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Seems like an option. Not one loss is amazing!!

No sorry I should have mentioned that I have three tanks. The moray is in a different tank. That's a funny question though. Be some expensive dinner hah!!! I have bought fish from alot of stores and I agree that they are not in great condition most of the time. But in a qt tank I have saved...

Just wondering if anybody else has no luck with aqua-huts livestock?? They are by far the cheapest for dry goods and supplies. I have been keeping reef and fish-only tanks for over16+ years. I moved to suffolk about 3 years ago and have been looking for a GOOD lfs. It seems that every fish I...

One more note, If you use live rock no bio filter is needed at all.. That will be your nitrate factory(the canister with the bio balls or whatever you use) Forget the sump if you can't fit it, but get the rocks. I ran a 55 gal with only live rocks, some powerheads for water flow and a small...

gc9n, I will update you with what I found tonight. The intake for the fluval was getting a very small amount of micro bubbles from my skimmer. This was causing a burst of air bubbles once and awhile(every 5 mins.) from the fluval. Moved the intake and problem fixed.... Hope this helps a bit..

Thats some good info from hagen. Shaking the unit is really just a little movement or tilting from side to side, not shaking like a milk shake!!! It works for me after renewing the carbon.. Neve had a problem with dead bact. but I do wash out the entire unit.. But I also agree that a sump is...

I have used cans for many years for reef and fish only tanks. I use them for media reactors. They work great for carbon and phosphate removal!!! You could lower the gph output according to what media you are using. You must be careful not to use alot of filter pads. That's when you create...