My Euroreef skimmer has two Eheim 1262 pumps on it. When I have to clean the collection cup, I turn off one pump and leave the other running. I do the same thing if the cup is overflowing, because within the body of the skimmer, foam builds up with all kinds of dreck. Once the cup is clean, I start the second pump and all that stuff is immediately exported. Today I did just that, I turned off one pump and noticed how the body of the skimmer was full of water and very little bubbles. ...
Hi All, This picture includes two critters that we arent sure of. They both hitched in on some LR we bought from a guy breaking down his 220G. The larger one I thought he said was a "leather coral." Is that correct? The three smaller ones on the same rock moved around the tank for a while then seemed to take root where they are. Actually, there are about 8-10 of these in all in the tank... all in various locations. We even observed one on the glass for a while when they were ...