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I have just upgraded from a 55 gal to a 120 gal DT. What size and how many Koralias are recommended for a 120 gal DT with 150 lbs of liverock in center. I want to keep mushrooms polyps and SPS corals. I currently have two perculas, royal garama and damsel. Will be adding a regal tang later...

Starting to plumb now. Going to put a valve on the output of each pump and feed them to the DT where they will join together but with a value between them. If both pumps are running, the valves on each output will be open and the tie together on the DT return will be closed so each pump provides...

I am upgrading tank size from 55 gal to 120 gal. My new sump is 55 gal. I want 1200 gph of return from the sump. I prefer to use two 633 gph pumps instead of one 1267 gph pump due to still having return flow even if one goes out so I do not have to rush out to replace it. The gph rating I am...

I am setting up a 120 gal saltwater DT with 55 gal sump. What would be the correct size of return pump for this size tank? What brands of pumps do you all recommend?

The 120 gal will not be located in the exact same place as the current 55 gal so complete tear down of old before starting on new does not have to be down. My lfs said that they would sell the MH hamiltons that came with the 120 gal and add 2 or 4 extra T5 bulbs. Any suggestions from you all...

Seffieuk, Thanks for the recommendation. I am going to use floor jacks today to put extra support under floor where 120 gal will be setup at and start making the water for water adding tomorrow.

Hi Everyone, I have had my 55 gal setup for over 3 years. I just bought a 120 gal tank that came with a 55 gal sump/refugium. the 120 gal is 24 x 24 x48 so the length is the same as my 55 gal. I am wanting to setup the 120 as I tear down the 55. I currently have over 50 lbs of live sand in the...

I am wanting to start the switch from the 55 gal to 120 gal today or tomorrow so any advice is appreciated.

Hi Everyone, I have had my 55 gal setup for over 3 years. I just bought a 120 gal tank that came with a 55 gal sump/refugium. the 120 gal is 24 x 24 x48 so the length is the same as my 55 gal. I am wanting to setup the 120 as I tear down the 55. I currently have over 50 lbs of live sand in the...

I just wanted to give an update and ask another question. I have moved Little Meanie into the bigger tank that has a filter. He is swimming more and he is eating better. When I feed him he actually goes to the top to get the food or watches for it to come down to him. I think he is able to...

I did use a conditioner in the water when I changed his. I added the same water to three other tanks and I have not had a problem with two of them but I did lose my other betta that was in a larger tank than Little Meanie. That is the larger tank I am going to move him into, it is either 2.5...

I have a betta that I have had for at least a year and when I went to feed him this morning I noticed one eye is swollen, the other one is normal and I do not see anything abnormal with the rest of his body as far as I could tell, he kept turning the other way. I have looked at pictures of...

I have a betta that I have had for almost a year. He was in a tank by himself and nothing has changed since we put him in there. This morning I looked at him and he is sitting on the bottom of the tank head down on the gravel with the front half of his body laying on the gravel and his tail...

We have a 40 gal aquarium in which we have 6 tiger barbs and 2 tiger loaches (all small at the moment), 1 red tail shark, dinosaur eel, and a talking catfish. We want to combine another tank with this one, it has 7 neons (small), 1 black skirt tetra, sucker fish, cherry barb, and pangio oblonga...

Hi, I currently have a 55 gal reef setup using a wet-dry sump for filtration. I purchased a 100 gal tank and stand and was thinking about using a skilter (hangon filter and protien skimmer in one) unit. I would prefer to use the skilter due to quieter than a sump setup and less worry of leaks...

I don't know if we can talk to the owners. We bought it at the Habitat for Humanity store. My SIL works there and she said she did not know what they had in it or why they even donated it. It also came with the cabinet that goes underneath so I am assuming they had fish but it is better to be...

We just bought a used 100 gallon tank and the glass looks good and is 1/2 in thick. The only thing is on the bottom it looks like is has been resealed or had extra sealant put on it and we were wondering if there was a way to see if it was fish safe before we transferred our saltwater fish over...

Thanks The link was helpful :good:

Reading some other topics, this red slime may be cyano. What do yo all know about this stuff? :sick:

Reading some other topics, this red slime may be cyano. What do yo all know about this stuff? :sick:

Hi everyone, I have a 55 gal reef tank that I have had established for 6 months and was setup for three years by previous owner. I was having a problem with hair algae and a small patch of blood red slime (possible algae) on a pipe organ coral. I performed large water changes and added a...

Hi everyone, I have a 55 gal reef tank that I have had established for 6 months and was setup for three years by previous owner. I was having a problem with hair algae and a small patch of blood red slime (possible algae) on a pipe organ coral. I performed large water changes and added a...

Hi Everyone, I am wanting to put around 100 lbs of sand in my refugium to aid my reef tank. I have lots of live sand in my reef tank. I was wanting to use cheap "raw" sand and let my reef tank populate the raw sand in the refugium over time. Is mortor, play or other sand safe for tank or any...

I have done a couple of 25% water changes. If I do more, corals will be out of water. I have a slime with a redish tint on the pipe organ coral. This slime is preventing the pipe organ polyps from opening. I have placed the coral close to a power head a couple of times to blow off most of the...

I have a T-5 220 watt light that is only 2 months old Which I have measured the light output to be equal to my friends Helide lighting. I have a 900 gph behind the live rock and a 400 gph. I also have a 1400 gph return from the sump which I have verified all to be working. I had a manderin goby...

I have had a reef 55 gal tank stocked for about 4 months. I bought it from someone that had it setup for 3 years. It has 110 lbs of live rock. I have chaeto algae in my tank. A week ago the cheato algae started to change a little and hair algea started a little. Now my torch coral and pipe organ...

We have 3 clown fish and 2 of them are attacking the 3rd. They were all bought and introduced at the same time. Now two of them are hanging around together and the 3rd one has started hiding all the time. I thought he had died because I had not seen him in a couple of days, then he came out...

Here is an update on Little Meanie. After being still and breathing hard all day yeaterday, he is up and moving around today. He has even eaten his breakfast! He was in his little house (a clay pot) this morning when I checked on him. After the way he was last night, I was afraid of what I...

He is sitting on the bottom of the tank with his mouth opening and closing. When I put him back in he swam to the top a few times to get air then settled on the bottom. His eyes look like they have a film or something over them. He has moved to different spots on the bottom of his tank.

I just found one of my male bettas, Little Meanie, out of his tank and on the counter. He was still moving so I put him back into his tank. He is the only fish in his tank (he doesn't like other fish) so he would not have been jumping out to get away from anything. We have had him for about 5...

Looks like mushrooms on the top of the rock and some type of encrusting SPS on the bottom and right side of the rock. Usually SPS need more light and flow than mushrooms so it looks unusual to have both on one rock. :blink:

A friend of mine bought a glove polyp with a milk colored algae/coral on it. It grows much faster than the glove polyps. The milk colored substance grew twice in size in two months. The milk colored substance looks very similar to the purple in this picture but is a little larger in size and...

Sound like a good idea. May consider doing this myself. I have a wood hood assembly that came with my tank setup that would prevent fish lose but have not used it do to hard to use having the glass tops on. May be best to use the hood with no glass?

I have no room in my current sump due to large protein skimmer. I want to connect my current sump to another acrylic tank 5-10 gallon to use for deep sand bed and algae area for improved filtration. I could try to build my own but if I can purchase one reasonably, I would prefer to do this.

thanks, My glass top has a black plastic hinge that blocks some light. I may need to get a better glass top.

The crab remains look to still have color (meat) material the the leg sections instead of almost clear like usual exoskelton would be. The (baby) resembles the body perportions of a sally light, what else could it be?

I have (had) 2 sally light foot crabs and 3 emerald crabs in my reef tank. Today I noticed 1 sally light foot dead and in pieces but also a couple of very small crabs are found that resemble a sally light foot. Could the sally light foots have bred? Would a female kill the male when babies are born?

I have a 55 gal reef tank with 220 watts of T5 lighting 2 inches from the water level. Alot of precipatation builds on the current glass top and causes water spots that I know is blocking a certain amount of lumens from reaching the water. Do most people deal with continuously cleaning a glass...

The frags I am interested in doing this to are zoos,polythias, and mushrooms so there is no rock on the frag, just soft tissue. Will this process still work or will just super glue gel work alone as long as I scrub the live rock area with a toothbrush for cleaning to remove possible slick film...

I have several corals I have fragged out of water but now wish to secure frags to large rocks at bottom of large pile of live rock. I can not remove the rock due to corals attached to jointed rocks. Will super glue gel work to attach under water? What is recommended?