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Hi, Most of the magnums come with a clamp at the hose, I uses stainless steel radiator clamps cause I have them, if air is being pulled in the pump it will leak. The lid (O) ring placement is critical or you will leak not a good thing if the filter is lower than the tank...flooding yikes...

HI, Thats what most people think but silica cause its a form of glass , is pretty difficult to dissolve and most sand that is used IE white fine is from beaches and other source the best sand stirrers are bristtle worms, and those sea cukes are nice but can without any warning slime your...

HI, The coralife is around 85.00 and comes with pump and bubble trap, be careful when you set it up the closer the pump is to the skimmer overflow the higher the water will fill the skimmer , I put mine on my sump and shorted out my electrical during that learning curve.. yikes GFI is also...

HI, do a wild card seach on Google and read about that article from that DR about DSB and the correct material, I believe coral may be the worst for dsb. I would buy some cheap sand at lowes rinse it pretty well , I have a couple layers of coarse builder white sand and then very fine on...

HI, I am real new to this fish keeping but you have about three of the most aggresive fish you can own, those puffer's will kill snails and anything else, and the lion has to eat live fish? and I ve hears about triggiers killing lions , Well maybe it will work out for you, let us know how...

I borrowed the pic above so you can see how pretty he is .... HI, Well I was checking all my little fish out doing a head count as I always do first thing in the morning after turning up the lights, And my favorite little fish was all layed out on top of a rock laying on his side like he was...

HI, I to a newbie to this fish keeping, I thought keeping coral requires alot more care than just fish so I may wait a year or two to try, not to mention the cost of adequate lighting. I prefer using a DSB reforgium sump for water conditioning and I also like the Coral life skimmer...

HI, I used to have a few puffers they were murder on everything in the tank, killed snails, killed cleaner shrimp bit fins off any thing that was close. They are so smart too, the will hang above a small hermit till he peaks and wham rip it out of the shell. I don't know what else you...

HI, If I had your tank I would find a 30 gal tank and turn it into a sump under your tank, put 5-6 in of sand and put a better skiimer on the sump, I like the marine corals they are cheaper and seem to really do some work,the 65 gal one i have is awsome. Let that sand do its thing maybe...

hi That Dr that reccomend the DSF also reccomend bristtle worms over starfish, and those hermits, he says they are the best at eating decaying matter, and it makes sense about them eating a dead animal. I ve heard you can cut up the big ones and the become smaller ones they can regenerate...

HI, If you have the room maybe a small sand sump, I ve heard that most critters that live in the sand sump help with phos, if your algae dies it will release the phos back to the water and re-start that cycle. I ve used phos ban it works great but will really bring it down fast and my algae...

HI, Anyone have any luck growing red magrove in a DSF sump 20gal, it seems possiable , just wondered if its worth the trouble. Doug

hi, May be get a few pound of live sand locally and over feed and put in a few hard fish and letter stew for a few weeks then get your water chem checked. And see if the ammonia is gone. My guess is your getting alot of the Hardware store sand an may have a silica problem. Be sure to...

HI, I have only been keeping saltwater a very short time, but have come to the conlusion that many animals are oppertunist feeders and relly primarly on feeding on anything or everything in the tank. My hermits managed to kill a small conch and each other. Its like survivial of the fittest...

HI, I am very new to SW also, but the one common thing I ve read on many different forum is turn the sump into a reforgium, with a 4-5 in sand base. This will help with nitrite reduction, and provide a place for many food items to reproduce one good piece of live rock will cycle that sand...

HI, saw a small little orange sponge at the petstore how hard are they in a tank to keep. can you feed the photo-plankton freeze dried a couple time a day, or do they have special needs. PH , SG. Does a skimmer deprive them of food? Doug:sfish:

HI, Sounds like your tank is stil cycling have you measure phos, most algae problems are either part of that breakin, or you have added phos to the tank thru sand, dead algae, food not washed, I have tried using phos pillows it may help, with more frequent water changes, when the algae die...

HI, You may have made up aliittle extra and its not going in to solution, check your PH, what was the manufactors reccomended amount to add to gal of water a tablespoon many things are to be done very slowly to prevent ph shock.? I don't think carbon will help, I ve heard some carbons...

HI, Have you checked for phos in your water, I had made the mistake of using some tapwater to replace some evap, and now when I take a water sample for testing it has amounts of phos . I ve read that most animals, plants , algae, will absorb it but will release it all when they die , example...