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Hello. The upper frame brace on my 75gl has a crack just to the left of the center brace. I called All Glass and I can order a replacement upper brace frame for a faily cheap cost. The problem is I need to remove the old one and then silicone the new one in place. Has anyone ever done...

Ok..so I called All Glass and I can order a replacement upper center brace frame for $22!..except...I need to remove the old one and epoxy the new one in place... As anyone ever completely removed the upper frame from a tank? I believe it is siliconed in place and am wondering how much of a...

I am going to call All Glass also and see what they say...I wonder if it is warrantied...otherwise I will try an epoxy... yeah..its a nice size tank..I now have an apt and the ex wife has the ex 180 reef built into the wall in the house ...arggh...but I have a 75 and no wife so life is...

Well...if thats the case...maybe I can just repair the crack. The center brace is still intact from front to back including the right half of the tank. The brack is where the center brace meets the front horizontal brace just to the left of the junction where the brace meets the front. I...

I am starting to set up a 75gl tank and all thats in it right now is water as I was testing for leaks. Last night I noticed that the upper support frame on the tank has a crack just to the left of where the center brace attaches to the frame that runs along the front of the tank at the top. Is...

Hi... I am looking for advice on a submersible pump for my sump attached to my 75gl reef tank. I am looking for a very quiet pump. It doesn't need to be very high flow as I will be using powerheads also..I was wondering if anyone can recommend what the current market offers for a quiet pump...

I dont' have a hood. And I really don't want pendants. I was really looking towards a complete unit to sit on top of the tank like a Coralife Aqualight or similiar...

What about Button Polyps for example. Have other folks been able to get them to thrive under metal halide...I would like to have them for the purpose of growing up the glass in the back,etc, but it seems they don't like MH...or is it a different reason that I could not get them to thrive??

Hi...I have been out of reefing for a year and am now going to set up a 75gl tank, 4ft wide. I am looking for lighting advice. I am trying to decide between power compact, metal halides or a combo of both. My tank will probably be a mixture of soft corals and some SPS,etc. It seems in the...

I recently puchased an open brain a few weeks back. All of a sudden it is starting to die, tissue disappearing. Is there anything I can do to stop the loss of the coral? (FW dip,iodine,etc)...it has been a long time since I had this happen, and am not sure what the latest solution is, if...

Hello. I was wondering if some of you have measured the Alk level of the effluent leaving your calcium reactor. I was curious if it is different for different reactors. I happen to have a Aquamedic 1000 Calcium reactor. My effluent is around 26dkh.. Thanks!

My PH is hovering aroung 7.90 in the AM and tops out at 8.05 or so in the PM. I took water outside and aerated it to verify that I have CO2 problem. My house is brand new and I was smart enough to install a air intake from outside as part of my heating/AC unit. So now I need to fix the problem...

I am refilling my calcium reactor with Carbisea ARM Reactor Media. I bought the 8lb container. Previously, I used 1.5 8lb containers, but forgot until I filled the reactor chamber and it is now only 2/3 full. Does the amount of reactor media effect the output, or does the amount of media I...

PH is about 8.10 in the AM and 8.20 in PM. Just a few soft corals in the tank. This is a new setup about 2-3 months old

I am trying to raise Alk and Calcium in my tank to a set level and then use Kalkwasser to maintain it. I have added both Kent superbuffer dKH which has raised my Alk to 3.20 meq/l. My calcium level is at 270. I use Salifert test kits. I have added Kent Liquid Calcium 2 days in a row with no...