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No more photos without naming the inhabitants. Once you start, you cannot stop. Post names of the fish and even the hair algae, or your posting privs are suspended. :) FWIW - hair algae names are limited to 80s Hair Bands or the members.

Do you have height requirements? I might have a ASM G6, but it is tall... and a beast. I cannot remember if I got rid of it, or not. FWIW - 2 larger skimmers will work better than one huge one. A pair of ASM G4s, for example, will crush a larger skimmer made for a 500-1000 gallon tank. They...

With PetCo, if you view the items logged in, you often will get a another 10% off coupon and free shipping email in a few days if you don't buy. I think the same if you add them to your cart. They have sales sometimes too - the people at reef2reef are good about letting everybody know about...

I am glad that everything worked out. The light will penetrate that hickory floor and yellow/warm it up a bit where the sanding got down to fresh wood not yet exposed to light/UV. It should match pretty well in a few months or a year. The darker stuff will get lighter and the lighter stuff...

I hope that it works, but coralline can grow with very little light. I have a LED shop light, like the kind that you buy at Sams Club over a 72x30x30 tank with only fish and the coralline grows so fast that it will cover the front glass in about a month - it is 12 watts. Coralline always grew...

I forgot to mention that one key to not having algae pop up is not having places for it to get a foothold. Rocks with film algae, film bacteria, live and growing coralline, etc. do not have hair algae growing on them. When you use chemicals like h2o2, you kill everything on the surface of the...

Get some urchins. Pencils, pincushions and rock urchins from the Florida Keys are good, but the pencils and rocks will stay on the turf algae better and they don't pick up your snails and hermits as decorations. Nitrate and phosphate cannot be too high for urchins to thrive. If you don't mind...

Feeling the urge for a Z&P tank, so I was wondering if anybody could put together a pack for me. I can trade acros, or cash. I have given lots of these away, but it was years ago. I like the round ones: Blue Hornets Red Hornets Rastas BEBB Fruit Loops CARs Any Hornet, most likely ...and the...

You have to get the organics off of, or else it it will always be dingy. Soaking and a brush if necessary. H2O2, bleach or your other usual suspect of halogens will get it white again. I think that I remember somebody making a paste of sodium carbonate and h2o2.

It looks like a rock flower anemone inside of a colt coral to me. I have no idea.

35 ppt is full reef salinity. The filefish are not bullies, but they are not complete wimps either. You can usually find them at PetCo and local stores if you want to try one. They cannot get to all of the aips, just like anything else. They also are not guaranteed to eat aips and some even...

I would strongly recommend that you cruise over to reef2reef and read about how bad and unreliable ICP tests really are. You might be able to use them for something, but I would not trust them too much and I would especially not test them enough to dose off of them. If you are worried about...

4 hours of no skimmer is not going to kill you. However, the gas exchange from the pumps and surface is still significant. If it is a nice day, 20" box fans in windows will move a lot of air in and out, and are not expensive. Of course, it will be 5 degrees, like you said.

They have some nice coral up there, too. I went a few weeks ago to get a free tank and got a few pieces.

I use Rubio and Osmo on an almost-daily basis and they are great. Both are just a blend of waxes and oils. The best thing about them is that if you get damage or want to refinish, you just have to do that one area and not the whole floor. You can literally just lightly sand one square foot in...

Kind will help too. Maybe some photos. There are plenty of MH users in Colorado.

You can put dolomite into your CaRx if you do happen to need more magnesium. I never really have need to dose magneisum, either with the old ARM, the new ARM or even the Reborn when you could still get it. I only ever needed dolomite when I tried man made reactor media from Aquamedic, but that...

Need a 36" cabinet removed from our island and granite cut to accommodate a new 36" range. Anybody have the time for this job? I am in Longmont. I have cash.

First, do you live in a part of town that has chloramines? If not, then this is easier. If so, then it is important that you know and have a plan. Generally speaking, production and efficiency do not go hand in hand. 99% membranes with very little waste are available, but very low output...

You are almost certainly iron deficient. Dosing will help the chaeto grow. I know of no other reason to worry about low iron unless macro is growth limited. Your no3 is likely low because of anoxic bacteria using the oxygen and turning the no3 into nitrogen gas - this is the final step in the...