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Hey I believe I talked to you before about this but I forget. I have a 150 gallon reef tank full of coral and rock. The only problem is that the sump is to small for the tank. I power went off yesterday then I had flooding thank god I was home. I bought a bigger sump and a Iwaki Pump Japanese...

hey does any one use a back up generator on there tank for power failures

hey I have a fan Gorgonian can I cut a small piece off or will it die

hey I have a large yellow toadstool that has formed holes on the top layers of skin I had a problem with levels last week. the top also lookslike the skin is starting to die off . I prob know the answer. Would you guys trash it

hey guys I have been running in to problems with my tank and lossing acro colonies. For some reason I can not keep a stable kh. The reasding is always around 7 and my mag level was around 850 so the last 2 days I have been using bright wells mag power soluation to get in up. the level to day was...

Hey guys , I have been running a 150 tank for a few years when I first started I had a wet dry system well I guess as time went on adding a skimmer a refug and other things I always have to watch my water level. I was going to add a bigger sump but the tank is filled and the stand is not big...

Hey I have 150 gallon tnak with lps and spscorals right now I am running coral life fixture with 3 150 hlaide and 4 96 watt compacts. I feel there are areas yjay do not get enogh light. I was going to upgrade to 250 watt fixture does any one know of any good ones. I was looking at this one does...

Hey I have a 150 watt metal halide fixture that i bought 2 years ago. I wanted to go up to 250 watts. Some guys just told me I could just change up the ballast to a 250 . does this seem right

Hey My chiller just broke again. Never buying a jbj product again. ha ha. after 2 years owning it broke twice. I was looking at fans does any one now of any good ones and how to mount it. pics would help. I heard of a guy using the vornado clip on fan but I have a coraline fixture. with legs thanks

Its time once again to change my filter media I was thing of trying brightwells neozeo method. i was looking at it and it seems like it does what a refuium does. I already have one on my tank . do you guys think it is stupid to try neozeo out. Thanks Bill

I have to change my bulbs In a few months right now i'm running 10000 k. IS there and negatives with changing to 14000. I know alot of people run 20000k. Also where do people pick up there halide bulbs at is there a cheap web site or something. Thanks Bill

Hey I was wondering do I have to dose with DTs planton if I have a mature refugium running??

Hi I was wondering what the best product use if putting frags onto live rock that is already under tank water I used the putty with not alot of success Thanks Bill

Hey I ahve been using tropic marine salt for the last few years. I have been hearing that people are starting to use other brands. Any one have any option whats best thanks bill

Hey I just got a new acro the other day. Was a pretty big piece looked greta at the store. So when I looked at it today it looks white in the center. I let it sit in the water for hour and a half and all my levels are good. I just started keeping acros. SHould I put more flow on the coral? Or...

Hey I just got a hang on the back refuguim for my 150 tank. I was reading on a blog that the lights should be on at night or should I leave the lights on non stop . thanks for the info Bill

Hey I have noticed in my tank that I have several frogspone corals that look great one day then the next a head will start to dye off. I checked all my levels and everything is good except nitrates around 20-40, this has happened on 2 different coral and suggestions why

Hey I have a 150 reef tank with around 300 lbs of live rock, a wet dry system and a fuval. I'm thinking of adding a refugium to the tank. Is it really worth the cost??? I'm doing also a weekly water change of around 15-20 gallons. Does any one else do a weekly water change??

Hey what does every one think of JBJ chillers. I got one around 1 and ahalf a ago and the temp gauge went after 5 months shipped it back to calf for 200 bucks. Then this morning the temp is reading at 74 when the tank is at 80. I 'm going to call monday. Any one else have problems

I got home from work this moring and saw my pride and joy 150 reef tank temp on my chiller reading 71 degrees. The heater is set at 78 degrees. The dam thing broke less than year old 100 bucks down the drain. I have sps and lps fish and inverts the coral seems to be expaning the fish look...