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The guys from California Reef Company just delivered my new tank. I have to say dealing with Matt over there was a great experience and I would recommend them to everyone. I ordered a 180 gallon tank (72x24x24) a few weeks ago and their builder, Crystal Dynamics, delivered it to them...

Hello everyone. My new 180 gallon tank is coming this weekend. I've already built the stand, but I was wondering what, if anything, I should put on top of the plywood to set the tank on. I've heard of people using Styrofoam. If thats the case what thickness should i go with? Any advise is...

thanks for the input tygunn

I need some advice in regards to whether starphire glass is worth the extra cost. I've decided to upgrade to a 180 gallon and have gone to two LFS's to get quotes on a 72x24x24 with a 20in synergy reef overflow, two pre-drilled return holes and a black background. The store I've decided to go...

yea, its pretty ridiculous how much food it dumps. I'll have to look into the mods people have done

Just wanted to update everyone who pitched in some advice. I dosed Chemiclean on thursday and left the cup off the skimmer. I was out of town for the weekend and came back yesterday and I'd say 95% of the cyano was gone. I'm gonna do a water change and manually remove the rest. I'm thinking a...

Thanks rygh. Ill give the smaller airline hose a shot. I've been using larger 1/2 tube, it does pretty well but I think the smaller tube is probably more effective.

Well I just manually removed as much of it as I could and dosed chemiclean using 11 scoops. I took the cup off the skimmer and am letting it run. We shall see...thanks again for everyone's input.

Thanks humu. I'm gonna pay more attention to how much food my autofeeder is putting in the tank. I work crazy hours so an autofeeder is a necessity, otherwise I would just do it myself.

Thanks wpeterson. I live out in the eastbay but will keep that in mind. I relocated my mp40's closer to the substrate, hopefully that will help with the flow down there. That's a great idea with keeping the cup off the skimmer. I think im gonna hit the lfs and pick up some chemiclean and try...

When I tried Chemiclean I used 10 scoops, estimating I had around 100 gallons of total water. I might have been a little under on my estimate, but did not want to overdose. It did kill some of it off, but not all of it and was back within a week of dosing. I turned off my skimmer and didn't...

Thanks endturtle. Ha, I havnt noticed the cat peeing in there but will keep an eye out. All the sand Ive used has been new out of the bag. I cycled the tank when I first set it up and have not added any new rock since then. I did add some sand but I was already having a cyano problem at that...

ok, ill give that a shot. I keep them between 30 and 60 percent through the day. The corals seem to like that the best. Anything higher and they start to close up.

Thanks for the replys. I have good flow with the two mp40's. They are at opposite ends of the tank and go between reef crest mode and nutrient transport through the day. I've tried chemiclean before and it didnt seem to have any effect, however i did not oxygenate the water so that might have...

Hello everyone. I am in need of some help/advise. I am about at my wits end with this stuff and am considering taking down my tank if I cant resolve it. I have been battling with what I believe is cyano for the last four months. Its a red slime with bubbles in it that covers most of my...

I checked out my tank first thing this morning and found this little guy. The only crabs I've put in my tank were two emeralds about four months ago. Does this look like a baby emerald? My assumption is they bred. One of the emeralds is much bigger than the other one now, they were the same...

I purchased a red sea algae control test kit and it showed my phosphates at .02 ppm and nitrates at 0. Im on my second go around with a chemiclean dose as the first one didn't seem to help much. I siphoned out as much of it as i could before dosing, i'm hoping this time it works.

Thanks for the info guys. I tested both nitrate and phosphates which according to my API kit are at 0 ppm. I think i've narrowed it down to just having bad flow in the tank. I had been waiting for Neptune to release the WAV pump so I was just running some cheap powerheads that I know were not...

Ive been battling this stuff for a while and cant seem to get rid of it. Anyone know what type of algae it is and how to get rid of it. It covers my sand bed and live rock on the bottom of the tank. Doesnt seem to make its way up the rock. Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.

Hello everyone, i noticed this weird looking white stringy thing on the glass of my tank this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what it is? It's not moving so i'm not sure if its alive or not.