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My 45 gallon tank is doing great, staying stable and my stock is thriving. The 6 bulb t5 will be fine for what I want to do, but I'm planning a 70-75 gallon build. My first conflict comes at lighting fixtures. I've heard differing opinions on LEDs and halides. I found a nice aquatic life 2x150...

So I kinda broke parameters here but I started with my first live stock. Ammonia was at zero as well as nitrite for a few days. I tested nitrate and was getting low readings so I took some to the lfs to have it double checked. Everything looked good and he said I could start with a couple...

I picked up an eshopps protein skimmer with a sicce needle wheel pump and API testing kit, in addition to some new frags for the biocube. Anyways, I was having trouble w the skimmer. I couldn't get the water column to rise. Until I added more water, in the instructions it says 8-10" of water but...

So I'm out going between fish stores because I decided my 45 is too small, one store has a reef ready package for 1300 it's a 72 gallon tank with everything I need, they are a bit over priced but money isn't too big a deal. However another store where I got my 14 gallon nano set up from has a...

One of my lfs was going out of business and they had a setup and running biocube for cheap, w all fish in it. So I bought it and brought it home, it's up and running and the water is calming down. I didn't stir up much of the sand bed but it did shift around a bit. It came w two clowns, a yellow...

I've got a 45 gallon cube predrilled. Picked up an aquarium life support systems p1000 sump, a return pump, a good power head. The sump has bioballs and a floss pre filter so I may change to something different below the pre filter. I've filled everything with half saltwater from tanks at the...

Hey guys, just another newbie here. I've started a 12 gallon nano cube cycling that I picked up. Alls well so far. This one will more than likely be my mothers Christmas gift, I want to give it to her stocked and growing nicely with a fish or crustacean or two, some softies and lps corals. I'm...