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10 gallon refugium absolutley. growing some macro algae in it will help your tank alot.
filter socks all the way. get a few of them so you have a clean one ready to go. they are reusable no more buying filter pads!
yup i got mine in and just like you guys say. it has stopped nearly ALL of my bubbles and after 2 days of use removed much junk from my water....and...
i have an eshopps 300 overflow, and a mag 5 and they work great together i have about 4 feet of pump head for the mag 5 so i guess im getting right...
yes are all your levels ok. do you do regular water changes with ro/di? what is your lighting and how long? i got a pulsing xenia that was nice and...
i got 4x 54w t5's. i run 3 actinics and one 12,000k. it is not too white and my corals like it. i actually want an even bluer look but i dont know...
i got my eshopps pf-300 from dr foster and smith. it is reliable and easy to use. it goes really good with the mag 5 pump which i also got from...
ya thats fine. i got a ten gallon fuge on my 55. i just keep my skimmer, a filter sock over the overflow drain, and some chaeto algae. throw some...
i did that in my 55. had crushed coral then did research on the problems. i scooped it out and put in sand. it does make your water look horrible for...
my tank was like that after the first few weeks, now i dont really see them, but i got hydroids now. they also seem to be decreasing in numbers.
hmm...if your comfortable and use to using the overflow, and it doesnt give you any problems, i would just keep it.
haha my cleaner shrimp happily chases and cleans my hand whenever i put it near him. i wsh my fish would let him, they way he just sits on the rock...
i wouldnt use real fine sand, esp if you are doing a reef tank with alot of flow. i used fine sand and i could not stop it from blowing around and...
i have exactly the same problem as you. i have baffles and such in my refugium, but i get short little burst of bubbles maybe every 5 mins from my...
i was worried about this also. i have a 55 gallon reef(with alot of heavy liverock) and a ten gallon refugium. as long as its not a super old home...
youll get all the advice you need here:)
microbubbles are a big pain in the $$$. im dealing with them now. do you have the skimmer in your dt or in a sump/fuge. some skimmers will never stop...
glad you made the decision to start back up. i started my 55 reef 2 months ago....its like my lost hobbie that took so long to discover...im 20 and...
the set up of your powerheads depends on every tank. you have to adjust them so they are not blowing your sand around etc. but having one powerheads...
i have 2 800gph and 1 400 ghp powerheads, my return does 300 gph in my 55, thats alot more than what you got. you need alot of flow.
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