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Carib Fish & Inverts in Pompano Beach Fl. has it on their list.

I had a guy trying to return a skimmer a couple years ago. He dropped the skimmer as he came thru the door and cracked it in 3 places. I told him I could accept a damaged skimmer for refund. He then tried to blame it on the door closer being to strong. When I told him it was his own fault he...

Thanks Mitch. I try to look in once and awhile but generally don't have anything new to add to the topics. Yes Harp's is still in business but not the quality it once was. Haven't kept up with the changes in the hobby. They still use tap water in their systems and give out advise from 20 years...

Hi Mitch. You guessed it. Dan Campbell owner of Waters of the World.

Main Stream Aquatics was the last one to go under around here that I know of and that was a couple years ago. He lasted about a year. A hobbiest who was going to "put all us crooks out of business". Then he found out all the things most customers never see or realize about what it takes to run a...

Turn off the lights and break out your stock of rubbermaid tubs. Set up your dips and don't worry about the customers thoughts. The good customers will appreciate that you are doing it properly and the others will get over or ask questions to learn why you are doing it that way. Once the fish...

Put the tank upstairs and the sump in the basement.

Sounds like you got a 150 or 70-watt pendant. 150 and 70-watt use the spring loaded ends and 250-watt use the T-shaped end.

The customer is told up front that is a non refundable deposit. If I could afford to stock it there would already be one on the shelf. Only promlem I ever had was when a item was back ordered for a couple months. Money was refunded because I could not get the product.

I do a lot of special orders for customers. If I know it is going right out and a deposit is placed, I have no problems with doing special orders. It is much easier to do special orders than to try to stock everything that someone might want. Also if I don't have to shelf it I can be more...

You could try Carlos @ Aquatic Life Systems. 352-867-1513. He is in Ocala Fl. I have sold his sumps for years and never had any problems. He also sells skimmers and reactors and does a nice job on acrylic tanks. He is a little slow some times but otherwise has a nice product at a reasonable...

I've had one know for about 4-1/2 years.Started out about 2" in a 75 with a 2-3" yellow tang. At 3-4" it was moved to a 150 with the yellow tang, 4" sailfin tang,4-5" two bar rabbit fish and other small fish. At 6" it was moved into my 300 with the yellow and sailfin. There was a Viamingi tang...

Mag 24's can be very noisy when run external or will add a couple degrees of heat when submerged. If a 18 will cover your needs you might want to look at Aqua Medic's ocean runner 6500. Less electricity draw than a mag drive

ChrisRD a good contoller will keep the ph in the reactor within 0.1 of where it is set. I usually run a extra "cool down" chamber after the reactor to burn of any extra CO2 if the meter happens to drop a point or two. Also return the effluent either into your skimmer or close to the skimmer...

If it's running to high for your system put the pump on a timer and adjust the run time to fit your system. This is assuming you are using a ph controller.