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Add a fan to help dissapate the heat give off by the bulbs. Raise the lights higher up above water line. Yeah, get rid of the all glass top and go...
Welcome to 3reef first of all!!! As for the sump and skimmer problem, you may need to have a hang on one if you have a space limitation and...
I'd go with a 250 metal halide if you plan on the Crocea and some sps's! Better to have too much light than not enough. You can always adjust the...
Xenia are very fast growing but they can die just like that. My Xenia doesn't like my Colt coral near it as the polyps closest to the Colt are a...
I would go with a standpipe for noise reduction!!! Look up Durso standpipe online...It should help ya. I got the info in my reef Aquarium...
First and foremost, get rid of the rusty heater and anything else that is metal ie. thermometer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chemicals released by the...
Turbos need to be affixed to either live rock or the glass of your tank in order to survive. They can't navigate on the sand like a Nassirus snail...
I have along tentacle anemone in my 35gallon hex and three times it got sucked up in one of my powerheads. Not good, however, would you believe it...
We mustn't forget our water temperature in our tanks can become elevated, due to POWERHEADS and PUMPS as well as lighting, room temperature, canopies...
I hate playing DOMINOES! When one rock falls down they all fall down and so do my corals, and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together...
Many life forms in our tanks rely on them for food. Corals and inverts especially. Most of the time we grow and raise them in a refugium and they...
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The live sand(Caribsea) on the market basically contains ordinary bacteria. Your best bet while saving money as well, because the live sand is very...
Hagen has a test kit that tests all them for about $90.00.
Tanks that are shorter in terms of height are more beneficial for a number of reasons! First and foremost, a shallower tank and longer/deeper tank...
Fiji Gold, Purple Up and Kalkwasser for me. My calcium is always above 450!
I've heard that sharks have a very short life span in captivity. Getting them to feed is especially hard to do. I'd love to have a shark and a...
You bave to be careful about how many you order for your tank so that you don't end up starving them. Make sure your tank can handle that many too!...
Do you have high phosphates? I would try to syphon out the detritus especially or try to suspend it in the water for the protein skimmer to remove...
Up here in Connecticut, you don't want to use the water from the Long Island sound for anything. I don't even like to swim in it! Very dirty and...
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