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So what did you do to turn this guy around?

Interesting….a sperm bank for coral. However, I’m still a bit confused! They are only preserving coral cells and sperm, and not the eggs or embryos, which are too difficulty to preserve. So if you only have the sperm, how is this preserving the species? Did I miss something? I do agree...

A couple years ago I remember posts about black sand containing a ferric (iron) component and therefore your mag-cleaner picked it up and potentially scratched your glass. I don’t know if it was one brand or all brands of black sand, and whether it is still true today, but it is one thing I’d...

I'll answer this one........NO! Grouper get big.....nice meal size......like what's for dinner size. :o

We have had cooler weather the past two days. I’ve had my windows open. If you have as well, have you noticed your pH going back up? If so, you have a CO2 problem in the house when it’s closed up. However, if I were to guess, especially in the summer, I’d guess that this is not your...

These barrels would be just fine. However, check with Bax (baxreefs)…..he was selling barrels…. very reasonable cost…. a little while back. I'm sure if you search "barrels" on our site you'll find it.

Hey Jim, my clips are styling….and well, your clips are …….dull. :grin: Not to mention that my wife doesn’t shop in Lowes. :o And here’s the kicker….as I mulled about these clips even further, I remembered that we have custom towels with pockets that fit over the back of the chairs...

That light looks fantastic! Very very nice. Someone has access to a fancy-smancy CNC machine! :grin:

So my wife was out doing her daily shopping. Did I mention that she shops every day! And she brings home these cute little fish clips to hold a towel to our chaise lounges….. that we have out at the pool. I never remembered the towels having a problem staying on the chaise lounges. I just...

So the more important questions. How does one bring home BK burgers (and I’m assuming frys, and what not), that ends up in a food fight? Did someone want McDonalds instead? :grin:

For starters, in the future, buy leaner hamburger meat. Now add a little ketchup, mustard and a thin slice of red onion, and you should be just fine……cheese is optional. Actually, I don’t see a problem…..you’ll be just fine…..maybe add a canopy to your tank if this food-fighting becomes...

A DI unit cleans up that last little bit of dissolved solids that gets by the RO membrane. HERE is an example of a DI add-on unit. What I would do is to put in a tee so that the house purified water is still fed into the storage tank. The other branch of the tee would go through your DI...

You’ve got a pretty high bioload for a 75….2 tangs Tang police, which are crap machines. Are you running a skimmer? What is the frequency and volume of water changes you do? It would be nice to add a DI unit to clean up your water that much more. Oh, and to answer your questions, no to...

+1 on what Jim said. You’re looking at a good month….you can’t rush this….need to wait until you have zero ammonia and nitrite. Now I’ve never used this to cycle rock, but you might be able to speed the process up by adding a nitrifying additive, like Bio Spira. Again, no direct experience...

You need to cure/cycle that rock by itself in it’s own tank/tub/bucket with a heater and powerhead. You can slightly speed up the process by running your heater slightly higher….say 82F or so.

Cool, welcome, and I like your thinking…..slow is the way to go with this hobby. Start a “Tale of the Tank” for your nano and definitely a Tale for the 90 when you get that started. I too have a 90 with a 40 breeder sump.

Well I’ve heard different things. One was that all 55’s are tempered all the way around. I’ve also heard that only Marineland 55’s are tempered all around while AGA/Aqueon only have tempered bottoms. You might want to double check by using THIS simple method. I actually use polarized...

First off, I believe all 55 g tanks are tempered glass all the way around and therefore can not be drilled. As far as sizes of areas, your skimmer section will be decided by the footprint of you skimmer. Number of baffles will be a minimum of three…one to separate refugium to skimmer...

Changing pumps will not change your evaporation rate. The numbers you quote are normal. I loose about two gallons a day on a 90 gallon tank with a 40 breeder sump. I would suggest you look into setting up an Automatic Top Off (ATO) unit to automatically fill your tank. Now you set it and...

Jim said it……When a fish has the word “damn” in its name, you know it’s not good. I only had one beautiful neon velvet damsel that terrorized my tank. I can’t imagine three…..it’s not going to be pretty. My guy ended up in the witness protection program and is enjoying himself in an...