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Equipment running in the tank is: Quiet One 5000 main pump, CPR SR 4 skimmer with a Rio 1700 pump, one JBJ 2500 powerhead, one unkown (smaller) powerhead, coralife light (9W, 10K) 3.5 inches over the sump-based refugium on 24/7, and a 400W, 10K metal halide and two 40W flo actinics in a hood...

Thanks for the reply. Tank is located in a corner in my back room...no direct sunlight and very little ambient light. No heating registers or other source of outside influence from the home. Ambient temp is around 70 in the room. Sump is 30 gallons making a total of 105g of circulating...

I started having temp problems with my tank yesterday. In the am (lights off) my temp is usually 76 and in the pm (lights on) my temp is usually 77-78. Yesterday morning I was 79, and by the time I came home from work, I was 82. I had added an in-sump skimmer a couple of days ago and thought...

I sympathize with you. I am fighting bubble algae in my newly purchased reef (it was already eatablished and had a large amount of it). Like Mr X said, so far I have had the best results with removing the algae by hand. I have a few emerald crabs that do graze on it a little, but it does not...

Here's a better pic of its back while on the rock and pic of it emerging yesterday. E

Thanks Cooder for posting my pic and thanks ElMondoCalvo for the I.D. I think that the description of a chiton fits it very well. It came up from a couple of inches down in the sandbed yesterday (by the glass) and hung out all night on some live rock. Gone this afternoon however. I took a...

That's exactly what is happening. Actually, after some investigation, I don't have either a durso or stockman design standpipe...apparently the source of the problem. Thanks for the advice. Is there any benefits of one design over the other? The durso design seems easier to build and I...

Was hoping to find a easy fix for a problem that I have on my new reef. I have a 75 gal with an overflow feeding to my sump. About every few minutes I hear a gurgle from the overflow as it quickly drains the build up water. I had a experienced friend help with the reef setup, but so far have...