I'm about to switch over from IO to Tropic Marin (regular, not the pro) The tank is 220 gallons, so can i do my normal water change of 40 gallons? or should i play it safe and do less?

Now that the 46 bowfront is a reef again .... (and my whole attitude is that everything is all new so lets do it right) I was thinking about analyzing everyday things too. So ... I have a 46 bowfront, bare-cutting board bottom, drilled, with a rubbermaid sump 70' away down in the basement...

Most of the info is in my sig, but there is some that is not so i will post everything here. 1.Tropic Marin salt 2.RHS ATC salinity refractometer 3.(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters 4.Reef Fanatic ATO controller 5.Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer 6.Coralife digital thermometer 7.(2) Tunze 6045s 8.Seio 820...

I've gone through 2 buckets of the Red Sea Coral Pro salt and am now on the 3rd bucket. I did not notice this in the prior 2 buckets, but the third bucket has small grey particles sparsely distributed throughout the salt. The particles are larger than the rest of the salt mix and are easily...

I have had a terrible time with red slime. I don't have a reef tank. I started my tank in Novemeber. My fish are healthy and I have tried to stop the slime by alot of different suggestions. We have cut down on the light being on. We covered the windows to keep the light out in the room. We...

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My new Blue Jaw Trigger is doing great since I got rid of my Hippo Tang...he was always a big bully and the tank is much more peaceful now. I got the Trigger at PJs for $50.....not a bad price for this fish.

Hello all, I am upgrading my tank this week from a 50 to a 65 reef ready! This will be my first tank with a sump! I just bought a euro reef cs80 skimmer for the sump. I am thinking of just going with a mag5 for the return? The allglass overflow is rated up to 600gph. Do you all think 300gph...

The Aquarium Gallery, in Hudson New Hampshire has graciously extended a special price ($60 vs $75 regular price.....and NO TAX IN NH!!!) on Tropic Marin Salt exclusively to NSMARC members. If you are a member, or you join up in the near future, you can take advantage of this special arrangement...

IMPORTANT INFO: New "Members Only" Forum In order to better serve our members, we will be setting up a "members only forum" in the near future. This will allow us to endorse LFSs, get club sponsorhip, arrange LFS group buys, and allow sponsors to post commercial advertisements and special...

What is the best RO/Di unit on the market? I'm getting tired of buying RO water at the fish store. I don't know what brands/models are best. Also, what salt mix do most people use with their reef tanks? Ross

Over the last few years, I have unsuccessfully introduced both powder blues and regals into my 90 gallon reef tank. Within hours, they become tainted with ick and are usually dead by morning. I have taken water samples to my LFS and also have tested levels myself (cant always trust the LFS...

I have had it with the hair algae. Tried allot of things and it gets worse and worse. Current equipment: 58 RR 20G DIY sump with 2 baffles Euroreef ES5-3 Mag 9 return pump Blueline 40HD on a closed loop (790 GPH) ~ 600 after head loss 2 Maxijet 1200's 250W HQI PFO 13K bulb 2 95W VHO actinics...

Hello, I'm new here. I've been planning a very simple, very modest mushroom tank. Here are my plans. What I have: All-Glass Aquarium 7gal minibow 32w Power Compact hood w/ 50/50 bulb AquaClear 70 (300) as fuge (with AC 200 impeller) 7w PC light over fuge Tronic 50w heater in fuge IceProbe in...

Hello, I'm new here. I've been planning a very simple, very modest mushroom tank. Here are my plans. What I have: All-Glass Aquarium 7gal minibow 32w Power Compact hood w/ 50/50 bulb AquaClear 70 (300) as fuge (with AC 200 impeller) 7w PC light over fuge Tronic 50w heater in fuge IceProbe in...

okay, here is my current tank: - 180 gallon Lee Mar Euro braced tank with polished low iron glass. - 100 gallon acrylic sump - 40 gallon acrylic refugium with 900 gph flow by a red sea wavemaster pro with two maxijet 1200's in alternating current for incredible macro growth. lit by a 65...

I have been battling green algea in my 40 gal reef since I set it up 9 months ago. The red slime went away, and I am left with green algea covering everything, it took over my polyps and my bubble coral which haven't opened up in over a month. I had a fluval filter and an over the side skimmer...

Well I need help, i have been battling a nitrate problem since i have started this hobby. I first had a 26 bow front and i could never get the nitraes down they were always above 40ppm, so i tought that it was my inexperience in a nano reef so i upgraded to my 75. Well i have had it running for...

I installed my RO/DI unit last night, but I can only get it to flow through the RO and not the DI portion of the unit. (Not enough pressure/High TDS ?) Before I installed the unit, I checked to see if I had enough system pressure to run the unit. The gauge that I used registered 80 psi. I...