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  1. Moving = New Tank

    As I’ve posted before this summer my family is moving about 6 hours north to a small town called Ingleside.

    My tank is jam packed with frags that have no room to grow, I’ve now resorted to placing frags on my sand bed. i can only see one solution to this eye sore which is going bigger...

    At first i wanted to go Uber big, Then i realized that this is probably my last year or two living at home, and i need to be able to bring this tank with me when i move out...not to mention ...
  2. Rod's (frozen) Food

    This actually happened a few weeks ago... got my order of Rod's Food in. My fish love it, and I like that variety of choices available to me.





    The fish eggs are a treat that I use from time to time.

    The Pacific Plankton is nice to use more often. And the main one I use is the Original Reef blend. He also offers Coral food, ...
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  3. Protein skimmer problems

    I just cleaned out my circ pump intake, and changed the filter socks, emptied my skimmer basket (rinsed the gunk out as usual and the skimmer started overflowing almost immediately, and now I cant get it to go slow enough not to overflow unless I lift the skimmer up by an inch. Any ideas what is happening? all parameters seem good except the nightrate seems a little high at 20-40 ppm. the skimmer seems to have been working properly for months. cleaning the intake on the circ pump really increased ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Equipment
  4. High nitrates???

    I just figured out that my nitrate test kit was not reading right and got a new test kit and it says my nitrate levels are 20-40 ppm. I am going to do a water change right away but I qam wondering if there are any other metods for reducing nitrate. Also is this level of nitrate too high??? my gha is almost gone but there appears to be more brown algae. All the other readings seem good . Thanks Kitch40
  5. Fungia multiplying

    My fungia looks to have 3 or 4 babies growing on it. What is the best way to separate them from the mother???