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For a while I noticed that one of the chanels in my DIY lighting was off but since I didn't have many corals in my tank any longer I never took it down to check on it. I finally decided to see what's going on and my 5year old lighting system and a bunch of the LED's look a little burned out so...

Hello all It's been some years since I haven't been here, a few years since I haven't maintained my tank either:oops:. I have my tank for over 10 years now and there was a time when my tank was thriving, full of sps that I had to donate to make space in my 125G tank. I started slacking in my...

Hi all I bought a used tank that I wanted to use to replace my current one and after cleaning the tank I noticed some scratches that I am not to happy with. i been trying to find a good way to get rid of them but I wanted to see if someone had any luck with a similar task. The tank has one...

So I added a frag tank to my system and added a egg crate as a frag holder in the base of the frag tank. I think that is the standard, not to happy as the openings in the egg crate are square and the frags tend to move (larger frags), also not to easy to clean the egg crate. So I had the idea of...

Hi all So I haven't done much trimming in a while in my 120G reef tank and now i have sps growing into each other, grass coral growing everywhere, furry mushrooms everywhere ... don't have a inch of free space anymore and it just looks to crowded. I do need someones help who knows how to trim...

Hi All I decided to start my tank journal as I am always making changes to my setup. A little about my system 125G glass tank 72''x 23''x 18'' Diy sump with 7'' filter sock and 3 return pumps Apex Neptune controller 2 Vortech MP40w pumps GSA2 40'' tall 8'' diameter cone skimmer...

We are obviously talking about the very commonly used these days filter socks. I have a feeling there is a lot of mixed information out there on the maintenance and use of the filter socks and though it may be a good discussion topic. I personally do use the filter sock, usually 200 micron...

Hi everyone I am in the process of changing my Led setup and just looking for some feedback from you guys. I been using a diy led kit from rapidled's for the past few years and its been working fine but I do get some shaded spots under the two black tank supports in the middle of the tank...

Hi all I am running 2 sicce psk 2500 on my skimmer and just noticed that in one of them the wire striped where it enters the pump(AS you can see in the picture). The pump still works just fine as the wires inside are still fine but I am afraid to submerge it so I am thinking on replacing...

I purchased this skimmer back in 09, when I use to have a 72g bow-front tank with a light bio-load. Back then I figured I will get a skimmer that can handle at least 2-3 times the size of my tank. Since than I upgraded to a 125g tank heavily loaded with fish and coral. So now my 300g rated...