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These have really taking off in my tank. I will have to start trimming now.

It seems the reef hobby has changes very fast so a lot of the books are no longer relavent. Any newer books worth owning? I mean you can look up a lot of stuff on the internet now but still its nice to have a good reference on all the coral species and their care etc. Sent from my ADR6350 using...

I am talk about the ones with zooxanthella. How about phosphate? Maybe I am simplify thing but I can find a good answer. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk 2

What is the best way to setup the drain pipe to minimize splashing in the sump? I have about 600gph going down a 1" drain. Right now I am running the drain below the water line without a filter sock. Any ideas?

If you run biopellets, do you still need to run GFO and Carbon? If you setting up a new tank which would you install/run first or both?

Looks like MarineDepot is having a 15% of sale for most of the skimmers. My tank is 75g with a 40g sump. Considering the following: Bubble Magus NAC7 - $217 AquaMaxx Cone 2 - $389 (is this too big???) AquaMaxx Ecomaxx EM- $300 (again is this too big for my setup) What are your...

What is the green bubble in the middle and the purple tip on the rock?

Today I tested my water for the first time. I use IO and Seachem foundation test kit. The water is new mixed two days ago. Salinity : 35 ppt CA = 500 ppm (it's the max the test kit can detect but the color did change almost completely) Kh = 11.8 dKh Mg = 1540 ppm I tested carefully...

I have some dried live rock. As seem in the picture but also there is more not in the picture. Should be enough for a 75g tank. Free.

Please educate me. I have live rocks being cured and plan to buy some live sand. Which one do I put down first in the DT? For example, should I put in Live Sand first then salt water, wait for dust to settle then put in live rock? Or cycle the rock then put in the sand?

Hi folks, just introduced myself in another thread and now here's my build thread. I have never kept salt water before so the question is where do I start. After looking at countless posts on various forums I decided on a 75. Figure it's big enough to give me some chance of success in the...

Hi folks, My name is Joe after lurking a while finally decided to introduce myself. I have been keeping freshwater tanks for a few years now I want to try my hand at salt. Submitted my application for the club and looking forward to see you next weekend. I will post my build thread soon.