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You'll be fine. I really wouldn't worry about the whole "filtered water" thing...it's not like you have huge chunks of junk in the water column of...
Your idea is fine...draw from one end of the sump to your pump bay unless you want to return the chilled water directly to your DT. Drawing water...
THIS is a good primer to get an idea how a sump works, which will help you in designing your baffle scheme. Remember, water runs downhill, so your...
In case you want an ID, those are Spirorbid fan worms. They can be removed with a scraper if they get in the way of you viewing the tank, but...
Caulerpa goes sexual as a last ditch effort before it dies, generally speaking. It is almost always the super quick-growing species, such as C....
Interesting cosmo...once settled, the foxface (S. vulpinus) we kept was a super "out front" fish. It actually kinda became Renee's "pet", and would...
Looks like it's likely a little spot of black cyanobacteria. Since your tank is new, it's still pretty unstable, and you'll likely see a few algae...
Generally speaking, Neomeris rarely lives very long in reef setups. The water is "too clean". However, if it worries you, reach in and pluck it out.
Chemi-Pure Elite is good stuff unless you have fishes with closed opercula. The PO4 scavenger used in it tends to irritate their gills. Just some...
I think the study regarding garlic and hepatic lipidosis was regarding CATS, not fish. I asked Renee, and she reads the journals and books like...
The redness is indicative of a bacterial infection, and the lesion itself suggests that it may be a Vibrio infection. I suspect that your clownfish...
If it's a cuke, it's likely a Cholochirus sp. as opposed to a Holothuria sp.. Cholochirus cukes do climb both the rockwork and the tank panes, and...
Multiple clicks (pop-pop-pop) suggests that you may have a mantis in your tank, while single, spaced clicks suggest a pistol shrimp.
I third it...drill the tank or use a HOB overflow box and run a sumped system. You won't be sorry, and you'll be able to get a better in-sump...
Foxfaces can be pretty shy at first, and what you're seeing are its sleeping/stress colors...you're scaring the fish. IME, foxfaces can take a good...
It's hard to ID the clam without seeing its shell. However, assuming it's T. squamosa, it will feel more at home on the substrate, as this species...
Has anything changed in the setup (water pearmeters,flow patterns, new additions, etc)? Clams close up at night, and it may simply be the act of the...
Polishing acrylic is VERY labor intensive if the tank is in bad shape. And 400 grit is way too coarse to start out with, trust me. Get yourself...
Hmmm...that kinda looks like Sargassum, which is a type of kelp (still a macro tho)...is it more yellow/brown than green? This would also account...
You probably have C. prolifera, but it couls also be young C. brachypus (I'd really need a clearer photo to ID it). There will be rhizomes...
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