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I've got a smaller tank, I'm doing the HOB fuge thing at the moment but the waterfall creates bubbles. Anyone have a decent recommendation on fighting this? Is it just life if I have a HOB unit or is there some decent mod? I may ditch it altogether and just put a basket in the tank for the...

I was going to get some old boring spare heater or maybe an extra pump. But there's got to be much much more intersting things to get. What are you going to spend yours on?

Just putting it out there in case anyone has anything extra to get rid of. I'm always looking for inexpensive. I generally try to stay <$25 for what I'm buying unless it's too amazing to be that inexpensive. Cool zoas, but 1-2 polyps each to keep it cheap, maybe some bam bams and something...

Is there such a thing as a safe and attractive macro algae for a mixed reef display that's great at using up excess nutrients? Chaeto chews up the nutrients, but looks terrible as it's free floating. Caulerpa taxifolia is one of my favorites as it's also great at chewing nutrients and I think...

I need "hitchhikers" without the rock. I started with dry rock this time so I've got nothing. Good pods, stomatellas, collonista snails, micro stars (asterina and brittle), bristle worms, other beneficial worms... anything else benefical I'm not thinking of. Chips of coraline too. Can...

So my 30 year old furnace needs work, and it's at the point where it's not really worth repairing so it will need to be replaced. We're getting a few quotes from random people in the yellow pages but I'm expecting to get some high figures just because I really don't know what I'm doing or who...

I ordered my test kit a while ago and it's been weeks with no sign of it. I'm basically only looking to check my ammonia, nitrites and nitrates at this point to see if I'm clown-ready. Do LFS's still test water for you? Anyone know one? Closer to Naperville is better. I feel bad since I'm...

Normal looking ocellaris clowns, who's locally breeding them these days? -Anthony

Going to have mostly softies in here with a few LPS. I need it low flow enough so that xenia will pulse... plan to keep zoas and rics and maybe a plate coral or some frogspawn. What do you think I should aim for in terms of turnover or GPH?

So, the plan is to run a 29g softies/LPS reef with two locally raised clowns. I will be maintaining it pico-style, which in my head means frequent heavy water changes vs sumps and skimmers and dosing. We'll see how it works :) I may end up giving in and adding a HOB fuge, for now I will...

Still need to pick up lighting, but am getting the cycle started now. Anyone in Naperville with a CLEAN tank (no bryopsis ever/no flatworms/etc) that can spare me some rubble to help my cycle? I can trade you the equivelant in dry rock to replace. Sorry to be uptight about the clean part, I...

This will be for a simple 29g softie/LPS tank. I can go either Par38 bulbs, for which I can get those bendy legs while I think are far more attractive and without fans will be 100% silent. However, not dimmable, so no control over color once purchased. For quite a bit less money, I can...

Jayjigga just sent me over here at the great personal risk of major bannage from the RC site. I've been out of the game for a couple of years after a tank crash and becoming a dad but I'm getting ready to start back up with a simple 29g reef. Just thought I'd pop in and say hi to everyone...