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Hi guys, Got a question for ya.My DIY sump is made out of a 25 gallon aquarium.Not alot of working room in it to work.I have a return with a baffle and some egg crate to catch debris and kinda break-up the water from splashing bad.I have another baffle on opposite end for my return.I designed...

Hey guys the skimmer I got with aquarium was a diy by a local aquarium set-up guy.All the pumps for the aquarium came in a box and all but one were froze up.I went to local F/S and asked the guy what size pump I should use for the skimmer.I showed him what I had and he suggested either rio 3100...

Hey guys, I'm sure this same question has been asked a 1000 times before but I'm a bit anal about things and want this done right the 1st time.My 130 is like 22 " deep at water level.The canopy I got with it had 3 metal hallides spaced across the top and 2 60' HO lights on either side.I have...

Hey I am trying to clean all the supply hoses on my 125 gallon aquarium before I set it all up.The return line from my sump looks to be maybe 3/4 " and it Y's off to feed 4 return nozzles.My friend took this thing down and didn't flush anything out.Now all the lines have salt deposits...

Hey Guys, I am in process of re-doing mu canopy top.I have removed all the lights,fans,etc and lightly sanded it and have applied a cpl coats of polyurethane to it,The bottom sides of canopy were starting to delaminate so I stripped the first layer off and replaced it with formica.The guy had a...

Hey Guys, Got another question for you.One of my tanks has developed some green hair algae in it.This is a 30 gallon tank theat has been running for about 5 yrs now.I have done nothing different with the exception of adding about 8 # of cured live rock.I took a toothbrush and brushed most of it...

A guy I met at the local F/S has been doing reef & Fish Only tanks for yrs.I told him that I was fixing to set up my 125 gallon reef tank soon.He told me he has been using sch 40 PVC and heating it and bending it and placing it in his tanks for swim throughs.He said he paints then black and...

Hi Guys, The fun is starting already lol.Anyways I am beginning to collect the things I will need to set this reef tank up right the 1st time.I have a cpl questions I would like some advice on.I visited the local fish shop here and asked what was the best waterflow return rate for my 125 gallon...

Hello all I am career firefighter and fitness Instructor.Before that I was Navy Special Operations.I have taught scuba since the late 70's as a part time profession.I started my 1st saltwater tank back in mid 80;'s when I was part owner in a dive operation.We had a custom 100 gallon tank in the...