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Just wanted to throw up a pic of my new tank at 10 weeks

Well I have upgraded my 75G reef to a 120G Here is what I did- setup the 120 with new sand and seeded it with a few cups from the 75 used 80% of the tank water and filled the rest with NSW Used all my rock from the 75 (150lbs or so) and added a couple of chunks of dry rock Most of my equptment...

Do I just use plain old baking soda? How do I go about mixing in and what amounts should I add until I get to where I need to be? thanks

Anyone know anything about these pumps? Just as bad as the other RIO pumps or are they better? TIA

OK here is the problem, I am about to switch a 29G tank over to a 60G tank. Yesterday I had picked up a Mandarin and put it in the tank and all was fine. Well last night the power went out for about 4 hours, I had an air pump in the water the whole time. When I had left for work (4AM) the power...

If I set up a new tank, 30G, with 2-4 inches of new SD, 20-30 lbs of base rock and 20-30 lbs of cured rock (was in a tank 2-5 years) What should I expect for a cycle? thanks

I noticed some aptasia in my fuge so I dropped a couple of peps in it to take care of them and then I saw on another board someone was getting rid of them because their pod population was depleting. Ray

Well not live anymore but how much would this be worth per pound? Someone is selling some that is well dried out and I was wondering how much I should expect to pay? I hope this would be the right fourm for this? thanks Ray

I just added a CB and it is about the same size as my tang and the tang seems a little upset and is chasing the CB around the tank. Is this normal? Will they eventually get along? thanks Ray

I was thinking of getting a CB for my next fish andone have any experiance on these fish in a reef and/or any special needs for careing or feeding these fish? I have done some reading and plan on doing more but I would like to hear first hand stories thanks Ray

OK I have a 75G with 2 clowns, 1 yellow tang, 1 royal gramma and a scooter blenny, how many more fish can I add to be at my limit? thanks Ray __________________

I just set up a new RO/DI unit and the RO water is fine but when I use the hose for the DI it has a slight smell, Is that normal or do I have to run a specific amount through the DI part like I did the RO res tank? thanks Ray

Is it ok to use a powerhead to supply water to the fuge? I plan on putting a T fitting on my overflow but I just want to get this started till I do, it is only a 5G thanks Ray

Ok here is the deal, I bought 2 new 250W 10k bulbs http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2378008185 and one of the started to give a yellow tint after a week or so of use and the guy told me it was from improper burn it. Now to be honest I didn't know anything about burn in but I did have...

I just added a Ca reactor and I find my PH is a little low(7.6-7.8) What should I do to bring it up? Just water changes? thanks Ray

I have small bubbles everywhere in my tank! There is nothing putting bubbles into the tank. They are all over the rocks and covering 80% of the sand bed. Dose anyone know what they are from? thanks Ray

First let me tell you that everything was ok in my tank last night. Last night I changed 2 bulbs in my PC strip, the 10Ks and changed out one of the powerheads, the stupid rookie mistake I made was I didnt think and I didnt rinse it off (it was NEW though) While I had the light off and was...

Kinda looks like a snail out of its shell?

Out of this list of corals is there any tips or specific ones I should take extra care around so they don't sting ME Xenia Green Torch Coral Toadstool Leather Frogspawn Green Star Polyps Condy Anemone Green Tree Coral (I think that is the name) Fox Coral Yellow Polyp thanks Ray

Ok with the addition of corals over the past 2 month I have started testing and dosing CA. Now I have been using the red sea kit (that is all that was aval at the time) and it has been showing CA at 350ish everytime I test and I have been adding Kent liquid Calcium (1 cap ful) Well I tested last...