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am putting my sump in my basement and am going to have 10-11 foot of head pressure. I need about 400 gph. I am going to have a couple of elbows involved with the plumbing. What pump would anyone recommend for this set up. I am open to either submersible or external.

I am putting my sump in my basement and am going to have 10-11 foot of head pressure. I need about 400 gph. I am going to have a couple of elbows involved with the plumbing. What pump would anyone recommend for this set up. I am open to either submersible or external.

I have a 20 long and the hair and macro algae are out of control. I bought a sea hair but he doesn't seem to be doing his job. The macro is easily removed but the hair algae is not so easy. Anyone have any tips or methods of removing this without taking all rock out and scrubbing it.

Can anyone tell me the pros vs cons of running a phosban reactor. Never used one before and just got one for free from my brother-inlaw. Any info will help. Thanks

i have a 65 for about 3-4 months now. I was wondering if it is necessary to dose with calcium or any other chemicals. I only have lps. any info regarding this would help. thanks

I have a 250w HQI with two PC actinic blue lights on my tank. I was wondering what I can do to get my corals to fluoresce more. I see they sell blue, white, purple PC bulbs online. Would I get better results with one blue and one purple bulb. Any info would help. Thanks.

I put a red open brain coral in my tank three days ago. I put it in a shadier area on the sand. I have a 250watt mh on my tank. My tank is two feet deep. The brain has not opened yet or done anything. Should I worry? Any suggestions would help. Thanks.

I have tiny white tubes near my sandbed. Anyone know what they are? They are about one inch in length and 1/2 mm in diameter. They are on the rock right near the sand. THe tubes look like they are made of sand.

Hello, I am new to the hobby and I bought live rock off a guy from this forum. I've had it about one month and water parameters are great so far but I notice more and more of these transparent pinkish things growing out of the rock. The almost look like a big zooanthid with a trunk with long...

I am setting up a new tank and was wondering whether or not substrate is good or bad. I wanted to use crushed coral but my friend says no substrate is the way to go. I just don't like bare bottom tanks.

I have a new tank. 36" wide by 18"deep by 24"tall. I have a 250w metal halide bulb. Will this be sufficient light . My fixture also contains (2) 96w actinic bulbs as well. Also I am reading about UV filtering. What is that and how do I know if I need to filter my light and if not will it...

Anyone can tell me if having caleurpa in the sump or possibly in the tank will actually help keep nitrates and phosphates down? Seems to me that it wouldn't work that sufficient but what do I know. Thanks.

Are there any difference in brands of test kits? Also where is the least expensive place to buy one since I see a huge difference in prices online? Thanks.

If I set up a new tank with live rock from an existing tank, will I need to cycle the new tank, or will the rock take care of busintess like it did in the previous tank?

Hello Everyone, I am setting up a 65 gallon tank and do not know what pump I should get for my sump. I will need an external pump for the sump. What is the correct GPH that should be circulated through the sump. I will also be putting two to three powerheads within the tank.