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I've dealt with cyano several time over the years and I always got it because of poor maintenance. Not keeping a steady schedule cleaning, water changes and swapping media always got me. I would recommend 1. chemiclean to stop it now. Make sure you add tons of oxygen into the water while...

I had a 20 gal of the sump as a refugium with a combination on chaeto and rock. I'm doubling and dedicating most of the sump underneath as a refugium to reduce my phosphates. It will be close to 45 gallon refugium. But problem has been nitrates. I've been forced to daily dose carbon ( NoPox)...

Thanks. Brute tank is around $25-30 with wheels $60. It saved me money and it's easy to move. I considered a 50 gal barrel but not easy to put on wheels. But I agree, the skimmer has been the biggest problem. I get good skim and fill the cup every 2 days because I have a waveline 6000 on it...

i looked at my Aqua Planner log and I just hit a little over 2 years since my tank build has been up. It's time for an update. Currently I have a short list of problems I have been fixing over the last couple of months. 1. My fat lazy *** with a bad knee having to bend down to do all...

Skimmer must be able to support 300-600 gallons. I have a 300 Gallon total water volume setup. So it must be rated for at least 400-600 gallons or rated to support Mixed coral tank of at least 300 gallons. Show me what you have. Does not have to come with pump(s). I'm OK with just the body.

budget is tight so I have to use what I have in my garage. I"m using a cheap little 12 volt power supply. I just cut the cables and solder and use a block to distribute the power. I use cat 5 cable to make all of my connection because I have a ton of it left over. The only drawback is having to...

I finally got the new power center completed. Here are a couple of pics at how the front controllers ended up. Here is the back where all the power supplies terminate. All power supplies are running cool to the touch and nothing is warm or hot anymore. I also redid my power...

So with summer coming and the temperatures already hitting 90 around me it was time to redesign how all my power supplies and controllers are mounted. Last summer some of the power supplies got a little too warm for my comfort so it was time to rethink mounting. There is a lot of power running...

Yeah, i don't like it but i could not get the manufacturer to put in a smaller piece. I had a choice between a huge brace down the center or a smaller one with some euro bracing but the center brace will be partially submerged.

Here is an update on the Gyre. I love the thing. It created a ton of flow in the whole tank and I only need 1 instead of 4 or more power heads. I just got done building this mount for it. I needed a mount because my overflows were not wide enough. So I took an old 7in filter sock holder and...

Here is the Gyre at the top of the tank: Here is the new pump plumbing. Here is my skimmer bay now packed with reactors and the skimmer. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I wanted to post an update a couple months into the tank setup now that its been up while. Here are a couple of lessons learned. SCWD stopped working at about 4 months into the build. Support from the manufacture was just bad. They took a minimum of 2 weeks to respond to every request and...

I need a large Skimmer that can support 500 gallons or more. Does not have to be in perfect shape or even have a pump. I just need a Skimmer body and cup that i can use for my tank. I'm ok if it needs a little bit of rehab to get it to work. PM me with details, pics and price.

i Need this guy done this week. Lowering price to $120

Bubble Magus NAC9 skimmer. Skimmer is in really good shape but the pump needs a new impeller. Specifications: Needlewheel cone protein skimmer BM-NAC9 Capability : 395G-530G pump:atman ph4000 Dimensions: 12.2" * 10.2" * 22.4 " Water Level :9.5"-11" $150 O.B.O. Trades welcome. Looking...

So after a failed attempt to try and fit a bigger skimmer I found one problem with my tank setup. I don't have any room to get in an adequately sized skimmer for my tank into my sump. My sump has the space and I have the height, but I don't have enough space to get the skimmer in past the stand...

Update to the tank build. Last weekend I added a frag tank to the tank setup. The frag tank shared the sump with the main tank so I don't have to buy more equipment and increases my overall tank volume to 320 gallons. The drain is all 1 1/2" pipe and it just drops into my main sump. Supply...

Wanted to get an update out on the tank. I finally got around to getting my power center done. Corals are doing really great. So far running the tank with no power heads has worked out great. The flow accelerators combined with the SCWD's has worked out good and I get quite a bit of random...

You can't just drill a hole in your current setup to speed up the water. The air hole has to be above the water line so that no water spills on the floor. You need to redo you plumbing and add a t right at the exit and make it like a durso. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I agree as well. You need at least 100 gallon sump. A big tank needs more water flow and a small sump won't give you enough flow or enough space for when the pumps are off. On my 225 tank around 15 - 20 gallons of water flow into my sump when the pump is off. I'm running a waveline DC12000. When...