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Just curious what you max out your lights at, and how high above the tanks are they? My tank has no SPS in it, but is there a good way to know if they are too high up or not set high enough for even my LPS?

Not sure if this is the right spot, but has anyone bought this book? I saw on reefbuilders you can get it for $119, which is still quite a bit for a book in my opinion. http://reefbuilders.com/2015/09/25/wrasse-bible-119/ Was just curious if anyone has browsed through it or anything?

My cousin sent me this and it's pretty interesting, thought I'd share: http://www.popsci.com/robot-kills-starfish-released-on-australian-reefs?src=SOC&dom=tw Now if only they could make a swimming one that can hunt down and kill lionfish we'd be golden.

I've had my tank setup for about two years now, but never really bothered to think about this. I have been having a super hard time getting my nitrates and phosphates down, even with running a fuge, biopellet reactor, and GFO. I've been thinking lately that maybe I have too much flow going...

I currently have a heavily stocked 75g with 30g sump, and I just recently started running biopellets. I just wanted to get a good idea on how my parameters are otherwise. I want to keep a mixed reef of LPS, softies, and once the biopellets help, possibly some SPS at the top. Temperature -...

I have a heavily stocked 75g tank with 29g sump and I'm looking at getting a good biopellet reactor. I was using a cheap reactor, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't big enough to handle the amount of biopellets I would need for my bioload and tank size. I'd prefer one that comes with a pump already...

Saw this on reef builders and wanted to share. http://reefbuilders.com/2015/02/18/hawaii-removes-ban-aquarium-collection-proposed-bill/ Amazing news and hopefully it helps set a precedent on how collections and transportation of the animals is done.

So I'm currently using an SCA-302 skimmer, and I believe it does a decent job. I know it is a "budget" skimmer, and I want to know what makes a difference between this skimmer, and a quality one like a Vertex, or Skimz?

I figured I'd discuss one of my favorite critters in my 75g, my blue linkia starfish. I've currently had him for around a year now, and my tank was running for 6 months prior. I wanted to try and discuss a few rumors that tend to follow these creatures, particularly about the whole "not...

So I decided to build a frag tank since some of my corals haven't been doing super great in my DTs, as well as some of my fish have been picking at some of them. I just want to know if I'm going in the right direction of my tank. It's a 20L tank, with an AC70 hang-on filter. Right now the...

Since I have my thread about my 75g tank, I figured I'd post my biocube now as well. It's an Oceanic 29g biocube. Equipment -Cobalt MJ1200 return pump -inTank media basket -Hydor 100w heater -Vortech MP10 (will be replacing with an RW-4) -Hydor Nano Slim Skim skimmer -Kessil A150w 10k LED...

I just did a water change on sunday, and these are my parameters. Total water volume - 100 gallons dKH - 7.6 (Hanna and Red Sea) Calcium - 500 (Red Sea) Magnesium - 1560 (Red Sea) Salinity - 1.024 (refractometer) Temp - 77F (Reefkeeper) PH - 7.9-8.1 (Reefkeeper) Nitrate - .5-1 ppm (Salifert)...

I got this in an email, and thought it was a really interesting read that could potentially help any of those members who are still debating the switch from MH to LED. It's a good read for pretty much anyone actually...

I have a 75g tank with dual outputs from a 30g sump. I currently have a danner mag 9.5, and this is replacing a Taam Rio 17HF. I replaced the Rio cause it was kind of noisy. At first the Mag 9.5 was quiet, but once it broke in it began making a louder humming noise, on top of the regular pump...

I just wanted to know if anyone else has ever experienced anything similar to this. The experience in particular is with my Magnificent Foxface and my Sixline Wrasse. Yesterday morning I took my girlfriend who lives with me to the emergency room. When we got home around 10am was when I first...

Wanted to share this with everyone. Petco's $ per gallon sale returns March 30-April 12. http://i.imgur.com/FidcDSt.jpg They are selling Tetra tanks now though instead of Aqueon, which I've heard are lower quality. I sent Tetra an email to find out what their 40b tanks are made out of so once...

Friend shared this with me and I thought it was really cool. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-sci-sn-coral-reef-iraq-persian-gulf-20140307,0,614036.story

Are these protein skimmers any good? I currently have a Reef Octopus NWB-110 and I am not really impressed by it. Even though the water level stays constant, it always either drops the bubbles or overflows. I've heard a lot of good things about the SCA-302 skimmers, especially for the price...

I have an interesting question. I'm going to be running my tank fallow for about 2-3 months to help get rid of the ich that has been plaguing my tank for awhile. I currently use Aquavitro Salinity salt mix, which if you aren't aware, is pretty expensive for what it is. I'm going to be setting...

Was just curious if anyone had any experiences with them? I currently have a custom 20L sump in my tank, but I'm really not happy with the way I did it. And I may be moving my 75g reef to a new house, and so I figured that would be the perfect time to replace the plumbing. I really like the...