I currently have to Maxi-jet 1200's hanging over the back of my 55g. I would like to increase my flow. I do not have a drilled tank, so what options would I have? Bigger HOB's or a closed loop pump setup? Thanks for your help.

wow, i guess i so busy reading others threads that i never post mine. first, my tank is a 135g, single overflow glass Oceanic, it has 3 holes in the floor of for 3/4 bulkheads. the background is blue acrylic silicone on the inside. i bought this tank used for about $200. We remodeled the...

Well, who am I kidding? It was bound to happen so why resist? Over the last few months the wife and I have talked about what would be my summer project this year since she knows that I HAVE to have something to occupy my time otherwise insanity sets in. I told her that my plan was to teach a...

Hi everyone, this is my Nano entry. I'm so excited to be a part of this. The main idea with this aquarium is to have one restriction, the size. This aquarium is the result of everyone's advice and knowledge I have picked up from forums like this. The system description: 15 gallon Truvu...

Where do you have your metal halide ballasts? I have a PFO HQI ballast and it is large and heavy.

ok ok ok....I've finally decided on some stuff about the direction I'm going with my setup and hopefully will stick with it LOL I'm taking my current mixed reef and selling off all my leathers and zoas and some LPS. I want to get rid of what I can and temporarily place everything in another...

what are the general guidlines for a sump style filtration systems flow rates and turnover rates for the tank? for say my 55 gal tank (soon to be a reef) what kind of gph should i be looking for? is 5-6 times the tank size sufficient or overkill? what brand of sub pump is recommended?

OK I know some of you thought it was sacrilege that I tore my 450-gallon system down. Numerous issues compiled and aided in the decision. First off was the system itself. I think anyone who builds their first dream system will tell you that a lot more thought went into building it than...

Just curious. Ive got a fairly large scribbled rabbitfish that has been in my tank for 3.5 days now. When i firt put him in the tank he proceeded to run into the wall at mach 10, and then hide under the reef. The way i lift my rock I can see him plain and day and he appears fine...but he...

anyone have this BADBOY it looks very nice.http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=16754&N=2004+2035

I am disqualified for joining the build late, but hopefully you guys can let me tag along in this forum. I will be setting up a FSB tank fish with mostly LPS. Once the tank stabilize, I will migrate the tank to SPS. First phase in this project is to finish building my stand and start doing the...

Here is what I have so far. 1-75g tank drilled 1” drain 8”overflow box and ¾” return 1-55g tank with dividers as a sump/refugium <ST1:pRed Sea</ST1:p triple pass skimmer in sump Mag Drive 9.5 return pump 1-900 MJ power head with rotating hydro-flow 2-660 power heads 2-175w metal halide 1400k...

Some pictures - this tank took 30 minutes to setup once in place (doesn't include time to fill). Please post any questions - I would love to talk about this tank. We also built the hole pictured.

Well here is an open ended topic. I'm getting stuff for my 72 now I'm looking at power heads. And would like to hear others suggestions. I have used maxijets, and power sweeps on smaller tanks. Tunze are just to expensive and I don't think are worth it. What about the Seio's I don't know...

I'm going to combine a couple of posts here into my first post because I don't want any one to get too long. The first will be the past, second the present, and the third will be my entry's setup thread, the first two will explain why I am doing this. The past: As many of you know I am a...

Hi all, I've manage to maintain a fresh water tank most of my life. I feel like I'm ready for the challenge of starting a salt water tank. I was thinking about a 60G acrylic bow front tank. I chose this size cause I have the ideal spot for it in my house. I want to put mostly coral and a few...

Here's my first real attempt at a BB system. No critters yet just two 2# hunks of two year old freshly cooked LR and 15# of dry tonga branch wich was tossed in the cooking vat a 6 weeks ago to colonize with bacteria. I am not too happy with the flow so I may drain and add anoth closed loop...

I currently have a 55gal reef tank with an inline return pump. It gets a little noisey at times but its all that I have ever used. I am collecting stuff to set a new 90gal. Allglass with the built in overflow and I am trying to decide which way to go this time. I already have a new HD40...

Hey everyone. Thought I would get some oppinons from you guys. I am currently running 2 mag7's as my return pumps from my 55gal sump/fuge into my 125 display tank. this produces aprox 1400gph at 0ft, at 6-8ft, i have no idea. my idea was to either leave it as it is, put an educator on one of the...

I finally got the 65 mostly operational. The tank is full, the CLS is running and the sump and overflow actually work! I built the overflow my self out of 3/16" acrylic. It is a coast to coast style with one end being the input to the CLS. The other end dumps into a 20 gallon with baffles...