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I'm building my sump and wanted some ideas from y'all! Its a 20 gallon high. Will have three compartments. Fuge will be the smallest because of availibility of space. I want the return bigger so my heater can fit in the space. The tape in bottom of tank shows where I was thinking of putting baffles. What ya think? I will have 2 returns whereas the skimmer section will get 3/4 of water from return and the fuge will get 1/2 water. Heres pic:

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One of my filter socks got in with the rest of the laundry so it has detergent and fabric softener. Can I wash it in hot water and bleach and continue using it. I normally just soak it in hot water.

When i first got this frag it stayed open and was healthy looking then it started shrinking up. I thought it was just shedding and it seem to be but its been closed up for a month now opening part way for a few days every ten days or so. All my sps, lps, shrooms and gsp are growing and have full polyp extension. I have tryed moveing it around in the tank with no great results, It is bigger then when i got it with more branches but stays drawed up. There is no ...

I got my new Orange Spotted File Fish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) from Diver's Den. Here is a little video

Now some of you may be thinking "What a nut job!" doesn't he know they eat sps polyps. My response is yes, I am a nut job and I do know what they eat. I took that into consideration when getting the fish. These fish have been conditioned to eat various frozen foods but I still expect them for find polyps tasty. I have ...

Just a little update. Im sort of slow on getting this done.

Got the LR from BRS. I am impressed with the rock, and the sizes they gave me. The piece of shelf that they gave me is more then I expected... im not complaining, i just got to figure out what to do with it. The pukani is really light stuff.

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