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Hi all, I recognize some names here. Glad to be back. My husband and I moved to Indianapolis about 4 years ago...there is virtually NO reefing community there 😢. We are back now and I am starting up a Redsea Max E 260, 70 gallon. Just filled it and waiting for it to cycle. Marilyn

After a three year hiatus, which included a move to Indianapolis, where reefing is pretty much non-existent compared to the Chicago area, I am putting up a new tank. I thought I would get a start on the build while I was waiting for my tank to arrive. It will be here in a couple of weeks. In...

So, I'm in the planning stage of my tank setup, and have been away for three years and don't trust my memory. This is also the first time I haven't had a basement sump, and room is tight. Can someone please make sure this setup obeys the laws of physics regarding any problems with possible...

Hi to all! :fish: After a 3 year hiatus I am getting back in with a new tank. The only problem is that I am living in the Indianapolis area where there is virtually NO reefing community. Luckily, I still have friends and family in the Chicago burbs, and since I visit regularly, I will be...

Now that I have a little bitty tank with only a little bitty space beneath it, I was searching for dosing containers that would take up the smallest amount of space and came upon this on ebay. I got it yesterday and am very pleased. I just thought I would pass this on to anyone who like me...

Hi, The new tank is up and running, and I just wanted to share some pictures of it. It is a JBJ 30 gallon rimless AIO. I'm extremely happy with the decision to keep a smaller tank running instead of totally getting out. Hope you like it. :smile5: The stand is a bathroom vanity. I made a...

Hello, Well I just received my second broken shipped tank this morning. I"m a bit weary of having a third one shipped. Has anyone seen these nanos available at a local LFS?

I'm considering whether or not to use a skimmer on my new 30G AIO build. I know that in my large sump, my skimmer would occasionally overflow. This concerns me in regards to having a HOB skimmer or a skimmer in the back overflow area of an AIO tank. Do these smaller skimmers overflow, and if...

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have taken the advice of many of you and decided to keep a reef tank going. I'll be downgrading from my 140 to a JBJ 30G AIO rimless. I just wanted to say thanks to all of you who encouraged me to stick with it. Because of the footprint I will be able...

I have decided to start my build thread over for a number of reasons. First due to the CR crash in February none of the photos are visible anymore on the original thread and without those pictures it is just too difficult to understand. Secondly, I have changed or upgraded much of the...

My 140G reef has somewhat minimalistic rock work. When I set up my tank, I felt I needed about 50 lbs of additional live rock in my sump for additional bio-filtration. I hate how much space it is taking up and the difficulty of siphoning out the sump to keep it all clean. I'd like to eliminate...

My first time fragging zoas was not very successful. The zoas look great, but I'm a bit miserable. It doesn't look bad in the picture, but my finger is continually throbbing, oozing, and it is so swollen that I can't extend or flex it. I know, I'm a wimp, but this sucker really hurts!!!! I...

I can't believe I did this! :a43: :hang3: :a17: I dropped the brand new fixture into the tank!!!! The ONLY good thing is that it wasn't plugged in so everything in the tank is OK. The moonlights and channel 2 are working, but it seems that channel 1 may be fried. Can anyone help me...

Has anyone used some type of Connecting Rods to join two evergrow or reef breeders LED fixtures together so that you only need the outer ends of each fixture suspended from the ceiling? I was thinking mending plates, but they don't seem to come long enough. Any ideas would be appreciated. The...

I just wanted to pass this email that I received on to everyone. Thank you for your previous orders with Drs. Foster and Smith's LiveAquaria. We are contacting you in regards to a change that is being made to the shipping of our LiveAquaria.com packages that will be begin on Monday, April...

Has anyone noticed this poor fish in the Schaumburg stores show tank. I've seen it there a couple of times now. You can actually count all of his ribs. It's just hard to look at. I know lots of the fish for sale there are also very very skinny, sad, but this one looks like a swimming skeleton...

I have all my equipment for my 140G upgrade, except for the lighting. I'm really torn on this one. My tank dimensions will be 60" X 24" X 22". Right now I have an ATI dimmable sunpower, 6 X 54W, so 48" long and 13" front to back. I don't believe 6 bulbs will be able to adequately cover the...

I would really like to hear what they sound like in person before buying them. I sold my Tunze's already, but I'm not sure I made the right decision. I much prefer the look of the mp40's, and am hoping they aren't as loud as some are reporting.

Well, this will be my first time documenting a build. I hope I don't bore anyone to death. I decided to upgrade my tank for various reasons. The 75 gallon was scratched, which drove me crazy, the location of the tank in my home wasn't ideal, and I have been fighting a dino problem stemming...

Hello, A little reassurance, please! I am starting to think about plumbing the tank I'm getting, and have a question about the return that comes in my overflow. It has two outlets for water to return to the tank. One is near the top of the overflow and the other is about half way down. It...