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    Protein skimmer producing micro bubbles

    Lately it's been one thing after another. After doing a water Change last weekend, I also cleaned my skimmer. It had been running perfect until I cleaned it. Now, I can't get It to skim properly and it's putting all kinds of micro Bubbles into my display tank. With the Venturi wide Open...
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    Is this cyano?

    Hopefully my photo is attached and is visible. I have some red slimy looking stuff growing on My sand. It also has stringy pieces that look like hair Which is also red. I do weekly 10% water and my water Conditions are: Nitrates 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrites. 0 Ph. 8.1 Alk...
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    210 gallon sump or filter

    I recently purchased a 210 gallon tank which came with dual overflows and a canister Filter. I have been going back and forth about if I should use the filter or my 55 gal for a Sump. The filter is a fx5 and is brand new. Could any of you give me your thoughts? I plan On keeping a reef setup...
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    bristle worm

    I just added my first coral to my tank this evening, green mushrooms. I was just looking to see how they were doing when I noticed a bristle worm coming out of the new piece of rock my coral came on. What is the best way to deal with these worms? Are the harmless or will they eat my fish?
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    Clown fish behavior

    I just added a pair of clown fish about a week ago now. The second day it was obvious which fish was the male and which was the female. They eat and swim all over the tank, 26 gallon. What I have noticed is at night they separate from one another. One stays at the top left hand corner of the...
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    Protein Skimmer vs biowheel

    I am new to the hobby and would like to know if my tank will be ok using a biowheel rather than the seaclone 100 that I have. I bought the seaclone four or five years ago when I started my first tank that lasted about a year. Five years later I got the bug again and set up my 25 gal hex tank...
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    Hi, from Boston area

    Hi everyone, I have started my tank up again. Have been doing a lot of reading online, but I am sure I will have questions. I have a 25 gallon hex tank with 22lbs of live rock and 20lbs of live sand. I am using a protein skimmer that I had bought 5 years ago. Seaclone 100 which I am now finding...
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