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The little o-ring/waasher for my 15 watt Aqua Ultravilet sterilizer is leaking. It is where the rod for the wiper goes in and out of the unit. I took it and it very hard. That is probably why it is leaking. I can not find anyone online that sells that part? Any help would be appreciated.

The ballast said they were "rapid start". After search the web on how ballasts work, it appears that they have someting built in that is a starter. Therefore, I do not need the starters anymore.

I need to replace my 2 ballasts for 30 watt no 36 inch dual light strip. I found the replacement ballasts at Home Depot. I can figure out the wiring diragram on the ballast. But on these ballasts it does not show the starter wired in? My old ballast's had a starter for each ballast. Do the...

Which would you go with? An ozonizer or UV? I have never used an Ozonizer, is it a difficult thing to set up and run. Do you need other monitoring equipment? What is the easist to use.

I have a Coralife Pure-Flo tfc-24 R.O. unit. How do you know when to replace the carbon and sediment cartridges? They really do not look dirty. The sediment cartridge looks like is has some algea growing on it though? And does anyone ever replace the membrane? I use chlorinated water...

I need to replace my twin tube 36 inch 30 watt fluorescent lamps. Currently I have coralife magtinic with external reflector and coralife Trichromatic lamps. I like the color of the magtinic. But someone suggested I go with the URI Super Actinic R 30 watt NO, and either the URI Actinic White...

I moved last summer. Took all my live rock and put it in a 20 gal. rubbermaid container. Put powerhead in to keep salt water moving. Put lid on it. No light. I planning on setting up tank again. Is the rock basically dead now after 8 months without lights? What should I do? Use it as base...

I moved last summer. Took all my live rock and put it in a 20 gal. rubbermaid container. Put powerhead in to keep salt water moving. Put lid on it. No light. I planning on setting up tank again. Is the rock basically dead now after 8 months without lights? What should I do? Use it as base...

I thought I lost a serpent starfish. All the legs were gone and the fish were picking over it. I disposed of the body. A couple weeks latter I see another serpent starfish in the tank? (smaller in size) Maybe I had 1 too many beers or something. How could this happen?