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I had 4 (two pairs) from a pair of tanks we consolidated, in a 90. One died, the other almost died. They seemed fine for about 4 weeks, then one day I noticed one was dead all beat up and the other had shreaded tails. Interesting, there were two black occs and two normal occs, they split up...

One my question, AC vs. DC pumps? The idea of being able to control the pump sounds great, but how necessary/valuable is it in practice?

rancho Santa Margarita south of Irvine.

Someone now has black friday shopping cash@

Can you provide any info on the skimmers?

It would be great if people could post a city name instead of just zip code. If you live in 92604, just say Irvine, or post both.

where is 90255 zip?

My clowns laid eggs about 3 years ago, I pulled them out a few days later and raised them in a tank. I had no idea what I was doing, but utlimately I had 3 live to 3 weeks, then 2 disappeared and the 3rd and final disappeared a week later just after his colors started showing. There is a ton of...

I read somewhere the 250 was rated to 800 (i read it on the intertubes so it must be right.. :) ) I guess in my heart I was hoping the tech had advanced enough to make an upgrade worth it, but after reading reviews any skimmer in the 400-500 range is just a crap shoot. I don't have 1k to...

Aquamaxx ConeS Q 5 - rates at 1500 Aquamaxx ConeS Q 3 - No rating, but I'm thinking between 1100-1200 based on water spec Skimz OCTA SC205I INTERNAL PROTEIN SKIMMER -900 Skimz SM207 MONZTER DC INTERNAL PROTEIN SKIMMER 1200-1900 The ratings on the Aquamaxx I found online were mixed. I'm...

Does more air intake make a large difference? Looking at two skimmers, almost the same price (within $40), one has 900 l/h the other is 1200 - 1920 L/h. Sorry for maybe what are rookie questions, I bought my current skimmer 10 years ago used and it is has served me well.

Thanks for the feedback on the skimmers. Any brands to avoid?

I have reef dynamics 250 (which has done an awesome job until about 4 weeks ago, I've run the tank for 4 weeks with the skimmer barely working) and frankly, it looks better than ever. I'm trying to decide what to replace it with... or even replace it. We do 40 gallons water change every 2...

My tank is a 240 + 90g refug + ~75g in the sump (it is a cut down 90) I have about 17 fish in my tank, 2 blue tangs, two dwarf angels, leopard wrasse, yellow wrasse, algae blenny, athsis, 2 occ clowns 2 perc clowns pajama cardinal diamond goby firefish 1 occ (in refug) 1 pajama cardinal...

I'm considering getting a new skimmer, but looking at the ratings has me a little confused. Let's say there are two skimmers one is a 150 and one is a 200. Is the difference the amount of material it can pull per hour/day? Could you put too big of a skimmer in the sump?

is the store clean? that's my first clue. Ask people what they recommend and why. I also try to figure out what days they get deliveries /pickups so I can get the fish before they spend too much time in the system. I also HATE stores that put the fish in the little 6" boxes, I refuse to do...

One to add to this after fighting ich two times, one not successful, the second very successful. Garlic and feed as everyone said, but the one thing I learned on the second try is to have insanely good water quality. The second time, I had pretty good water (but not great), then I did a...

I like your rock structure.

he's totally cool now. just a weirdo I think

I'd look at contamination of some type. A few years back my fish started acting weird (sluggish, swimming funny), but I had not added anything new. I decided to swap out all my RO/DI filters including the membrane and replace a lot of the water from a new salt source. Bam, in a few days you...