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its been about a week since i been posting, and i am happy to say i was able to cut my nitrates in half, i got rid of the rubble rock in my sump,cleaned it out, and did 15-20 gallon water changes like every other day..i have two bags of carbon and 5 bags of nitrate spon ge in my sump also but i...

in the past two days... >:( >:( all my water tests came back exactly the same...the only difference in the water is i added a bag of phosphate remover, (which i had in a bucket of RO water with pump blowing on it for a day)..i dont know if that could be the problem, but its the only new thing i...

hello all, i recently tested my water which i hadn't done in months as i started to get lazy with my tank. well not surprisingly my nitrates were at like 60!!!!..Nothing was dying in my tank, but if i added anything to it, it usually would die. So last week i took some steps to try and get my...

here is a full tank shot with my new geisman halides running..

i love these guys... ;D ;D

Hi, guys, today i added 50lbs of live rock to my tank...all to the right side which now is filled in. that puts me up around 350lbs of live rock in the tank (180gallons)..i added some crazy growers i had in my tank to some of the rock in hopes it will spread around cause right now the rock is...

hello, all, so this week i have been really trying to clean up my tank. after months of kinda half a$$'ing it, i have been working to keep with regular water changes, cleaning skimmer ect. well last week i tested my water and no surprise my nitrates were off the charts...now i know testing kits...

after looking at some of our members tanks with sps corals in it, i think i fell in love..the wide array of colors just is awesome., i dont know any of there names, but what worries me is it seems to have them you have to have the best of the best in water quality, and equipment, calicum...

im curious, i have been using the tropic marin Pro-Reef Salt. When i look at the salts they kinda all look the same to me but i know some are better then others so i figured id ask you guys? Also when im mixing the salt mix with my RO water i put do it in 5 gallon buckets..i usually take one...

i have had it for over a year, and since adding metal halides it has started to spread..im not sure what it is, can someone id for me and if you know tell me if any special care is needed for it other then strong lighting..right now its perched up on rockwork that is about 14 inches directly...

hi, here are a couple of new pictures i took with my new digital camera, it has a setting for underwater pictures which i used, but the pictures seem to look too dark with it, what do u think? left side center right side here are some of my clams..i have ten in my tank. the pictures...

I made yet another newbie mistake in that i bought a green brittle star fish a couple of months ago because the guy told me it was reef safe. Yesterday i noticed his head looked like a fish, like he swallowed a fish whole!!!!! He is huge, i would say his legs are like 9 inches a piece. He...

ok, so im becoming a posting maniac..lol..sorry..i want to add some new fish to my 180 gallon tank..I have seen some members tank pictures with some really nice angel fish, but i thought i couldnlt add them because they weren't reef safe? i need to do some homework and not just take the lfs guys...

I had a guy set up my tank for me, and because i was new to the saltwater hobby, i do not have the set up that i wish i had. For one my sump is way to small in my opinion. I barely have room for anything , i have three pumps that are basically right ontop of each other, and the area where the...

i gotta say....i give it 1000000000 thumbs up!!!...i went from 250 watt AB 13k bulbs which i thought were good, but yellow looking..the AB bulbs were alot better then the coral life stock bulbs i must say...now i got the giesmann megachrome 14.5k coral bulbs...and holy cow...they are...

Sup everyone, just curious where in this great state are you from? Im from Bayonne here..its in Hudson County, right across the river from NYC. And yes the rumors are true, nobody leaves Bayonne..once your born here you never leave..lololol.. Where are you from?

hello, just found this site and joined. I have a 180 gallon reef tank which is my first saltwater tank. As you can guess i have had some ups and downs and spent lots of money that i could have saved if i did things the right way the first time..lol...( I still wish i got a 210 gallon instead...