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I would skip the sponge all together. Its just one more thing that will need maintenance and really isn't necessary if your sump is setup right....
I could see it possibly swinging a little if you drip kalk in your top off water and the evaporation rate was higher with the lights on. ~Will.
Make sure you glue some rubble or something to the outside of your feeding dome. I always had trouble with mine blowing over. ~Will.
sweet tank! where in FL is this awesome LFS that has chevron sales of $40? ~Will.
Next time, instead of using a baster to stir stuff up, take a long 1/2" + clear hose and start a siphon from your tank to the sock in the sump your...
Korallen-Zucht ZEOvit ZEOmag Magnesium Granulate - 1kg ~Will.
Its really been going nuts in my tank since I added in my trigger and the sailfin tang, looks like the upped nitrates are really paying off. I...
My LFS just asked me for a butt load more of the xenia I brought in last month. The owner is new to saltwater but is learning fast, and whatever she...
I have had a coral banded shrimp for a while and lost 3 cleaner shrimp to strange circumstances . . . if your reading my sig and thinking it had to...
From what I have seen skimmers made to handle 160 gallons of heavy bio-load are usually rated for a lightly stocked 250-300 gallons. ~Will.
I wouldn't buy anything on that list except maybe the zoe, but I prefer selcon and vitachem over it. The skimmer is bottom of the barrel quality...
I like formula 2 flake and pellets along with nori and mysis and every 3rd feeding I soak a bit of garlic selcon and vitachem in. That film on the...
For eels and triggers (big eaters and poopers) I would be looking for a skimmer rated for at least 300 gallons. ~Will.
Something around 2000 gph should work just fine like a mag 18 / 24. eheims, I heard, are great pumps . . . well built and very quiet but a little...
Its always nice to have a larger return pump than you need throttled back (with a valve) and hooked to some kind of a manifold for anything you want...
did it work? it did for me. ~Will.
My trigger doesn't bother anything thats not in the water column. I was cleaning out an overflow and noticed a stomatella was sliming around in...
increase the flow from your return pump. ~Will.
Is there any way to get an air pump outside running some tubing from it into the tank? I use a 2x3 cut to length to fit in a window with a few holes...
A chocolate chip starfish will eat corals before crabs . . . their easier to catch. How big is your tank? You could try a harlequin tusk, or a...
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