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some microalgaes thrive at higher temperatures. in the winter if you're temp drops to 76 or so you should see a reduction. that's part of it. the other part of it is when the refugium is in the lowest part of the system, rather than mid level, there will be organics settling in it and create...

I always use teflon tape and screw it firmly in, but with enough play to turn it a quarter turn if I want to adjust tank level. It's never leaked that way for me. I don't use slip fittings for bulkheads or unions.

refugiums, now you're speaking my language. first off, due a temperature check on the water in the refugium and the water in the display tank, away from any pumps and mid level top to bottom and post back. also what type of return pump do you have, and is it submerged or external, and where is...

You should keep both. Chicks dig guys with more than one tank. Fact.

I can't move it to Cherry Hill for just cause it won't fit in our Prius.

Cool, I'm glad someone can use them

I suggest that someone should want my two stock tanks.

There's general agreement that rising CO2 levels or declining Oxygen levels in the reef aquarium is what brings pH under 8.0. Regular seawater is 8.1 to 8.3. There are a lot of different ways to skin a cat. And in this case, it can be anything from opening windows, to increasing...

The two types of bacteria (1) turns amonia to nitrite (2) turns nitrite to nitrate, will reduce in population if there are no ammonias or nitrates in the system. How long will it take and will they die off completely? Nobody knows is my guess, it probably hasn't been studied and documented. I...

Diversity is the mother of invention. I think.

By the helpfulness of Hockeynut I'm setting up another tank, and am need of an electronic MH ballas for a SE 175 or 250 watt. I have a reflector with a wired out mogul base, so am looking for a ballast with a plug if possible. I figure with folks converting to LED there may be some lying...

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By the help of Raffle King, Falconut, Daniel and Spidey to fill out the corals in the bottom tank. And a sand bed seeding contribution by FatOldSun. What a great wife, putting up with a six month double tank build in our bedroom, in the nook next to the fireplace that was oh so almost perfect...

I could really use either a drilled 55 gallon or 75 gallon. Doesn't even need an overflow, just as long as there's a hole in it. Preferably a hole in one of the side panels. I know it's rare to get a factory 55 gallon drilled in the bottom cause those are special order, but that would work...

I have two of these tanks leftover from when my fuge system was bigger. If you have your sump system in the basement, I implore you to add one or two of these inline with the sump to increase you're overall water volume - and throw live rock in them as you have the opportunity to acquire it...

I just put hot water in a syringe and give them a few shots in the center.

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where does he put cookies?

True true, you never know what personality you'll get. I've been keeping them a while and they're very individual. Many folks would gasp at a Queen and Titan in the same tank, and rightly so at all the opinions out there on that combo. But these two sleep together in the same cave LOL.

He's a real puppy dog - I think he/she was an excavator in a past life b/c moving rocks back and forth is the main recreation. 250 watt 14k metal halides and a VHO actinic.