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Drilling the sump is not an option for me. I will try cleaning the pump out first. I do not have the cash to buy a new pump and my back up is the quite one 3000. Jon

I have taken the heater out of the tank. The thermometer is working correctly. It is obvious by touch that the water is warmer than needed. How would I run a mag 9 pump externally without drilling holes in my sump? Can I place it over the water somehow and connect a tube on it leading to the...

So I have been following everyones advice and am trying to determine what piece of equipment is making my tank run warm. Yesterday I unplugged my thermometer and my two power heads. I let the tank sit for 24 hours and the temperature dropped from 83.3to 82.4 degrees. So this means that either my...

I tested my water this morning and it now read 1080. I added another 8 oz of magnesium and by tomorrow my levels should be ok. 8oz of Magnesium has been bringing my magnesium level about 200 points a day. I know this is a little bit risky but nothing seems stressed and all of my other water...

Yesterday it read 640 so I added 8 oz and today it read 840 so I added another 8 oz. I had no idea it would take so much to bring the levels up to par. I will continue to monitor the levels daily and will dose heavy until they are there. Guess I will need to order another 64 oz jug from Marine...

I am really struggling with maintaining my magnesium levels where they should be. I seem to be adding about 3 ounces of Kent Marine Tech M every other day and the levels continue to drop and not rise. I have no problem with maintaining my alkalinity from 10-12 and my calcium from 420 - 460...

My tank has been running pretty warm lately (83 degrees) which I find pretty odd. I have a 58 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. The equipment I have running in the tank is as follows: 250 watt heater (which is turned all the way down), 2 Hydor Koralia #2 powerheads, Tunze 9010 protein skimmer...

Well I finally fixed the problem today. Over the pat two days I have tried everything that was suggested to me and anything else that I could think of. Today I finally bit the bullet and reconfigured my spare homemade sump, bought a few items for it and switched the sumps. The new sump is...

Forgive me but what do you mean by add socks (filter sock?) and add a leave?

That is a great idea. I will try to get some tubing that will fit around my outlet pipe and will have it dump over the ledge and into the refugium. I will let you know how it works out - Jon

The skimmer is always in atleast 8 - 11 inches of water. I think it specifies it should be in atleast 3.5 inches of water where the intake is at the bottom of the skimmer. I am going to take it out and have a look at it. Maybe something is loose etc. If I can't find anything abnormal with it I...

Thanks for the suggestions hawkeye. I turned off the protein skimmer and it eliminated about 98% of the bubbles. So what next? I specifically bought this skimmer because of its size and its good brand. It skims my tank very well. I have heard that you can run your protein skimmer at night...

My tank is now three months old and I am dieying to add coral to it but there is just one problem. I have a huge amount of bubbles in my tank coming from the sump. I have an Oceanic model 1 sump and if you are not familiar with the sump I will explain it to you. The sump consists of one huge...

Matt, thanks for the advice. I drained the overflow and pulled the durso pipe and caught him when the water was almost empty. Case solved - Jon

Today when I woke up I noticed one of my fish was missing. I looked all around the tank and could not find him. Than I looked into my overflow and there he was just hanging out. He is a small clownfish maybe 3/4 of an inch and he slipped through the small hole that the return nozzle could rest...

Thankyou everyone for all of your input. Around 2pm today I did a 5 gallon water change of RO water only. I let the tank cycle for a couple of hours than I tested the salinity. My salinity dropped from 1.035 to 1.030. My alkalinity and magnesium also dropped but I dosed them accordingly to bring...

Re: Salinity way to high The refractometer has been calibrated and appears to be working correctly. It was very easy to adjust... I am going to take out five gallons of water today and will add 5 gallons of RO water. Than when I do my water change tomorrow I will use only 10 gallons with salt...