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Ok got a question or need to be pointed in the right direction. Im moving out of the city and now gonna have well water. Heavy in metals im sure. I have an rodi unit and was wondering do i hook it up pre or post the softener

Hey guys just got a sea cucumber from live aquaria and when i acclimated it a little fish looking eel was swimming around it. It was black and had a long tail. Then the weirdest thing happened it swam up its rear end and disappeared inside it. Has anyone ever seen something like this is this a...

I was thinking about getting 2 550 phos reactors and putting cheato in them only and running them in series with a mp1200 pump and surround them with 6500k light. Has anyone tried this to help phosphates. My assumption would be to run a fast flow through the cheato. Any thoughts?

Ok quick question for yall. My tds is coming in at 200 and post tfc is 40 and post di is 0 and im shelling thru di resin fast. Question is can i back flush to help membrane or do i need to just replace? Had it over a yr now and never back flushed it. Just dont know how. Do i put post carbon line...

Can you add a tee to the inlet of a reef octopus skimmer pump for my biopellet reactor

Ok i have a question. I want to upgrade skimmer. My sump space is 18wide 10 long. I also am running biopellets. What skimmer should i get for my sump that can be modified to take the outlet of biopellet reactor to the inlet of skimmer. I have modified my coralife skimmer to do so but wasnt sure...

Is there such thing as too much live rock in your tank? It seems to me that my tank is 65% live rock and i may not have enough flow to blow off detritis in and around it. I thought about re aquascaping and creating big gaps on the stacking. Would this help with the detritis build up in those...

ok yall got a question. I am looking to buy a tank and make a refugium out of it. I already have one that i have modified ( the store bought one ) but it wasnt built for refuge just filter skimmer and return pump. Anyways how much water should be above my dsb with cheato on top of it? Looking at...

can i make up a big batch of baking soda/rodi water in a bottle and have it sit around weeks at a time? Like making a batch and use it as I need it throughout dosing will this be ok to do. Thought about having to shake the bottle up before i dose my tank to make sure nothing has settled. Any...

I was thinking about plumbing my Rodi unit in my basement 1/4" line to run up to my tank to a float valve. Will 60psi city water entering unit be able to push the Rodi water upstairs to my tank? not sure how much pressure is exiting unit (24gpd) i believe that its only about 9 to 10 feet up...

Looking to buy temp controller but unsure which one to get for heating.Any good ones for the price looking to drop bout $100 on one.If anyone has good suggestions on like 3 good ones it would be very greatfull.

Just got done building fuge area in my sump and want to get it started but need info. sand,rock and how to kick start it without it damaging my main tank. I want to have like 5" sand bed with a few LR pieces and cheato.How to add sand and what kind? rather go with fine sand. Any suggestions...

Just bought a potters angel and it is 1 and a half inches long. its kinda small but anytime i feed(mysis/kelp pellet/seaweed mix) it doesnt eat any of that. It just swims around picking at the rocks and glass. Will it survive? had it for a week and seems to be doing great

Just bought this softie. Pink with white. any ideas?

I have a 48" dual pc unit. 4 cords 1fan 1led moonlights 1 actinics 1whites. I believe this is a coralife fixture. Only used for 1yr then got my nova extreme pro for my 110tall. Everything works no probs just upgraded. $130 plus shipping. its just sitting in my basement and i dont need. I live in...

noticed today that most of my Coraline is bleaching in my tank after installing new bulbs. I put new ati bulbs in and have them at 5 hrs of light and going to add 1hr every week till i get to 8 to 10 hr period. is this ok? all corals are doing good no probs there just coralline turning white...

This ones brown and green but lately it flared out and is puffy around the edges. any suggestions on what it is

brown skin /teal skeleton anyone?

I have a 6 bulb fixture and ordered 2 aquablues/ 2 true actinics /2 blueplus's do yall think this is a good combo? i have sps's towards the top of tank. going for a bluer tint to tank

coral was doing great with my 55gal (pc 265watts) then went to 110 tall tank (30" tall)t5 6 bulb and coral is now placed 8 inches from the top of the tank and they wont open up fully like before.the hammer has been there for over a yr. before i couldnt see the inside it was all the way full with...