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So now that I'm putting together my first large tank, with adequate lighting(cebu sun by hamilton), I realized I've really taken a liking to my clownfish. I picked up two ORA Black Snowflake clowns, and there's nothing I'd like to see more than them diving into a healthy nem. But I know very...

There are so many options and I really don't know where to start. I liked the EM300 but can't find it in stock anywhere. The SWC200 extreme looked great at first, but then I started reading reviews about the noise factor. There are the SROs too... I have a 150g tank with a 30g sump. I...

The skimmer with this tank right now has a broken pump. Rather than find a new pump, I think I'd like to take this time to get something a little better. Total volume will be 180g. And I plan on running a fuge(only 5 gallons). I have a strong feeling it'll have a high bioload. I'd really...

Moved a 150g to my house Monday. Had it fully running by Tuesday. The rocks were out of water for about 15-20 hrs. I also scrubbed the hell out of them Tuesday morning. Prior to this the tank had been cured and running for about a year or two. The sand is all new as is the water. Checked my...

I have a 60 Inch Hamilton Cebu Sun. It was a gift with a 150g tank(that's 72"). The previous owner used metal plates to rest the legs on(they rusted in quick order). Do you guys have any suggestions on how to mount them for now? I plan on upgrading to LEDs towards the middle of the summer...

Howdy guys. So I have room for one of these in my system. I have a 150g tank with a 40g sump. The sump has a small 5g refugium that I plan on filling with chaeto. It also has a bioball chamber I intend to fill with LR rubble. I've been reading today about the benefits of a algae scrubber. It...

Long story…I now have a wavemaker 4, 2 koralia-1, koralia-2, and a koralia-3. I really want more flow for my setup. I wanted x2 koralia 4 and x2 koralia 3, but I can't find any 4s that'll run on this 12v controller! I tried doing a little searching but can't find an alternative. Do you guys have...

I'm getting a new tank Monday hopefully. I'm considering looking into LEDs and I've read really good reviews on these lights, but it seems like everyone that's mounted them has done so with a canopy. How do you think I could get away with it without canopy mounting? And running from the...

Getting more and more excited about the 150 I'm getting Monday. Just curious what you guys do for inital setup with a tank >50g. Total volume is around 250g...so it's going to take a lot of trips to get some water. Does Wal-Mart/HEB at the refillable centers work? It's 75 cents for 5g at...

Upgrading to a 150g tank soon, I'll have about 400# of live rock. I've never really been a big fish person. I really like my aquarium for the coral, but my family and friends really appreciate the fish more than anything. Now that I have a bigger tank, I feel I should exploit the newfound...

Finally making the jump from a 47g tall to a 150g tank with a 100g sump. I don't plan on running a skimmer, but will fill the sump with a massive amount of chaeto. In my current tank I have a lot of LPS and I really like the movement they offer. I also have a couple softies that spread like...

I have a friend of mine that is going to give me his 150g reef setup. He had it setup for about two years and just couldn't keep up with it. The tank right now is full of water, rock, sand, and has 3 full sized pajama cardinals. It also houses a TON of carpet algae. There are 4 koralia...

My buddy has 150g tank. He found this guy digging a new home for himself under his live rock. He said he's lost several corals to him moving sand on top of them. He said he had to have come in on live rock, because he never bought him..and the last piece of rock he bought was almost a year...

I reinstalled a skimmer on my tank yesterday. As expected the tank is literally cloudy from the number of micro bubbles. This morning, all of my mushrooms have puked, my lps all look bad, and my clam looks to be full of air... All the fish look fine. I cleaned the skimmer overly well...

With the recent loss of my clownfish by consumption, I lost two fish...had to take my snowflake eel into the LFS to trade him in. Looking for suggestions on fish. Something flashy and pretty with a lot of personality for my kids to watch. I have a sixline and a coral beauty in there now...

I've had my tank running for about a year now without a skimmer. I do water changes when I remember. Sometimes twice a week, sometimes once every other week. I have yet to have any nitrates come up on any test. All of my corals are flourishing(all softies, lps anyhow). I do a lot of...

Do you guys have any advice on moving a full tank? I'd like to install a HOB refugium on the tank but can't due to it's proximity to the back wall. I figure it has to weight about 500 lbs. It's on tile if that matters. The stand is one of those particle board setups, with some metal...

I've had this eel for about 4 or 5 months now. He was my last fish to add to my tank and I really liked him. He was highly aggressive though and I have gotten bitten by him more times than I'd care to admit. But I draw the line today. I was moving a new piece of coral in the tank and he...

I'm even willing to take a gamble here and there. Just tired of paying 40$ for a rock with 1-2 mushrooms on it. Looking at mostly soft corals and the occasional LPS. Anyone have any favorites?

I had this idea and wanted to do some thinking out loud before I attempted it. What if you attached a net to the back of the tank along the wall and dropped a few balls of cheato under it. Would it eventually spread through the net and cover the back wall of the tank? I think it'd solve...