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    Frustrating protein skimmer

    I have a eshopps psk100 hang on protein skimmer. The skimmer works great but, for whatever reason the cup will fill up with water. I cannot get the skimmer to restart without the cup overflowing with water when this happens. I have blocked(raised) the skimmer higher with the same problem...
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    What are the next tests?

    Hello all, my tank has been going well. The livestock is doing well, and the cleaning crew is happy(except the hermits keep killing the snails, need to get more snails). The water is doing well but, the amonia is almost .025, I will do a water change and keep a eye on the levels. I have some...
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    skimmer problem

    I have a eshoppes 100 skimmer. My salinity was a little high and I added some ro water to lower the level. Now the skimmer over flows and the breather tube is full of water. I have unplugged and taken the skimmer apart to make sure there was nothing in the pump. How should I restart the skimmer?
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    Bigger tank

    I have a new tank, 400 gallons give or take a few gallons. In time I will put this in my shop, after I understand reef tanks more. It was too good a deal to pass up so now I have two tanks. How would I go about this set up. It will be a reef tank with the dimentions of 7ft by 4ft by 2ft...
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    Coral reviving?

    I purchased a used tank that was not in use. For the past 5 weeks I have added live rock and used the (what I thought was dead coral branches) to cylcle the tank. Levels are good and have added a cleaning crew and a few fish. I noticed some red polyps growing on the branches, is this possible?
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    Denver stores

    Any suggestions for saltwater fish stores in the Denver front range area?
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    New live rock

    I purchased some live rock and most of the pieces have small red fan worms growing on the rocks. While my tank is cycling do I need to feed these fan worms? The second growth is on another rock which looks like grey bread mold. Is this good or bad, if good do I need to feed? If it is bad...
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    newbie with new tank

    We have a new 55 gal tank that has been running for about 2 weeks. It has 60 lbs of live sand and about 40 lbs of live rock(the live rocks have small what looks like small red feather dusters living on the rocks). The ammonia level has bottomed out and the nitrate level has not changed much...
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