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My false floor is leaking !! Sorry for the long introduction, but the question (at the end) won't make sense without it. To increase circulation rates, I have converted the "dry" overflow chamber on my DAS tank to a "wet" overflow. My tank is 7 yrs old and its overflow is comprised of two...

My post last week, "How much would you pay for a sustainably caught fish," has yielded many interesting and some surprising responses. After responding to some of those amazing answers, I realized that my response really should have its own thread. So here it is again as a new topic. In the...

Two identical fish in two identical tanks in one LFS: Fish #1: has a "Green" Certification that confirms proper collection and handling -- nets, no damage to reefs, optimal shipping arrangements, etc. Fish #2: looks identical to Fish #1 but does not have any indication of origin, mode of...

Is it possible to purchase a tank that has overflows built onto its back? If not, is it possible to cut slots in the back glass pane of an aquarium and then build an overflow onto the back of the tank by attaching glass or acrylic onto the backside of that pane? Obviously, I am nervous about...

My wife truly is excited that I will be setting up a 75 or 90 gallon reef tank in our bedroom. She will love the colors, motions and sounds. What she doesn't know is that I plan to install a sump and refugium in our home office on the other side of the bedroom wall. The refugium will be on a...

I am building a sump and want to use an external pump instead of a submersible. The sump will have baffles, and the last baffle will be about 14" tall. After flowing over the top of this baffle, the water will fall into a chamber where a submersible pump would sit. Since it won't have a...

To afford adequate quantities of Miracle Mud, I plan to build my own sump to support my 55 gallon soft coral, fish & dsb tank. I also want to incorporate a refugium into the sump. Any suggestions? Would it be better to have a seperate refugium? If so, should it have its own overflow from...