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well after a few months i finally got my new pump installed. i have a 110g tall dt, 45g refugium, 50g sump. i drilled my dt for a sort of closed loop, with 4 returns. but i only drilled 2-1 1/2" drains. so running the bean drains with 1 full siphon, and 1 emergency i can't really have a closed loop, so i have to run it through the sump. the dart i originally bought on the advise of a local dealer wasn't enough to pump upstairs. he wouldn't take the pump back for exchange even though it ...

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Over the past few weeks I have been attempting to boost my copepod population. I have a Blue Mandarin Dragonet and I want to make sure there is always enough pods for him to feast on. I have a refugium but it has not been absolutely buzzing with copepods. I should note that I do have a large population of amphipods both in the display tank and refugium.

I decided that I would seek out a few sources of copepods to provide some diversity and ...

I have only had this rbta for only about 3 weeks.

Hi everyone, I've been an avid fisk keeper for some time, starting with gold fish when barely more than a wee bairn and moving through to tropical. However, with recent events, such as being a poor student, my first foray into reefing has been delayed However with a free summer coming up I'm looking to maybe begin planning a smallish reef of mainly mushies, soft corals, a few inverts and fewer fish. As such I was wondering what advice you would have for someone on a limited budget. I've often ...

first off im sorry for the horrible pictures, for some reason when my camera focuses its making the picture wayyy to dark and i have to correct the exposure to compensate washing out all the color :s it really sucks

i finally got rid of my cyano!! i though it would never go away, even after treating the tank twice with medication..It came back! I stumbled across the solution to my problem while I was attempting rule out possible culprits, it turns out the cause was direct sunlight coming ...