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So I've had a 75 for a year or 2 now and upgraded to a 150 and its been awhile. I put in 200 lbs of live sand. I poured in sand Thursday night and its still cloudy as hell. I even put the packets of clearing up water. I thought it would clear up quickly. I haven't been running anything on it...

I will be moving in the next week and I have a 75 gallon reef tank. I just bought a 150 gallon tank that I am trying to get set up at the new location to transfer everything to from my 75 gallons but I have some concerns about whether or not it will go through a cycle??? Heres the low down...

How many pistol shrimp can you have in a tank? Just curious what the rule of thunb is per gallon

I'm looking into buying a metal HAL and someone is selling a coralife 2 bulb 150w- 15k fixture. My question is, is my T5HO better? Its a 4 bulb- 2 day lights, and 2 acentric. THe daylights are 10k and I assume the other 2 would be too or am I wrong? If they are then my T5 would be producing...

Will the monkey shrimp destroy my corals and clams? I don't see alot of information out there for it except for monitor

I fried my ballast by accidently spilling water in it :) I wired it back up to run on just one ballast. This is a 4 bulb fixture. My question is should I run both day lights or a mix. Right now I have one daylight and one accentic. Thanks!

I cant determine what this is on my coral, and I want to make sure I know before I open it up to my water. Its acclimating right now. One looks like a flatworm the other looks like a snail? Any thoughts or ideas!!??? I don't have any dip either :frustrat:

I am using the API test kit for KH and I just want to make sure I am reading it right. I added 8 drops before it turned to yellow which marks the final stopping point. Does that mean my KH is 8? I don't quite understand the conversion chart. And do I need to raise or lower it for corals?

Are these guys killers? Mine always seems hungry I have never directly fed him and maybe that's why? But I seem to loose my shrimp and a crab here and there. I was thinking maybe thats why I have lost about 20 peppermint shrimp over the past 5 months :) Also do they attack corals? I am just...

Hello, I have what is suppose to be a pink tip haitian anemone and a bubble anemone. Recently they both have migrated to under rock work away from rocks maybe it could also be the current but I have 2 power heads. One marineland 1400 and another koral low end one. I kind of ruled that out...

I am looking to upgrade my lighting. Currently have a 4 bulb t5 on my 75 gallon. Only one button which sucks because I cant set each setting on a timer. I am looking to upgrade to LED. What would be a good cheap LED version that would work for my tank. It needs to support coral growth...

I have been having trouble with my LFS's the past couple of weeks. I have been cleaning the tank and refugium and filter out pretty well since I started having issues. My parameters haven't been jumping around, maybe just my Ph. It is an established tank. My current parameters salt= 1.024...

I just finished my sump and hooked it up in the new house. I am having a major problem with micro bubbles. I have a dual overflow box but capped one end and put a duramax pipe on the end I have open. It flows through some clear flex hose. The return starts with the same clear tubing and...

I have 2 marineland powerheads in circulation mode. My issue is that I can't get them to suction. One is a month old and the other is 2 days old and the suction is not there. It takes all of 5 minutes before all three suction cups pop up. I press them firmly against the glass making sure...

I have a pink tip anemone and my smaller of the 2 clown fish was playing host in it this morning but as I arrived home from work I saw the larger one was playing host and now he is chasing the smaller one out when he tries to go in. It also seemed as if this pink tip was stinging the smaller one...

Anyone else have one? I just bought one and didn't read up on it and that is truly my fault. I was blinded by its beauty.. I had to move him out of my 75 gallon into my 20 gallon which is empty besides a fish. As soon as I introduced him with a bunch of snails and hermits (small ones)...

I don't really understand lights that well but I need to replace my bulbs and was wondering what colors I should get and what they are called. I know the bulbs I need to get are f54 but not sure what color for the 48inch fixture???

Ever since I introduced a marineland 1200 powerhead one of my anemone's will not take hold of anything. I know they tend to walk around the tank but he had footed himself in a good spot on the bottom. The power head was aimed at the top providing a circular current that must have uprooted him...

Yes that's right I just learned that my tank is 75 gallons. I had been doubting it was a 90 gallon for sometime but I finally put the measurements into an online calculator to find out for sure. Goes to show you don't trust craigslist people! lol But oh well still a good deal, just might have to...

How often do you guys do a water change using a sump? Less, more or the same?