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Tank is broken down and everyone is currently living in 2 holding tanks. I was able to save everyone with a name and a good number of cleaning crew members, but sadly neither of the my brittle stars. Corals look good so far, so here's hoping. Tank arrives tomorrow. I had to go searching for the...

Woot! The aquarium is in Chicago but will take until Monday to arrive at my local depot. I'll be picking it up Monday evening and spending the day Tuesday setting it up! Now the prospect of moving critters from one tank to the other is really starting to set in....it'll be chaos I'm sure. The...

Sorry, for some reason I didn't get any thread notifications. Let me figure out shipping costs tomorrow and I will get back to you. Whats your zip?

Awesome. In that case I recommend going with a Bubble King: bubbleking Premium Aquatics - bubbleking Aquarium Supplies

Skimmer wise there are a lot of good brands: Super Reef Octopus, SWC, Vertex, Bubble King all come to mind. I would just spend some time looking at the major online shops and reading customer reviews. I've not had good luck finding good reviews elsewhere. Buy the best you can afford that is...

I've got one of these I've been planing on selling after my upgrade (not in use, was just going to do one thread of everything). It works great but I'll need a day or two to clean it before shipping if you do want it. Reef Octopus BH 100 Hang on Back Protein Skimmer - AquaCave I'd do like $70...

Ahh gotcha.

So do the dim when you go into feed mode? Is this essentially a cue for fish and coral to come eat?

No, as long as the gap between the walls of the tank and baffle aren't too big its doable. I did this and just had to use a lot of silicon. My problem was that one baffle was slightly too large and I didn't realize that by fitting it in (it seemed tight but perfect) I was stressing the walls of...

One of the things that brought me to buy the Vertex Illumina was the storm feature which is similar that in your video except that it doesn't ramp down the color temp before the lightening (any idea why they do it). After living with it for 6 months I recently turned it off as I'm not often...

I recently got a Ecoxotic LED Pro RGB Module, RGB Remote, and transformer and there is no way for me to mount it in my existing light setup so I'm looking to sell it. This has never been used, is still in the box, and has a retail value of $180. Here is the company's video: RGB Panorama LED...

Looks to be amazing, can't wait to see it filled up!

Cherry Corals always has crazy stuff, but after attending the CMAS frag swap recently I've decided I don't ever want to buy corals from anywhere but a frag swap again! The prices were great, and the coral were beauts! Of course, you have to wait until an event rolls around...

The SeaClone skimmer is totally worthless sadly you'll want to replace that. I've gone through 3 skimmers (2 of which will be up for sale in December) so far and just bought a fourth for the new tank, so take the time to research that one and pick the best one you can afford. Typically you want...

I didn't want to hijack another thread, but I wondered what everyone's thoughts are regarding feeding frozen vs pelletized/flake food. I've read that the flake/pellet food is better because there is less waste and fewer phosphates and the like. But I've read the same regarding frozen food...

I think someone here on the forum recommended taking a chopstick and attaching to the end of your siphon tube when doing a water change. Then when you use the chop stick to stir up a small portion of sand the released crap is pulled from your tank immediately. Its a good idea I should probably...

I place my vote for Machiavelli as you know the starfish will do whatever it takes

Was their corralline there before? Coraline turns white when exposed to air for too long.

I would suggest the following for killing the algae: 1. Instead of using GFO in your phosphate reactor, use Kent Phosphate sponge for 3 days. Keep in mind this stuff has to be changed daily or it can leach the phosphate into the water. 2. After the three days replace the Kent Phosphate...

I'm just overly cautious after I had a nerite snail call into the siphon tube on my overflow and cause a flood...twice...in a week.