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Since it is highly recommended not to transfer an old sandbed, I will need fresh sand for my system when I move. I was one of the lucky people back in the day that filled the bottom of my tank with southdown. I loved the white look of it. After 2 hours of research on sand I am still not sure...

Does the silicone used to hold our glass tanks together ever deteriorate? How about if the tank was dry for any length of time? Like maybe 5-10 years or more Curious because I've occasionallyseen some older tanks for sale that were stored empty Taz

Now that Aquarium discounters closed up in Marlton. Where is everybody getting the best deals and buying new tanks. I am either going to do 2- 120's or the new perfecto monterey series tanks that are really deep(front to back)I also considered a custom tank, but do not really have time to order...

Clicked on my shortcut to Reef Central this morning while on the phone with my boss and almost laughed out loud. Took me by surprise and I was studdering while getting my thoughts back together. Check out the reef central header...pretty funny

Everybody always raves about the Icecap 660 ballasts. I would like to fit in with these people :). I have a maristar 48" fixture with 2-250Mh and 2-t5. Do the ballasts run any hotter than others? Would I be able to just take the current ballast out and attach the new ballast. I'm not really into...

Just curious how many of you have your tank in the same room as a fireplace, woodburning stove...etc. How close to your source of heat do you have it and how much of a temperature swing does it create? In my new house if all goes well, I plan on having the tank (or tanks ;D) 20 feet away from...

I will be selling my house in the next three months. I want to put it on the market now, but I'm not sure what I should do about my tank. The tank is a 120 and is plumbed through the floor and I had the living room carpeted around it. What would you do? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has...

I've seen a lot of people moving tanks, whether moving or upgrading. I was thinking about setting up a new tank in my new house and transfer my current tank right into it on closing day figuring it would be easier, but then I realised that I would have to disturb my current sandbed or buy new...

I will be moving in June so this will be the perfect time to upgrade. I will probably leave my 120 with the house and go 180. Then reading all of the thoughts about not being too much different than a 120 I started thinking that If I go to a six foot tank, I might as well go as wide and maybe...

How many of you are using well water for your reefs? I am sure it can be done. Are there any special things that need to be done or is using a RO/DI enough. I'll bet that well water would be hard on the filters and membrane on the RO/DI unit. Please excuse me if this has ever been discussed...

I would like to buy test kits from the group buy. My test kit is probably about five years old. I VERY rarely test my water probably only once this past year with my dated and probably inaccurate test kit. Anyway, both my father and my brother are having some problems with their tanks and I...

I have a 120 with dual corner overflows. Bought the tank used around six years ago. The slight problem that I am having recently is that One of my clowns likes to swim right into the overflow because the breakaway tab is missing. The previous owner had the returns shooting toward the front glass...

OK, I have read that cyano will go away on its own in time (with the right water conditions of course)or I can manually go in and suck it out. I have used chemi-clean in the past and it works great, but I do not want to use chemicals any more if I don't have to. I have had no time lately and he...

Read this ebay ad, and look at what price this auction actually ended with.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130144061675&ru=http%

For the past couple of days everytime I do something else on my computer and then come back to NJRC the homepage makes me log in. I am using the same bookmark that I have been using since we switched to the new homepage and have never had to re-login unless I cleaned the cookies on my computer...

A couple of months ago I changed my overflows to the mega-flows and now I find many snails and hermits and even one of my pepermints in my sump. Right now I am still using my old 30 gal acrylic sump and have a sponge over the 3/4"bulkhead so that nothing makes it into the pump, but when I finish...

I have a monti cap in my tank that has grown like mad. I bought it from a fellow reefer as a 2" frag and it has become a large centerpiece in my tank( gonna try to remember to measure it tomorrow). It is now growing out of the water. It has grown almost 1/8" above the waterline. I assume that...

Just installed a 2" ball valve on the new sump that I'm upgrading to in the basement. I cheaped out (I know you get what you pay for..LOL) and bought the one that I guess you would call "single union" (it unscrews from the pipe only on one side). Well I started to fill the sump with water to...

I understand that TDS stands for total disolved solids which would be impurities in the water. With a reading of 0ppm is there anything at all in the water? Can there be any phoshates or anything else still in the water at 0ppm? I do not know how accurate my TDS meter is, but I do get 122ppm at...

I have an Aqua C EV-120 that I thought was a good skimmer years ago. I know there are much better ones, but for the time being it's better than nothing. Mine is very unconsistent. one day it'll be wet skimming like crazy and for a couple days it may not pull any thing out I've tried just about...