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Both my USB, battery backup, turn on when the power cuts, bubblers died. Another exacerbating factor in my tank issues. Anyone have a recommendation for equivalent ones that last more than a year or so with minimal to no use? USB powered preferably. Maybe bonus points if the battery can be...

I've shared this before, but again I had a screw up that almost nuked my tank, so resharing in a post. EcoFlow batteries are not necessarily safe to use with heaters, even during normal conditions On my frag tank I have a River Pro with extra battery connected to my critical equipment...

Red Sea Reefer 500. We just got new LVP flooring installed. The subfloor turned out to be wood planks (that part of the house is probably from 1950). Installer suggested before putting the stand back in place I put something under the feet to help with support, such as some plywood. The tank is...

I want to quick share a positive story. I had a bunch of issues with aiptasia having made it into my frag tank. I think it came from a clam bought from a LFS and I didn't aggressively enough handle it. I saw them occasionally, but was mostly under control. I then had an issue where a pump went...

On a completely AIO, no overflow section, aquarium, how do people handle ATO? I've realized I've never done a saltwater tank this setup. Even my first one back around 2005 had an overflow and sump. I have a giant 150 gallon trough my stuff is in right now. I'm planning on just putting the ATO...

I am getting my flooring replaced. I need to move my aquarium (thread with other details). I am trying to figure out how to minimize the hassle of this. My plan was move everything into a temporary holding tank in my garage, move the aquarium into the garage, move everything back into the...

I've been debating more what I can do to give me more space inside my house and aquarium, and make maintenance easier. I've gone back and forth on the idea of having a sump outside my house, and wanted some folks thoughts. Possibly including @Thales because I heard you have some sort of outside...

Since everyone knows Kalk is the best dosing solution in both that short term and long term :), I continue using it very successfully in my frag tank. I'm debating setting up my display with Kalk too, especially now that I have lines running through my wall externally and can put a big reservoir...

We might get some flooring redone in the area my display is. Any suggestions on how to handle this? I'm guessing I'll have to handle it as a tank move. Get big troughs. Transfer everything. Pull all sand out. Move tank. Move stand. Flooring install. Move back. I'd really prefer not to do all...

Anyone know where I can source a Reefwave 45 parts locally? These: https://fishtanksdirect.com/red-sea-reefwave-gyre-45-service-kit/ Also anyone know if the 25 parts are the same? If anyone has one I can borrow that parts from temporarily, or just for sale LMK (I'll move the convo to the...

My RODI equipment is in my garage. I have an approximately straight shot from an old vent hole in my garage wall, into the crawl space under my living room, across to a crawl space vent to the side of my house, where my RODI reservoir for my display is. I ordered RO line and float valves from...

I have a bunch of large pocillopora colonies that I'm going to likely remove from my main display to clear some space. Very healthy corals. Zero pests in my display. I'm going to put them for sale on FB, but if anyone here would like one, or a big chunk, let me know. I'll take offers of free...

I'm planning a trip around Thanksgiving. Me, my wife, two almost 9yr old boys. Goal would be do some snorkeling while there. Current plan is to stay in either the Poipu area of Kauai or Kona on the big island. Does anyone have any advice on if the snorkeling will be interesting in either...

We need to get some flooring replaced, and as these things do the project is scope creeping... The area my tank is in is now part of the potential scope. Options being discussed: luxury vinyl, engineered wood, hardwood. Hardwood seems cool in theory, but expensive, and given the cost of any...

My Reefer 500 has the standard red sea gravity ATO. It takes up a lot of sump space, but I've always liked the concept and considered it very safe. Worst case scenario, a couple gallons get added, slowly because of the drip rate. Generally I've had a separate, electronic, reef-pi controller...

Free to anyone who asks. Pickup in Redwood City. If you are interested and then do not pick up, you go on my permanent no freebies list, but beyond that no requirements. I also can give a free mushroom cage as long as you give a bit of rubble of some sort. Exact quantities I'll figure out...

New 3D Printed Frag Tile Optimizes Coral Larval Settlement Interesting. Particularly that they're just using 3d printed filament as the frag plug. I've been considering going that way myself, since I could print frag plugs and frag racks that fit together perfectly, but haven't yet. This seems...

My frag tank I need to dose nitrate to get numbers up. @JVU and others in a similar boat, what are you using as your dosing and why? I'm using a bottle of NeoNitro I have at the moment, but I don't have any particular reason to use that type. Avoiding all the likely other comments: Yes I've...

Does anyone know if there's any special name for clowns that look like this? This specific pic is a black ice clownfish, but that name seems to have all sorts of different variations. Years ago when I was getting back into the hobby, I saw one very similar to this at Neptune ( @robert4025 )...

In my attempt to get rid of nudis, I've started thinking of alternative options for my frag tank. One kinda crazy idea I have is to partition my frag tank and put proven clean corals separate from everything else, but keep everything in the same system so I don't have N+1 things to deal with...