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Some time around Thanksgiving, I posted here asking for advice on getting a new protein skimmer because I had discovered that Euro-reef had discontinued mine a while ago and was having difficulty finding replacement parts. We did find out how to order replacement parts through Euro-Reef and...

It's been a while since I posted. Previous skimmer was a euro reef cs5-3. The impeller became warped and finally gave up the ghost yesterday. Hubby and I tried to find a source for parts, but we can't find them. If it's still possible to buy parts for the sedra, I'd rather do that for now...

My Whisper 10 powerfilter has finally given up the ghost in my 7g nano. I've looked for the same powerfilter that I have now locally and no one has them. I also can't find them online. I've only found that most places carry the model that I have in my 2.5g freshwater tank... the one that puts...

My dsb is nearly 3 years old and I am truly fed up with the algae problems in my tank. It has been suggested to me that my dsb might be part of the problem. My biggest problem in the tank is feather caulerpa, but I also have problems with snot algae showing up whenever the weather gets warmer...

Purchased from the LFS as a trachyphyllia geoffroyi.. It started doing this yesterday, at first the affected area was pink and puffy looking, now it's white and is gradually shrinking. What's up? I've never kept an lps before and I can't find much on this behavior...

I purchased this clam from my lfs, and was told it was a crocea. It is attached to a flat piece of rock on the bottom. Today, I was doing some reading, and the descriptions I have been reading of crocea shells do not look like this clam. So is it a crocea or a maxima? Pics below.

Oh man... I'm so sorry to see what happened to your tank, and to Rosie. *hugs for knowse* I hope that it recovers. J.

I'm in the market for some sort of automated dosing system for my 75. It has become clear to me that my corals will never grow unless I come up with a way to maintain a steady level of calcium in the system that does not require me to remember to mix kalkwasser up, let it sit overnight, pour...

I have Eunicea sp. in my 7g nano. It's growing really well, but I would like to help it grow a bit, (I'd like it to grow to the surface of the water before the build-off is over, or close to that height). What can I do to help it along? Currently, I don't do anything with particular respect...

It looks like my blue tip stag has some tissue recession at the base. The area began at a place where it had been fragged before I purchased it. What can I do to stop the recession? I seem to recall reading something about putting iodine on the area some time ago. Will this work? Any...

This is not a very good pic, but this orange, vein like looking thing is growing on the glass in my 7g. The live rock in there is Walt Smith and is from Fiji. Since the shot is so bad, I'm hoping it will help with my verbal description (I have no camera with a macro lens). This thing looks...

I got my female lamarck's angelfish yesterday. I have an opportunity to have my lfs order in a male, but I have been able to find little about angelfish pair bondings and how they work. So um.. how do they work? Is it safe to wait a month in between adding the female and male? Thanks for...

Spykes found this study done by a canadian reefkeeping group. The results of it show advanced coral and coralline growth and huge amounts of biodiversity. The only difference between the two systems is that one was fed with phytoplankton and the other was not...

I was curious if anyone has tried to mod a prizm so that it works better. I've got one on my 7 gallon tank, but it either skims off a pint of water in five minutes, or nothing at all. I keep thinking.. there has got to be a better way to do this without going into overkill. Any ideas anyone...

So.. I'm watching all of these amazing ideas going by on the build off thread and I just wanted to say.. WOW! Everyone is doing such a great job. I'm gonna have to go sit my non-DIY self in a corner with chip because those of you who have literally built your systems from the ground up have...

Hi, the topic says it all. I'm curious where people have ordered their livestock from online, and which companies you've had good experiences with. My LFS is wonderful, but he deals largely with Indo-Pacific animals, and I would like to dig up some aquacultured caribbean livestock. Thanks...

I'm considering keeping 4 dwarf seahorses in my nano build off tank. I wanted to get some opinions and hear some input on the challenges of keeping these tiny critters with corals. Ideally, I'd like to be able to keep caribbean ricordia in this tank (but am thinking this may not be a good...

I'm considering taking a leap and getting a mandarin to place in my 75. I have some questions about it before I do this.. I don't want to get this fish and have it end up dying in my system from the off. So.. here we go. My tank is a 75 high, with a 15 gallon sump. I have sixty pounds of...

Wow, his tank sure is shaping up nice isn't it? I'm way digging the rock structure, with the cave and swim throughs going on. Good stuff SMK, keep up the good work! J.

What are some of the worst things you have ever done to yourself while working on the tank? I'll share mine: I was finishing up with the kalkwasser paste after nuking several aiptasia. I looked over at my husband who was gabbing at me about something, then I looked directly down into the cup...