NEED HELP STAT!

Hello everyone!Sorry about how much I blog I know I get annoying especially to melev cuz I always tag him but I cannot help myself lolAnyways about 1 hour ago I took the proverbial leap into the world of SPS corals by purchasing a decent size frag of Pocilliopora !!!!!! Now I would like to know of any previous encounters and specific care techniques and secrets of these corals so that i may have the best chances with my first SPS coral I use the exact same fixtures that this SPS is was grown ...

I recently purchased 2 brand new MP10es Vortech marine pumps for $22 dollars a piece. they were shipped too my store and sat in a closet for about 2 years and then went on clearance so I could not pass them up!!!! now one of the pumps is fully operational and works amazingly. However my other one does not . So here is my situation. I put the first MP10 on a few days before the second one and i left the other in its unopened package in the box in my car to show everyone how cheap I got these ...

Hi everyone,

Recently I have been having some problems with my tank. My nitrates were on the rise, they ended up getting to 40 ppm, I did constant large water changes and started using bio pellets but things just got worse. Since then I removed the bio pelltets and went back to basics. I ended up discovering that my sand bed was the cause of my nitrate problems. Slowly I removed my sand bed and after all of it was gone my nitrates have fallen to below 10ppm.

I also have ...

I have run into my first major issue with my reef aquarium. I built my LED Lighting System myself. It consist of 4 independent Meanwell LPC-5-700W Drivers each with 6 LED's (three Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LED's & three Cree XP-E Royal Blue LED's) for a total of 24 LED's with 40 degree reflectors. I originally had the lighting system suspended about 8 inches from the top of the aquarium. My seabed is located 15 inches into the aquarium. This lighting system put out the equivalent of a 250 ...

hey guys soo ive been doing weekly 5 gallon water changes on my 65 gallon tank and the nitrates have been slowly creeping up and now they are getting way to high at 20ppm tested today.

I am planning on getting a biopellet reactor in december just a little short on cash right now.

Can anyone give me any advice on how many gallons i should be changing on a weekly or monthly basis??