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Is your flow of water enough to keep bubbles from building up? Is the filtration system, especially the U tubes.

You can also use a diaphragm pump, such as these - Offsite link - http://www.championlighting.com/home.php?cat=386 These pumps do make some noise, but can produce the pressure needed to push the water up to the second floor.

I would say that the previous post recommending 6 - 8 months is about what I would recommend. Many say a year. Anemones should only be put into well established tanks. Also a BTA can grow very large. make sure you are willing to dedicate about 1/3 of your tank to it.

I've tried two skimmers years ago. There is nothing wrong with doing this, as long as you can control both independently. However, if you are buying new, I think you would be best off just using one larger more powerful skimmer, and it would be a lot less to clean.

Why does it need to 70 inches? Couldn't you use two 35 inch pieces? If necessary, you could seal the seam between them. You could also do this with three sections.

There isn't too much to testing ballasts. If the fixture has one or more bulbs, swap bulbs, and if the problem follows the bulb, you need a new bulb. If it stays where it was, you need a new ballast. Generally, you replace the entire ballast. I would consider this to be a DIY project, but...

In looking at what you have currently, according to your signature, three 150w MH and eight 39w T5, I'd say that you already have a good lighting system. My question to you is, what do you want to keep that is going to benefit from a lighting upgrade? Also, what do you have now that is going to...

Most pumps themselves don't make that much noise, especially when compared to everything else. How you mout the pump is important. You don't want the aquarium stand, or anything else acting like a soundboard. Usually mounting the pat on top of a soft mouse pad is enouf to keep it close to...

Silicone puts out acetic acid as it cures. Notice the vinegar smell as it cures? Corals are not going to like that.

If you have a LFS that sells live brine shrimp, that can be a good thing to try to get the fish to eat. Also, since they have small mouths, you can try newly hatched brine shrimp. Eggs are generally available. You could also try some of the live pods stuff that that is being sold. If you are...

Rather that the SQWD, you might want to consider the various powerhead mod kits available. They are inexpensive, and will give you a lot better flow than you'll ever get out of a SQWD, simply because th SQWD is limited to the amount of flow from your return pump. Here are a couple of offsite...

I've found it to be a good product, but it's still very expensive. I use it when needed.

This is really a very personal matter. It all depends on what you want out of the hobby. So, spend some time thinking about what you want both tanks to be. My choice, and I emphasize that this should not necessarily be you choice, would be to give away the aggressive fish to people that can...

I can't refer you to anyone specific, but I will say that acrylic plastic is very expensive. So, don't expect anything made out of this material to be inexpensive. I would recommend 3/8" thick material over 1/4" thick material.

The amount of light the fixture puts out seems ok. the thing I'd worry abou tis that the price seems too good to be true. If you look at the prices of the component parts from a typical online vendor, you'll see that the price of just the components is a lot greater than the cost of the fixture...

As pointed out by others, 20000K bulbs are very blue. Unless you really like the effect, stay with what you have. If you just need some more blue, consider some blue LED moon lights, and run them 24 hours a day.

It's a very small tank for a reef. That's ok if you realize it's limitations. In my opinion, adding MH on a tank this size, can be done, bit it is not really cost effective. You could end up spending more on the MH than you did on the rest of the system. I would also advise you to choose what...

The correct answer is..."It depends." In your specific case, in choosing between the two punps you mention, I'd choose the Gen-X. It puts out slightly more water, and uses a little less power. The difference isn't that great though. I doubt you'd see any real difference if you switched to the...