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I've made the mud in my sump. Its ok I guess I have not seen any real difference with it or with out other than my wallet. Who ever thought mud was this expensive. And my mother told me to stop playing in the mud. And look at me now 38 yrs old and I still make mud pies.
GO REEF ready you will be sorry if you don't. I have seen and heard horror stories about exterior overflows. It really should not be an opion anymore from manufacutrers.
Very strange.....
With a spike I would have thought that anomones would also bite the dust since they are less forgiving to spikes than fish.
I would check the water perimeters again. Add some cycle bacteria, and let the pumps run. Did you also check if you have any shorts of electricity to...
I don't know about you guys my fish never die they commit suicide. That always make me feel better. Then there is no guilt.
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Leaving your skimmer off for 24hours will not hurt your tank as long as you remember to turn it back on again after that. Otherwise your nitrates will go nuts.
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Here is what I did to get rid of the red slime. This is important otherwise the redslime will be uncontrollable.
1.) red slime comes mainly from over feeding, sometimes bad salt from the manufacturer.. DO Not Over FEED your fish, and change salt manufacturer, cut back on feeding.
2.) Suck...
I would suggest going with the best quality according to your budget and the largest recommended gallons that is suggested. For instance I have a 72g tank and my skimmer is rated for at least 200g tank. This is good to have proper effieciency and also good if some day you want to upgrade to a...
I have a 1430va UPS in the basement that is hooked up to about a 40 watt mag pump for the water Basically I calculated that the up could run for 34hrs with out me doing anything. I do not have my lights hooked up to it. Since the power draw would be alot since I running nearly 400watts in...
I have a Euro-reef skimmer which works like a charm. I did have a Deltec which was also good. I got my Euro-Reef from Ebay at a great price of about $200 with shipping and pump included.