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Call Marine technical Concepts- 201-444-7165. They will make you a sump with any requirements that you may have. The workmanship and acrylic is excellent. Take a look at their skimmers and reactors and you will see what I mean. Ken

OK, I'll be the first to ask. Why are you doing water changes in your sump? You could put a powerhead on the tubing and pump out of your sump. You could put a bulkhead at the lower part of the sump with a gate valve and tubing and collect the water that way. Ken

Don't confuse rate of return from the tank to the sump to water movement inside your tank with powerheads. Do you have cyno all over or only specific parts of the tank. If it is in a specific part, re-direct water flow to that area. Ken

How much flow do you have in the tank. The cyno can also be due to not enough water movement. Ken

Sorry to hear this. That really is a horrible event. Ken

That bioload really is not that heavy if he is doing regular water changes, has a good rock, good skimmer, and is not overfeeding. My 90 gal sps/lps tank has: potters angel, goldflake angel, sailfin tang, yellow tang, maroon clown, mandarin, and 5 lyretail anthias. the tank is setup two years...

Does anyone have one of these fish in their reef tank? How are they? I read that cleaner shrimp etc would be on their diet, but also heard that if the shrimp are in the tank first that it would work. Any comments from people that have done it? Thanks, Ken

I am setting up a second tank (70 Gallon Oceanic) which is 36x18X24. I decided to go with a wood canopy as well. I am going to do a 6 bulb retrofit using Ice cap reflectors. Should I use an Ice Cap 660 ballast and overdrive the bulbs or go with a standard T5 ballast and have the bulbs run at the...

I am getting a new fixture for one of my tanks. It is a 6 bulb Tek Lighting T5. Which mix of bulbs would look nice as well as promote growth. Thanks, Ken

My newest tank (setup about 9 months) now has a lot of tiny whitish starfish. Is this a problem? If so, how do I deal with it? Thanks, Ken

I figured the rock was inert. Guess not. i was looking to put about 10-20 lbs of the rock in with the 70 or so ponds that I have now. Would it be a better idea then to find the rock I need from someone that is selling cured rock from their system that they are looking to sell? Ken

I am changing tanks in a week or so and during the move I wanted to take out a couple of pieces of rock that I do not like and switch them with better shaped rocks. Since the reef tank has been setup for a long time and I am just supplementing rock, I was thinking of just adding dry rock. Can...

I live in Manalapan. Where can I buy an X10 module for my chiller and the module that the communication cable goes into? Aquadyne said that they use an X10 Pro and didn't know if the "regular" x10 works for their unit. Thanks, Ken

I just bought it now. When I went there before it said I had to buy two. I tried and it said not enough stock. I then tried to get one and it said I had to buy two. I was going to see if i could get the whose on first tape instead. Thanks, Ken

Thanks for all of the replies. Phyl, it does not look like it is in stock at the the link you gave. Are there any more sponsors selling this before I go to Ebay? Thanks, Ken

Does anyone know of a good method of scraping coralline algae off the glass without having to get your hand in the tank? I decided to finally clean the front and sides of my 90 gal sps tank yesterday, and my hands were breaking off some of the corals. Even the Kent scrapers with long handles are...

Reef Crystals have an alkalinity of around 11-12 dkh. There is nothing wrong with having your alk at 12 dkh. I try to keep my alk between 11-dkh. My SPS certainly love it. Ken

I actually have a piece of scrap carpet under my sump and pump. I had a mouse pad to at the beginning but took it out as the carpet worked fine. By the way, if you are using rigid pvc from the sump to the intake of the pump, you should switch to flex pvc. It will cut down on vibration. Ken

After spending a few hours cleaning my sump, I realized I got to use a filter sock. I had given up on using it a while ago because when I first put one on my sump, it made me skimmer go nuts for hours. Has anyone else had this problem have and how do you solve it? I have an H&S skimmer which is...

Not sure, but mine seem to get over colds and the flu much quicker. Ken Sorry, I couldn't resist :)