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Im about to set up my new tank upstairs and am wondering if they sell an auto top off switch that will actually cut the power off? I want to install one inside my overflow at the very top incase a mangrove leave or something was to clog my overflow or overflow was to fail, then it would cut...

Is there a specific way that might be easier then the other when it comes to removing hair algae. When I try to pull it off it just breaks off at the end and I barely have any in between my fingers. Was thinking about a wire brush and scrubbing? Anybody know any easier safe methods?

This might sound weird but my acrylic sump is bleeding water through the entire bottom of the sump. Sump has been full of water for the past 5 years so I don't know if its water logged or if its even possible for acrylic to water log? I have the sump up on a dolly in my garage where the sides...

Ok this time around I am going to try the kalkwasser drip method to see if it helps any. I have never used kalkwasser before but have an ideal on how its mixed and dripped into the system. When should I drip and how long at a time should I drip kalkwasser? Any help would be appreciated

I am moving into a new home that was built in the mid 1970's. The floor on the second level is supported by 2x10 joist. On newer homes they build the second level out of particle board which is a lot weaker. The second level floor feels really solid with no flex. Was wondering if it would be...

holding some mangroves in my sump temporarily until my other tank get built. I didn't bury the roots in the sand and about a week later the mangroves are not looking as good. Do I need to bury them? Reason I didn't is because my refugium was full of rock and rock rubble so it would of been a...

My sump has inherited a slow leak in one of the seams. Its not much, but it is leaking for sure and was wondering how I fix this since silicone cannot be used. I know they use a chemical bond or something on acrylic, so am wondering what I need to do to fix this. Any help would be appreciated.

Have been battling for the past week. For what I thought was diatoms at first, now I am thinking I have dino's because I had a large turbo snail drop dead yesterday. The algae produces bubbles during the day and is a dark brown color. It is NOT stringy like some people say. Mine almost looks...

Well started about 2 weeks ago when magnesium got low. I added kent magnesium and ever since then the bubble inside my skimmer got large and wont produce foam. I have tried waiting it out and its been over a week and my tank needs to be skimmed asap. Sometimes I can mess with the settings for...

Shopping for some new bulbs and noticed they sell sps hqi bulbs. I do plan on having alot of sps in the tank so been considering them. Was wondering what the difference in the bulbs are. I thought you could keep sps under regular hqi's. I have heard 20k sps bulbs look more like 15k.

The last clown fish I had did the SAME thing. :frustrat:....He lives on a shelf rock that lays on the sand and he does this almost every time he is going into his cave. He puts his mouth on the rock and starts wiggling his tail as fast as he can. The tank immediately goes into a sand storm and...

I bought 125lbs of live fiji pink sand and only used half. The other half is in an air tight cooler with water in it. This sand came out of a previous tank and immediately came to me. As of right now the sand does not smell funky and I want to try and keep it that way. Usually when wet live sand...

The sand is carib sea aragonite I believe its the sugar size. It came out of a established system so I figured there was no need to rinse. The guy said to put it straight in and it turned cloudy instantly. I put sand in a cup and put the cup upside down ontop of my sand to try and reduce it but...

I been battling with cyano for a while and it has just been driving me crazy! Was wondering why it only grows on certain rocks? Out of the 40-50 rocks in my tank, the cyano only grows on about 6 of them and only them rocks. Am thinking about taking them particular rocks out and replacing them...

Sounds confusing but my tank is getting stuffed with rocks and was wondering if there is a point to stop because the more rock I put in, the more water that comes out (less water mass)..So is it better to keep adding rock or will adding alot more rock make my parameters start to rise since its...

Found a really good deal on two aqua medic 250 watt 20k pendants and was wondering if you could use t5 actinics along with the mh or will it be too blue? Trying to squeeze as much wattage into the water as possible since I think im going to be slackin on wattage with only 2 250 watt halides on a...

I found an ault 12" long engineer gobie free on craigslist. I went to get him and when the guy had him in the net, he literally flew out of the net and landed on the carpet directly behind the tank. It took about 5 minutes to get him. On the ride home he was fine, breathing perfect. But his...

Over a period of time it has been getting louder. First it seemed that it was humming a bit louder then usual and now it starting to make a rattle noise. Sometime I can take the propeller out and put it back together without cleaning it and it quiets down but the noise will resume within a...

I can see red and green building up on the inside of my aqua c ev skimmer. It looks like the microbubbles that are touching the algae area are actually bigger bubbles then all the rest of micro bubbles in the skimmer. Do I need to turn the skimmer off and scrub this algae out. Will it make an...

I am using a temporary sump for the moment (30 gallon sump on 160 gallon aquarium) and the refugium area is quite small. Is it ok to put my dsb in the refugium and fill it up with live rock, then move to the skimmer area and put live rock, and last move to the return area and put some live rock...