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We were talking to some house guests late last night in the dining room. When our conversation was rudely interrupted by loud popping sounds coming from the tank in the living room . Now I've heard the popping before by had so far convinced my self it was equipment hitting the side of the...

A few weeks ago my 6 yr. old asked for a small tank in his room. I was so excited... nano reef... maybe mantis tank... think of what I can do! "No" he said, "I want fresh water " OK, I thought. Maybe this won't be so bad, I've been wanting to try a fresh water plant tank. "No mom, I want...

I can't believe it, there's popping in my tank! The first few times I heard it I thought it was a floating thermometer hitting the side of the tank (never mind that there are no floating thermometers in there.) but tonight I was walking by about 20 min. after lights out and ... Pop, Pop. Now I...

Collection cup came in today! The skimmer is a monster and takes up a HUGE amount of my sump. I hooked it up to an extra quiet one 3000 (I expected to use my Rio 2100 for the ev120 but it's too small for the 180). The flow is on the high side but I think it'll be OK. It is WAY more quiet...

Replacement collection cup won't be shipped out till Monday so I can't try out my new /used skimmer till next week. When I unscrewed and removed the input hose barb I noticed the small clear plastic tube attached to it looks melted (like it was run threw a dishwasher) in kind of a clover...

I bought a new EV 120 on ebay a few weeks ago and it just arrived... Except it looks like a 180 not 120 AND it's used (gently, yes, but definitely not new) AND the collection cut broke during shipping. I'm so glad I bought the extra shipping insurance. So can I buy a new collection cup...

When I started my first reef about 15 years ago, there didn't seem to be many women in the hobby. I would go to stores and the people would talk to my boyfriend (now husband) usually ignoring me. Now I am noticing more and more women on the boards, especially the newbe boards. I've never made...

I can't postpone this decision any longer my 50 gal. +sump need a new skimmer. I've avoided buying one for a few years because making a choice was too daunting of a task. SO.... comparing the EV120 with the Bullet: The Bullet is considered a somewhat better skimmer The Bullet does not...

I'm embarrassed to admit it but I have again lost an entire colony of florescent green mushrooms. I should have given up after the first colony I bought held on only a few months before they all shriveled up turned white and died. These are mushrooms for gods sakes not SPS. So I waited a...

Saw this guy last night on my candy cane coral. It looks like he was having a midnight snack. He is sump bound.

I need to buy at lest 2 new pumps in the next few weeks, one for the closed loop I am addinging to the 50 Gal. in the house and one submersable for the sump return on the 50 in the garage. I am looking at : Mag, Quiet one, Ehiem, GEn X, Panworld, Ocean Runner I'm hoping not spend more than...

Well I am changing things in my 50 G. house tank. I'm going to add a refugium in the sump as well as add a closed loop with a SCWD and get rid of the power heads in the tank. I am following the directions on Melve's Reef for the loop http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html but am unsure how...

oops wrong board. I've moved this over to the IDY board. As I said These things happen with age. :oops:

I'm Shocked! Here I've been feeding these guys little frozen Brine shrimp, Blood worms etc. and today I find 1/4 of a blue legged hermit sticking out of a polyp. It wasn't even a particularly large polyp. I guess I should be feeding them bigger chunks of food. I wonder, if this little...