I have been reading on TRT on pumps, flow and spray bars. Now I have a headache. I am working on the plumbing for a 240 glass tank 8'x2'x2'. It has a a total of 2 drilled holes 1", located at the back corners. My tentative plan is: 1) BB/Faux with rock lifts. 2) a 24" overflow on the end...

For purposes of this discussion the following terms are used to describe certain things: Live Rock: This seems to be self-explanatory but it will include any DIY rocks, any type of actual rock that is used in a tank for a surface for the bacteria to live on. Wet/Dry media: This includes, but...

i wawnt to put a CLS on my 90 and i havent goten very far as far as planning all ive gotten is that i want a hammerhead or a dart for the pump other than that i was thinking about a OM 4 WAY can anybody post a picture of their CLS (dont care what tank size) and give me some ideas this will be...

My spray bar setup is 3/4" pipe, not sure what pump I will be using but i want a lot of flow in this tank, keep the bottom super super clean. What size holes do I drill in the pipe for the spray bar and how many. I want to say I read somewhere to drill the holes every 1" of pipe, just dont...

Well I know im beating this topic to death but I finally have the stand and my drill bits and Im ready to go... For those that dont know I have a 180gal BB tank that will be mixed reef. I have decided to go with 2 1.5" CLS inputs with a spray bar setup on the bottom to blast everything away. I...

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Picking the 125 up this evening. It is drilled with 2 drains and a CLS. I'll get pics as soon as I pick it up.

Ok, I feel like I have a good handle on the basics of reef keeping 101. I measure this by the fact my current 180 sps tank is doing well. The sps are actually growing with what I consider decent speed and coloration. I have the origional two sps colonies that started my tank over 18 months ago...

Anyone have any experience with the GenX PCX-40 Pump? One of my little giant pump failed and I am thinking of replacing it with the GenX?

I started a thread in the large systems forum but I did not get much traffic there so Im posting here now. For those that dont know I have a Perfecto/Marineland 180gal tank with 2 corner overflows. I have an Oceanic Model 3 sump, MRC MR-2 skimmer. My plan for my aquascaping is to build a rack. I...

Is live rock in the sump just as good as the display? Or does it work better being in the main display? Trying to figure how to get better flow threw out the tank.

Hello CLS experts. Well, im getting ready to start on a simple CLS for my tank and I have a few basic questions. (tank is 120gallon 48x24x24) My goal with this cls is to try and keep detritus clear from under the rock and keep it suspended long enoph for there to be a reasonable chance that...

My spray bar keeps plugging up, i believe the holes are too small. I think i'm going to try to cut some slits in the pipe. Do i just have the cut area on the bottom front or should i put it on the back too? Also, i capped the ends, and was told that i should either put a strainer on them or...

I am having a terrible time with cyano. I have 2 rio 3100 as my return pumps and I have 3 maxijet 1200's in the tank. What do you think, enough flow or should I add more powerheads. I have a 180 tank.

I'm using a hammerhead. I'll be using an OM 4 ( or 8 ). Should I drill a hole for a 1" diameter pipe for the spraybars I plan to use? or should I go larger?

I've finally made up my mind to go BB on the 75g that I'm setting up. I was originally going to upgrade my 20g to a 40g but didn’t like the way that tank design ended up. I really want to go with an SPS dominated tank so I assume this is the way to go. I've ordered my HDPE online and got my 3"...

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...

so the last time i had a reef tank was about ten years ago. touring all of the lfs here in the bay area i'm noticing tons of new products, and new techniques. i see that bio balls are gone and done with <O:pand t5ho is the new way to go. so i have questions...<O:p <O:p i have a 55gal truvu...

At the recommendation of someone and after some reasearch, I want to get the Sequence hammerhead pump :D:D Should I get the 4500 gph or the 5800 gph? I've never owned one like this so I'm not sure if those extra horses are going to blow my application out of the water ( no pun intended ). I'm...

I've had lots of issues with my SPS acros lately. I lost an entire colony that was once growing a lot. I'm also losing a stag now and some other smaller SPS frags. It seems to have all started when I changed my my 400w Hamilton 14k's out that were over a year old to new XM10k's. Some corals...