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Going to order a controller ASAP. I have heard a lot of people talk about how they love the ACs but every tank I have actually seen in person minus 1 or 2 has had a reef keeper controller on it. Right now im between the AC 3 or either the Reefkeeper 2 or the elite. Input please

Im looking into a new skimmer right now for my 180. First I always like to oversize things secondly I cant afford a deltec, just cant see myself spending that kind of money on a skimmer. Skimmer will be in sump and must be quiet. For the last few months I was dead set on doing a ASM G4x but have...

What is the best and safest way to clean out a used tank. Nothhing crazy just some dust, some salt residue. Im pretty sure my best bet is white vinegar, but do I just do straight vinegar on a rag or what. Thanks everyone

Just did a 20% water change last night and just tested everthing right now, obviously some things need to be adjusted. temp 78.6*F PH 8.3 Alk 1.7-2.8 (it was darker in the color range so im going to say it was probably 2.5ish) Calcium 300 Nitrate 5.0 Phos .1 calcium needs to come up, nitrates...

Well I have been reaquascaping since about 11this morning. The orginal new plan was to do 1 big center mountain with sloping sides, now it has turned into 2 mountains since Im out of rock. Anyway Im here to look for some advice, I hate the right side of the tank, I cant get anything to look good...

Im thinking about loosing my 4 koralia 4s and going with 2 vortechs. My biggest progblem is that my tank is in wall and I only have 2" of clearnace on each side of the tank. One side is a closet with just 1 peice of sheet rock dividing it so that side is no biggy, the other side is an actual...

came home froma day trip in wildwood and I come home to this...when I got home I noticed that some how it got moved and was touching the peice of LR next to it and it looks like that is where the dying happened from. There is no aptasia or anything like that nor have I noticed any fish picking...

I dont think Im skimming very well at all out of my skimmer. I bought it used to I know it has the older becketts but the skimmer wa in great shape. My tank has been up and running for a few months and I have no even come close to filling a 5gal bucket with skimmate yet. I ran the water level at...

Im thinking about changing up my lighting a bit now that I am getting into SPS. Im kinda partial to metal halides but I see a lot of people are having awesome succes with t5s and of course they are a lot cheaper. Im really looking to get some fast growth and great colors. Let me know some of...

Need to get a few feet of it. I know AO has everything but 2", a pond dealer I go to usually has 2" in stock but dont really feel like making the trip 30-40mintues for it. wondering if someone close to middletown has it, maybe a pool supply?

I picked up an adhi 60 sump, it has a first chamber, 2nd chamber could be used as a refugium or something else, filter pad and then the 3rd chamber. I have my mr-2 in the first chamber which is pretty tight. Should I have the return of the sump dump back into the first chamber or into the 2nd...

Just wondering what people are using for the overflow return pumps. I see a lot use in sump mag drives, havent seen many people using external pumps or maybe Im just missing it. Let me know what youre running, size/gph/etc...

I dont know if it is my the pump or what, but I finally got some stuff in my tank up and running today. I have a mag 7 powering my mr-2 skimmer and a coral-life turbo sea 1700 for my main pump (powers the overflow returns and will power a calc/phos reactor) and let me say holy crap is something...

Ive been searching all day about plumbing my sump up and not really had much luck. I have an oceanic 3 sump. It has two 1" outlets on one side, it came with a piece of glass that sits on top that has two 1" bulkheads in it and it has 1 baffle with a piece of foam on it that is about 10-12" away...

I have built a nice spray bar setup on the bottom of my 180, I went with 3/4" pipe all inside the tank. My question is what size holes should I be drilling in the spray bars and how many. I want to say I read somewhere that the holes should be spaced 1" apart, just dont remember the hole...

I have seen some people on other boards discussing their luck with t5 bulbs such as the new current nova extreme pro lighting system, some still battle you need a halide such as the current outer orbit lights. Being a newbie the biggest difference I see is cost, the halide lights are about...

My Perfecto 180 came pre drilled for 1" bulkheads in the overflows. Problem being that they came in barbed fittings so all you can use is flex pvc or the vinyl tubing that they provided. The return pipe is 3/4" and the bulkhead for the return is made to fit into a the hole that is drilled but...

Well i had a little plumbing mix up today and had to take my bulkheads out which required me to do some cutting and now the bulkheads are useless. Wondering where I can pick up four 3/4" bulkheads tomorrow, preferably somwehere close to monmouth county... Tropiquarium only had 1 and will be out...

What do you guys recommend? I like the wavemakers and controllers for the powerheads because of all the options of currents, but Im not crazy about numerous big power heads in the tank. CLS looks great, but a lot of planning to get good flow. Or do you recommend doing both say have a CLS...

When i look at everyones tank pictures their corals look attached to big peices of live rock, some live rock is covered with shrooms and zoos etc... When you buy your corals from the LFS i have seen them come on peices of rock, do you just put the rock in the tank or are you supposed to remove...