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OK after three months of fighting 80+ Nitrates I am making some changes. This tank (125) was a former fish only saltwater tank and am suffering from the poor maintenance of previous owner. Although i scrubbed the live rock and cleaned half the sand, I kept the bio balls as they were thinking i needed the bacteria for seasoning the tank. Since i am still struggling with Nitrates and have done 5 -25+ gallon water changes 5 weeks in a row time for next action. Upon advice from several sources I am ...

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So I've finally got the glass for the silicone and decided on a sump design. With what I want to do, I've decided to go ahead and use a hang on back fuge (hopefully CPR aquafuge2) instead of making space for it in sump. The layout as it stands is this:

Return Pump/ Baffle Section/ Bubble Tower & Filter Sock & skimmer

The skimmer I got was the AquaMaxx AM200-S Skimmer from our buddies at www.marinedepot.com. So far it has good reviews. ...

Got myself a copy of Julian Sprung's 'Algae, A Problem Solver Guide' looking for insights in the battle against algae.



The book is compact and easy to read if you don't fret about the many scientific species names and terms.

I learned that a lot of different things have the same common name 'Green Hair Algae' and they're not eaten by exactly the same ...

I'm so excited to finally have rock! I received two boxes of 40lbs of rock each from Marcorocks.com this morning. I was super excited when I busted them open and started to take a peek into the box of deliciousness. (Yes, I just described 80lbs of dry rock as boxes of deliciousness. And I'll fight whomever says differently after waiting for a long time to put rock in an empty tank) I'm so impressed with the spread! I sent him a picture of an idea I'm working off of with the rock and asked him for ...

Didn't we used to have a guy that made really good posts of his 400 gallon upgrade. I think we need to find him and get some more updates.