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Creating a new thread for my new frag tank. This will replace my 30 gallon lagoon with the main desire being a bigger sump which then meant a bigger stand which then meant a bigger tank. I want to have the tank have a bit less crap in it. Starting things off, I built a sump (original sump...

Last week I was sitting at my desk and I saw an awful sight, a nudibranch crawling across my frag tank glass. Having had monti eating nudis in a different tank, I immediately knew what it was and squished it (that tank was torn down and everything bleached/muriatic acided before reuse). Later I...

Awhile back I bought 3 anthias, under the assumption they were one male and two female lyretails. I didn't honestly look at them very closely and took them home. Eventually I realized one female was a square spot, and it eventually turned into a male. I didn't actually see any aggression between...

I have stepped up to trying chemiclean in my cyano fight. I vacuumed almost all of it again, did a water change, and started mixing it. I then realized I only have approximately half a dose. Should I use it or should I dump it and only do the full dose? My understanding is it's an antibiotic...

Since there doesn't seem to be much in the way of ozone equipment for sale in the club (previous LF ozone generator thread) I bought a cheap Weipro ozone generator to test. My skimmer isn't ozone compatible, but I gave it a trial run. I'm now giving it a go at building an ozone reactor following...

I always thought GSP were harmless in terms of releasing stuff, though they'll of course overrun things. I just read some posts saying GSP is one of the most chemical warfare softies. I've been trying to figure out why my tank has slowly gotten worse in regards to my SPS. AFAICT the numbers are...

Brute. One drain at the bottom. Two holes in the side for floats. One approximately half way up, one near the top. I used that to let me choose if I wanted to do a full fill or a half fill. I have removed the bulkheads & floats because I was going to do something else with them, but no longer...

This is somewhat eutrophic zone (see my post about snakes), but now that we have a snake I've been looking at equipment there. The nice thing is there's a lot less equipment needs in keeping this snake. However, keeping temperature regulated is still important. I started looking at temp...

I renewed my membership by using the yearly auto renew option. I previously had just done a standard yearly. The payment went through according to PayPal, but I'm still showing up as guest. Any trick I need to do?

My 8yo is fixated on snakes. I have no history with them, nor real interest in them. I'm curious to hear if anyone here has kept them and your experience.

The icecap 3k I have had a rubber bushing break and it's not working. For the time being I turned it off and turned up my mp40 on the other side of the tank. The replacement bushing should arrive early next week. In the meantime I'm debating just buying a different one. The icecap is fine, but...

I picked up a Magnificent foxface recently. It arrived very skinny, but it's eating well and is gaining size. My goal in getting it was having something that'll go to town on bubble and hair algae in my various tanks, since none of my other tangs/lawnmower blennies/... are doing so. While...

I've seen a variety of coral rejuvenation stories over time, and noticed the use of strings or other ways of growing out frags. For example: https://www.wsj.com/science/florida-coral-reef-climate-change-heat-wave-6d5ee30b I've also in the past heard the idea of laying sps frags gorgeous...

I'm looking for another submersible light. Something like the tunzes, but not $100. I need it to be either completely dumb, or able to go on when the power flips on, because I'll control it with a smart switch. Bonus points if it's a grow light color, but pure white is fine too

We had some HVAC equipment removed from our garage, clearing up a ton of space. One side effect of this is we have a big open area next to our water heater now. I'd like to convert that into my aquarium water area (RODI storage + saltwater mixing). However, if I do then it'd mean either I can't...

I have a messy container that I keep all my aquarium tests in. The Hanna boxes take up a ton of space, and don't seal the reagents (Hanna says they go bad after the package is opened). They also don't leave the cuvettes or lids in a good air drying place. To get rid of the plastic bags I've...

I turn my skimmer off part of the day. I'm not sure if it's that or just snails being dumb, but I keep getting snails in the inlet which screws things up. I notice based on the sound that skimmer makes. Anyone have a good solution that keeps high water movement but keeps snails out?

I recently saw the Hydros Kraken (not yet released) and thought it seems very useful, in that it has a plethora of controllable DC outlets. However it's shockingly expensive and also not smart home integrated (AFAICT). That got me looking around more, and I'm surprised there's not a cheap...

Through a series of events I've ended up owning a PAR meter. if anyone wants to use it feel free to message me or comment here. This is not the club's. I won't be setting up an equipment borrow. You'll be expected to pick it up from me at my house and return it to me at my house in a couple...

I like the red sea gravity ATOs. They're slow to release water, they have a pretty good size volume, they're quiet, and are sort of out of the way. However they take up a ton of space. What I'd like is a gravity fed ATO on my red sea, but with the reservoir around half the width. Ideally sized...