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In looking at your sump build, I see two possible problems. First, I would want a much larger return chamber for the pump. You may be sucking air because this final chamber gets drained too low. You may need to remove the "refugium" section and build an external refugium. Second, get rid of...

These kind of problems can be difficult to track down. First, look at the water in your sump, and make sure your not getting bubbles from a skimmer or other device there, or from the water coming into the sump. If that's the case, the return pump will simply "recycle" them to the main display...

My choice would be a royal gramma. A geometric pixie hawk might be a good choice also.

The big problem with using a product for snow melting is that you never know what your getting. Even with a brand someone else used without a problem, you could still have one if you got a different lot. Remember this product was intended to melt snow, and as such doesn't need to be especially...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but this it not correct. For electrical work on printed circuit boards you want a low wattage iron, about 25w, with a fine point. For flux you must use rosin flux. Usually this is supplied as a core inside the solder. Do NOT use ACID flux with is usually...

As pointed out you can take scrapeings from the coraline algae you already have. However, once it starts growing all over everything, especially filtration components, you will consider coraline algae to be just another nuisance algae, almost as bad as green hair algae, or red slime (not a...

Since you have a 28 gal tank, and are on a limited budget, I recommend that you forget about a sump, and get a decent hang on tank skinner and filter. Your old canister filter could also be used.

For a 30 gal tank, you can do quite well using hang on the tank equipment. That being said, some people do like to use a sump, even with it's more complex plumbing. The plumbing itself is actually rather easy, and once you get the hang of it, goes quickly. About all you need to do is cut the...

I've tried the product in a hang on the tank refugium (read small). I didn't see any big difference. I'd say go with normal aragonite sand, unless you have some specific reason for wanting a mud based refugium.

I use a Lifereef overflow. While I would not want to say you can never have an overflow problem with a Lifereef overflow, I can say that I have had no problems with it, even after several years in use. It replaced a CPR overflow which had given me quite a few serious problems, including some big...

There are several different species of mangroves, and each one has slightly different requirements, especially in the area od how deep you place them in their SW bog. IMHO, unless you have a sump on the floor and about 8 feet over it, forget mangroves. Remember you are growing a large tree...

The tank being shown is one of the most fantastic reef systems you'll ever see. You just can't take that away from them. However, as pointed out by others, it's beyond the means of most of us. I'd like to see great tanks done that are within the sizes most of us could hope to obtain, say below...

I wouldn't want to trust it. It's just not worth putting your tank at risk to save a few dollars. You savings in only a few dollars over typical aquarium grade silicone, and put your tank at risk.

I tried it at one time in a small refugium. I felt it was more of a dirt trap and nitrate factory. However, there are people that swear they got fantastic results from mud bottom refugiums. This is one of these try it and see what it does for you cases. Should it not work out, it's easy enough...

My take on angels in a reef is that it depends on the individual fish. I have a flameback in my 120 gal reef, and it's not bothered anything, but you just can't be sure. Even within the same species you have ones that are fine, and don't bother anything to ones that eat any corals in site, to...

It is usually true that you are better off over building a stand, compared to under building it. Through bitter experience, I found that it is also quite possible to overbuild a stand to the point where it becomes a major pain. True, it never collapsed on me, but there was so much material in it...

I'm not too fond of paint on an aquarium stand. The big problem I have with paint is that sooner or later you are going to put a ding or two into the paint, and it's going to chip and show. This is obviously still going to occur if you varnish the stand, but since the wood doesn't have aneven...

Thank you for enlightening us about llamas and NJRC. And all along I thought all this llama stuff was simply the product of a deranged imagination! ....or possible several. ;D

The stand looks great, if a bit over built. I do recommend you put 3 or 4 coats of marine varnish or polyurethane on all parts of the stand to protect it. It will preserve it a lot better, and it will keep looking nice.

Downdraft skimmers are very similar to beckett injector skimmers. the difference is how they mix the air. In a downdraft skimmer, in place of the beckett injector there is about a 2" diameter pipe that could be anywhere from 2 feet to about 6 feet long. At the top of the pipe is an air intake...