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So I'm getting my 2 rics I ordered on Wednesday. My only concern is where to put them. Should they go about half way up or should I put them on the bottom to start with? If it helps, my 29 is only 18" tall all together, and from substrate to water level is about 15". The half way rock is about...

Title says it all. I got my RO/DI unit today and I'm not really a fan of how they're telling me to hook it up.. I don't want to pierce any pipes or anything. I'm thinking about using a standard garden hose type hookup and hook it up to where our washer gets it's water, but I still need ideas and...

I'm in need of a new test kit. I had a Red Sea, but I 've been reading that Red Sea kits = gay.. any recommendations? Also, what should I be testing for? I know at the very least I need to test pH, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and probably alkalinity. I want to have corals soon (probably just...

Okay, so I got involved with school a while ago and neglected my tank, but now I'm ready to make it up to her. My system started out as one of those kits that gave you everything... 29g glass tank, single bulb NO fixture, Whisper HOB filter, heater, all that. I'm slowly upgrading everything so...

Hey all. For my new planned tank stand/sump, I'm obviously going to want to implement some sort of top off system, but I most certainly don't want to pay $80-$100 for commercial solutions, and I don't trust myself working with wires around saltwater. This idea looks exceedingly simple, but...

Okay so I see one of my snails trying to what looked like throw off it's shell after the lights had gone out on my tank. I got the flash light and discovered a pink strand (one of many) touching his flesh, and from what I can surmise, stinging him. I reached in and grabbed him and relocated him...

Hey all. I know you're probably all getting sick of me, haha, but I haven't felt this way about my tank since I first set it up and I'm desperately looking to upgrade it to the tank I once hoped it would be. I currently only have the crappy Whisper HOB filter my tank came with as filtration...

Okay, so I saw my large snail (I think it's a turbo snail) had fallen off the glass and was on it's back behind some of my rocks tonight. The hermit crabs were already getting ready to move in for the kill and the snail had grabbed one of them with it's foot and was holding it out of range of...

Hey all. I'm looking into getting an RO/DI unit. Back when I got my tank, I mixed up some salt water with tap water (which I've known for years is relatively hard) and tested it. The pH was a little high, like 8.3-8.4, but still okay for just fish and the Alkalinity was a little high, but okay...

Anybody ever done this? I eventually want to set up another tank and it'd be awesome if I didn't have to buy more rock for it. Here are some links if you've never heard of this process before. http://www.garf.org/class.html http://www.mindspear.com/reef/concrete/index.htm...

Hey all. I've had my 29 gallon for almost 2 years now. It's a pretty simple and humble setup... a basic external filter, a simple powerhead, 130 watts of CF lighting, about 40lbs of Caribbean live rock, assorted hermit crabs and snails, a feather duster that hitched a ride on the rock, and a...