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usually the 3 verticle cartridges are: sediment, charcoal, and DI. The RO membrane goes horizontally across the top.
The lighting you're going to put over that tank has EVERYTHING to do with what corals, etc you plan on having in it. If you're not doing SPS or...
You can get a ballast from Graingers that will do the job of the icecap430 ballast a fraction of the cost. Just download the specs of the icecap 430...
If it takes you 8 hours of one day to do your weekly/monthly water change, then you're doing it wrong.
Randy Holmes and Anthony Calfo don't know what they're talking about here (if they do recommend 1% daily changes for anything other than large volume...
I would think that by changing the water everyday, the benefit could be that your parameters don't go down so much over the (typical 2-week period)...
You didn't say if this was from a par test that you did? If not, where did you find the info, since you did not specify the source?
I once saw a purple tang ripping apart 3 yellow tangs with his "tang" in a LFS display tank. He really put some good 1/2" to 3/4" long gashes in the...
I don't think I'd use "road salt" for a source of calcium, you should look into that further. Both other products for mag and alkalinity have been...
Aqualung, I'd spend your $ on a turkey baster and a bottle of "flatworm eXit" before spending it on more fish at this point. The idea is to...
Hope you find everthing you want to know here, Ken. Welcome.
Yes, saltwater hermit crabs swap shells as well. I found a "bag of shells" at a Wal-Mart for ~$3, and they've moved in to some of them. I prefer the...
+K, I agree 100%.
An emerald crab will most likely eat them. If you have a lot, get 2 or 3 emerald crabs. They are only about $5 each. It worked for me!
using a refractometer or hydrometer to measure salinity? if a refractometer, is it calibrated?
Yes, your Alk and Ca are falling off as they are being consumed by corals and coralline algae. You will need to dose Ca and Alk.
I would leave the lights on regularly 6-8 hrs/day. Once it fully opens up its mouth wide and white, stringy cottage cheese looking stuff comes out,...
Just about any 100-200 gph pump should work fine. A maxi-jet 600 does ~160 gph, so that would be fine. The 1200 pushes about 295 gph, so that might...
Some wrasses bury themselves at night and anytime they get spooked. As long as she's eating, I would leave her alone. Test your water parameters...
If it is the toxic type of bryopsis, the foxface will most likely not touch it unless it's starved. Even then, certain types of bryopsis, if eaten,...
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