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    First Time Cycling HELP!

    Five days is to soon unless you had precycled live rock or media
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    First Time Cycling HELP!

    AND DO NOT CYCLE WITH A LIVE FISH. ITS CRUEL AND UNNECESSARY please :)
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    First Time Cycling HELP!

    I agree with above, small added advice... Do not take shrimp out after a day. Leave it in. Personaly I leave it in a filter sock so I don’t have to try and scavenge the broken down pieces later. I also Phamtom feed at the same time. There is nothing wrong with using ammonia. Little trick is to...
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    Live rock vs clean

    One mans opinion. Dry Rock. The real difference is time. And it’s a good test to see if you are ready for a hobby like this that requires serious patience. If you wait out the cycle, avoide pests, and end up the same place then all the better. Best of luck. I look forward to your tale of the...
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    Sump Filters Innovative Marine 30 Gallon Long

    To be clear. I am sharing what I believe to be correct. Should anyone on the forum have a slightly different view. Trust them and ignore me Skimmers remove microscopic solids. And they do it indiscriminately. So no. They don’t remove bad bacteria and ignore good ones. Primarily they remove...
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    Sump Filters Innovative Marine 30 Gallon Long

    Marine pure? You can rinse them occasionally in tank water. But you don’t replace them. If you replace them you are removing the benificial bacteria
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    Return Pump

    Sounds smart to me
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    Return Pump

    I looked for a DC pump because I liked the idea of controllability but couldn’t find one even kind of reasonabley priced that could handle 30+ head pressure. I guess there not intended for sumps that aren’t stacked.
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    Return Pump

    I know very little about pumps. I chose an IWAKI MD-70RLT Mainly because I have a stupid amount of head pressure to deal with. Have to say after doing the math. It is performing better then expected. I was afraid the excessive back pressure would give me minimal flow but turns out it’s out...
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    Sump Filters Innovative Marine 30 Gallon Long

    What size sump compartment. Any pics
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    Free Large Rock with Pulsing Xenia

    Melted!!! Oh man. That’s brutal
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    Free Large Rock with Pulsing Xenia

    ACC. In Eatontown will take a large piece like that and give you a value. If you agree with price. They will let you pick frags based on that number
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    Return Pump

    Marc-C. Sweet tank. Nice pic
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    LED T5 Hybrid.....awesome

    Looks nice
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    Coralline Algae

    Interesting
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    The SHELLY tank

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    The SHELLY tank

    Great photos Great descriptions Great explanations Great tank JUST GREAT. WELL DONE
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    LED T5 Hybrid.....awesome

    Love your setup mr. danger
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    LED T5 Hybrid.....awesome

    What the heck. I thought June as well
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    LED T5 Hybrid.....awesome

    Reefaoalooza???
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