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Update, Yesterday I raced home from work to fill up my tank with my catalina water. After lugging up 11 five gallon containers I fire up the tank to find that my Deltec skimmer has been connected totally wrong. Ocean water starts to leak out of my cabinet and I freak out and have to do a...

Leahfish, Because I purchased the Oceanic reef ready tank, it came with the megaflow kit which includes this drain pipe.... I had no idea that without this type of configuration you get a loud sound, gooo thing I invested into this type of tank.... My wife would kill me with all that...

Leaf, What is durso??? Not clear on this term... Sorry.... Mike

Thanks guys, I'm planning on using three power heads, they are the new aqua balls by eheim. They can point in any direction and they will be run by the reef keeper so I'll get some serious movement to avoid dead spots. The light has not been ordered yet, but it's going to be the Advanced...

Incysor, If I want to add an ATO, how big of a bucket should I purchase? How much evaporation do you suppose I will get per day? I'm not using a glass top, as I was told evaporation is really good in tanks. I was thinking of just adding water myself each day, but if that is hard to do I...

I'm finally done with my live rock aquascaping. I got the last 20 lbs of live rock from a different LFS, wanted to mix it up just a little. Then I added my 25 lbs of live rock from my holding tank. I'm running rubble rock in my holding tank just in case I get a spike of ammonia, removing...

Are they moving or stagnant? Mike

Your tank is too new to start having the coraline grow on the back wall, thats a sign of an aged and rather mature reef tank. Mike

Brian, Thanks for the link. I love your lights, I remember using just VHO on my 80 gallon tall reef tank 15 years ago. I never owned a metal halide so the 70 watt MH prize was my first, and I'm in love with the setup... Do you have a picture on the engine behind this bad boy? The filter...

Brian, I took a look at your thread on the 75 gallon, your landscaping looks incredible, I love the way you separated it and filled it in... I'm going to try something similar, I'll see if it works.... Mike

Marlowe, Nice start, I like the coloration of the rock, nices purples. What you can do to give you more real estate is don't add any more corals or polyps yet. When you get the other tank going, transfer some of this live rock into the other tank. This will free up space and allow you to...

I also decided to go with a different theme in reefing. I don't see too many reef tanks with a lot of sand bed to play with. Usually you see a reef tank just packed with live rock everywhere, that's okay but it's too common. So off I go with an attempt on something new; wish me luck. Here...

I decided to go with premium live rock from my LFS. The chance of ordering live rock online and then not knowing what your getting, got to me. I got about 40 lbs of live live rock and will take it slowly. I made a mistake when I rushed to buy so much when I started the cubes. I ran out...

I decided to go with live rock at my LFS, he brought down the price to $4.99 a pound. I realized that it's really important to see the rock as I'm painting this picture and I need to see the rock before hand... I'm also going slowly, I did about 40 lbs and came home and built. The rock I...

You guys and gals are the reason, I continue to post and share my experiences with... More to come... Mike

Hey guys, I finally decided to pull out the 70 watt ICE Cap that I was awarded. My corals have been in a 20 gallon holding tank for over a week with bad lighting. I was only giving them 18 watt 50/50, 13 watt 7,500K and 10 watt O3 actinic. My clams started losing their color on the...

I need a recommendation. I'm setting up a 72 gallon reef ready bowfront and I want to buy live rock online, at least 90 lbs... Where is the best place to order it from online, to bring the savings to the reefer? At $6.99 per lbs at my LFS seems a little steep for me... I also love...

Ruthie, Thanks for the input. I have my sandbed at 3 inches and lets just hope no quakes hit the Bay Area... Ruth, have you gotten your camera fixed, I'm curious to see that beautiful tank of yours at a distance... Mike

Do you have a pic of your tank at a distance? I'd like to see your setup.... Nice pics of macro,,,, Mike

Hey Reefers, The saga continues, I started by cleaning out my old live sand with my HOT magnum filter in my old 3.5 gallon truvu. Then I added it to my 72 bowfront and an additional 2 bags of live sand. I see that it's not enough so I go and buy two more bags. I still don't get close to 3...