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MRC’s actual recommendation is: BL-55 (PW-150PS) When you go to their pump information on the Blue Line, here’s what they say: 1100 GPH Pressure Rated Pump Model BL-55 HD (NH-150PS) Inlet/Outlet Fittings: 1" MPT / 1" MPT Max Head Pressure: 28 ft Speed: 3,000 RPM Power Consumption: 180 W...

The manufacturer recommends 1100 gph pump (an external pump). I am currently running a MAG 24…that’s 2400 gph….that’s more than twice the rating of what is recommended. The skimmer is getting plenty of flow…if anything, I would think the extra flow past the beckett is cause for greater air...

Sam, thanks for three nice looking fish. I like the Tang with the mohawk! ;D After acclimating, the two yellows immediately started house cleaning by picking at the rocks. My long nose yellow butterfly now thinks she is a yellow tang. All three of them school together, swimming back and forth...

Rod, that is wild! Just to be clear, all those white spots on the blackish colored discus are the babies? Another question, and it is probably foolish, if other discus were in the tank, can the babies identify their parents, or would they try to attach to any discus?

PM sent. Thanks.

My little otter friend told me that an abalone has a complete shell on its back while stomi's only have a partial shell.

Cyanobacteria??? Also know as blue-green algae? What color is it?

And I concur, that's a nice size stomatella...and that's a keeper!

I liked the question that was asked about permits. You’ve hit a sore spot for me.  And I apologize for the highjack. In NJ, you need a permit to get a permit.  Everything needs a permit.  I need a permit to take down a tree in my yard…even if it is some thin scrawny little thing.  I put on a...

I need to drill a hole in an existing sump. I’m installing an external pump for the skimmer and I need a hole in a vertical piece of glass. No problem with pulling the water out of that section of the sump to drill. The issue is keeping the bit wet while I drill. Has anyone done this, and what...

I can't answer this because, as I mentioned, I inherited this tank and therefore did not do the original setup.

OK, so I’ve inherited this 90 gallon tank with a 40 gallon sump and the Reefkeeper Lite has been maintaining temperature for about seven months…before I inherited the tank. So I’m scratching my head why I need to replace 2+ gallons a day in evaporation and why some on the corals aren’t looking...

Welcome Tim! We actually met at the meeting at Eric’s house. I WANT TO SEE PICTURES! Post your tank pictures in “Tale of the Tank,” and get that unknown sps picture posted up in the “SPS & LPS” forum. I'm sure someone on here can help you identify the unknown.

Bob, I would imagine the reduced diameter of the pipe to 3/8 inches would restrict the flow slightly, but again, I only use this setup to transfer water during water changes. For the 10-15 gallons I transfer, I might have to wait a few extra seconds, as a guess. No big deal. If you are really...

I love it. Brilliant!

I don’t like that Berlin Wall look of piling up against the back wall. As wanabe also pointed out, dead spots. I like the more open look where you take three or four rocks and place them so that are separated and now take a big rock and put it on top of these pillars. Do a couple of these and...

Being an ignorant idiot has its advantages, because when you come up with a thought or idea, it is shear brilliance….idiot’s brilliance. Then someone who knows comes along and shoots your ideas down. They have the knowledge and wisdom to know what they are doing. They are smart, intelligent and...

Now wait one minute, I didn’t identify the “inept” member! By the way, I have that adaptor for you Rod. ;D

I made one of these a while ago and was recently at a fellow reefers house and noticed his jury-rigged connection of his MAG pump to a hose to do water changes. So I told him I’d make him one. This simple DIY takes two parts and costs about $2.50 and it allows you to connect a regular hose to...

I actually did this with one of my freshwater tanks using that plastic poster board material...it's about 1/8 - 3/16 thick. Cheap, durable and easy to cut to fit the back of the tank....worked great.