank but a mature tank with lots of live rock and a huge fuge are ideal. If you have a lot of live...
picture glass is pretty thin and water is pretty heavy. I'd go thicker if it were mine. I did acrylic in my sump and it bowed pretty good.
grocery frozen shrimp work great. I've heard arguments for and against water changes during a cycle, but my opinion is just let the tank go and wait....
frozen shrimp work great. all you need is something to start decomposing in your tank to start the cycle. peeing in your tank works too, although...
Mine's about an inch and works well. Answer depends on how much flow you want through it I would think. but you can run a ton of flow through a 1 or...
Anybody else enter the Vertex contest? Vertex Aquaristik > Contest Nice prize to the winner. figured this was as good a place to post this as any...
If you go with the EV120 mine performed far better with a mag7 than a mag5. Was on a bigger tank but i'd still go with the 7 in your case.
I had a similar setup and used a reeflo tarpon. It's been an awesome return pump. I also t'd off the return to drive my ev120 and for a couple of...
Interesting idea but what happens when you need to remove the durso for cleaning?
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