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I received my Chaeto algae in the mail today. It came with the aglae and rock rubble. The algae it prretty compacted and since I have never dealt with this algae before, i was wondering if I needed to seperate it at all. Or is it suppose to be pretty compacted? Here on some pictures of it. Thanks!!

Well I pretty much have my sumped finished after months of planning, redesigning, etc. Today I put it all together and tested it and it works great. I have a 20g High seperated into 3 sections. As you can see below, the middle section is the overflow from the main. The left section is the return...

I am trying to decide what over flow and return pump to buy for my setup. I have a 29g main with a 20g high sump. I was thinking of the CS50 with a 300gph for the overflow and a MAG5 pump (500gph) for the return pump. Does anyone think this would be sufficient water flow for a 29g? The total...

I am ready to start setting up the plumbing for the sump I just built. I had a question about getting the water from the Main to the sump. I know a lot of people use overflows but there is always that little unknown in the back of your head of the event of a power failure then a flood. Could a...

I know this is not the greatest picture but it was really hard to get even that picture. I found it tonight while looking at my tank. It is a tiny tiny little looking worm that started coming out of a tiny hole in my LR. It is red and when looking at it closer it almost looks like a senipede...

So I finally got my new stand built after 3 weeks of failure on all kinds of levels lol. Anyways here it is... The front of the stand comes off to give a large access to the sump I will be putting in. I have a 20g high that is ready to go in, I just need to buy the overflow, plumbing and a...

So I have these little rubbery ball looking things attatched to my LR. I was able to get one loose and you are able to pop them(did this outside the tank). Im guessing it is some type of algae. Is there something i can put in there that will eat it, or how do I remove it? I posted a picture of...

So I am planning on building a 20g sump. I currently have a AquaC Remora Pro HOB skimmer that I use in my main display. I was wondering if I could use that on my sump, and just put a longer hose on it so the power head reaches the water. In my mind I do not see why it wouldn't work because the...

Well my nitrates have been throught the roof the past couple of months. My guess is that it is my canister filter. Setup: 29g remora pro skimmer Fluval Canister Filter with carbon, Phosphate remover, and sponge filters. 2 Powerheads 270gph and 170gph 25lbs live rock live sand 150w mh...

My skimmer has been acting funny lately. I have only owned it for a few months, and about a month ago after I did a water change the collection cup was filling up with water within an hour. I thought maybe something in the water made it act up so I left it off for a few days to let everything...

So a couple weeks ago my blue tang got ich. I put her in a QT, and 2 days later she died. I went and just looked at my tank and 2 of my clowns both have ich. I have 3 clowns, a BTA, a sand sifting starfish, a fire shrimp, a hermit crab and 2 turbo snails. I run a tetris skimmer with just the...

I purchased a fire shrimp last week and noticed today it was messing with my BT anemone. The anemone immediatley began to shrink up. I was under the impression fire shrimp were peaceful. Should I be concerned about this?

what time of supplementation should I use for a 29g reef tank?

AquaCave.com is A-ok. I ordered my AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer from them and it was shipped very quickly via UPS. When the package arrived I was supprised at how well it was packed. You could have thrown this box into the grand canyon and nothing would have been damaged!

So I finally got tired of my seaclone skimmer (piece of junk) and bought a aquaC Remora with the maxi 1200. I got it today and had a question. I noticed there is a rubber o-ring around the collecting cup. Is this meant to just sit around the top, or should it be between the collection cup and...

I have been making a lot of posts about lighting lately :)....anyways I received my SunPod 150w HQI ficture yesterday. Currently I am running the MH for 8hrs a day (12pm to 8pm)...I also have all the led's running at the same time which I have heard is unecassary. I was wondering what lighting...

I have noticed the past couple of times when mixing up some saltwater, that there has been a fine white film on the top of my water, or in my water when using IO salt mix. I always clean my 5g bucket and use a power head to mix along with a heater to heat the water prior to putting it into my...

I have a goby and I haven't seen it in over 24hrs. I have read that they like to burrow and have noticed there are little burrow holes near my rock. Is it possible he is just hiding out? I have only had him for a couple of days and added more fish the next day.

I have a question about testing for dKH. I currently have a nutrafin KH/GH test kit. I count the drops of the regeant I add until it changes colors then multiply it by 10 which is in mg/L (ppm). How do i Convert this to dKH? Also if my dKH is too high, how do you lower it.

So my tank has been setup for a bit now and I am noticing some build up of detrius on my sand bed. I was wondering how everyong goes about cleaning this up? A vacumm wouldn't work for me because it instantly starts picking up the sand. Would sand stirrers work ok to clean this up? If so what kind?