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Hello everyone,

I am planning a 120 gal FOWLR tank and am trying to establish about a 10x (1200gph) turnover through the sump back to the tank.

The question I have is are most reef addicts drilling their sump to attach a single external return pump (with an exact extra pump on hand in case of failure)? ... or inserting two smaller return pumps in the sump so in case one burns out the other will function until the problem is discovered (this was recommended by my ...

My return pump has chugged along for 1,815 days in a row, running 23.5 hours a day. Every night for about 30 minutes, the return pump is turned off while I feed the tank, then restarted once they've had their feasting period.

The Little Giant - OPGW-46, tired and wailing:


Over the past month, it didn't always want to restart. I tried spraying some silicone lubricant on the shaft, and chipped ...

The family and I took a drive down to Seattle yesterday...she went shopping for the kids, and I took Serene, my 8 year old daughter, to Salt Water City. I ahd read some good reviews on the web. When I got there, I was impressed with their coral selection. They only do saltwater, which is noce as well.

One cool thing, was they have a section where you can buy from $10, $20, $30, $40, and $50 frags tanks. This is a good way for beginners to try differnet corals w/o breaking the bank. ...

Ok, my new powder blue tang has ich. On Melev's reef it says some people call these fish "ich Magnets" GREAT! Anyway, he or she is my new baby and I want to do what I have to do in order to give it a great home.

What type ich med to give him? And, what food, they like (per Melev's Reef) dry seaweed and Nori?

My sis is going to bring me to the LFS in a bit so all fast replies would be nice.

Thanks in advance,

HAT

I have read some say any worm is a bad worm. Others say some are good.

Well?

Craig