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With winter creeping up I am beginning to get concerned regarding power outages. Outside of having a back up generator to run your system what can one do if this happens this winter? My main concern is the water temperature in the tank dropping and possibly wiping out my whole tank. If anyone...

Thanks for the heads up Phil. I finally figured out the problem. I have an oceanic model 1 sump and I had a mag 9.5 as my return pump right next to my Tunze protein skimmer in the last small chamber of the sump. The mag return pump was just to powerful and way to close to the protein skimmer...

No the inlet pipe is completely submerged. But after I wrote this I noticed a hole in the back of the protein skimmer from which the water escapes. It appears that the hole is meant to be there. I am going to look into this a little more and look at the instruction manual again (it is written in...

Today I received a Tunze Protein Skimmer that I purchased used on ebay. The protein skimmer is working but there is no foam going to the collection cup nor any coming out the outlet pipe. I am fully aware that there is a break in period with new protein skimmers but am unsure about a used...

Here is a new update... The toadstool started decaying and I got rid of it. Since than the zoas are slowly starting to come back. My kryptonite finally opened all of it heads today and my other two zoas are beginning to open up an extra head each day the last couple of days. My fingers are...

Ok it has been about five days and I am still keeping my fingers crossed... My toadstool wen through his waxing stage and yesterday showed some of his green polyps beginning to come out. I thought that this meant we were making a turn in the right direction. But this morning when I woke up the...

As of today the Kenya trees are officially dead, are out of the tank and in the trash (found them melted to the sand this afternoon). The zoas are still holding on fairly well and the leather coral is shedding it skin just like it would after a good wax. I adjusted my return nozzle to blow on it...

My tank is a 58 gallon oceanic rr Oceanic model 1 sump with 30 lbs of live rock, 20 lbs of live sand and cheato T5 Tek Light 6 bulb 234 watts Geiseman bulbs: 2 true actinic, 2 aqua blue, 2 miday 6500 Mag 9.5 return pump Hydor Karalia 2 powerhead Protein skimmer is a piece of junk (soon to be...

Yesterday at the meeting I bought some zoas, mushrooms, kenya tree and a tyree leather toadstool. My tank is 7 weeks old with new coraline algae already growing on the magnet cleaner and liver rock. I have 65 pounds of very stable live rock (from two different established tanks) with tons of...

Is anyone bringing any frags for sale to the meeting? I am looking for some zoas, mushrooms or anything else that is easy to start a new tank with. Thanks and please let me know. Can wait to meet everyone. Jon

What time does the meeting start and how long do they typically last? I am trying to attend but am not 100% certain yet. Jon

If you go with the six bulb set up this is what I reccomend and is what I currently use: 2 geiseman pure actinic bulbs, 2 gieseman true blue bulbs and two mid day bulbs. The color that they produce is awesome. I also reccomend the TEK light 6 bulb if you can afford it. You are correct that you...

I was curious if anyone can attend the November monthly meeting. I am thinking about becoming a member and this meeting is somewhat close to me. I was hoping to get to meet everyone and get a feel for the club before I join. Jon

Candi, I have a similar tank like yours mine is the 58 gallon size. I use the TEK light 6 bulb and just love it. I use to have the Nova Extreme 4 bulb T5 light but it just was not what I wanted. The TEK light has never once gave me a problem and according to them they have the best reflectors on...

Yes I have 75 lbs of live rock in my tank with a koralia 2 power head running. the surface of the water is moving so it sounds like I am fine. Thanks for the advice. Jon

Today I had to do a little maintenance work on my sump adding a extra baffle. How long can my tank sit and be ok like this? I have a 58 gallon tank with two fish and that is it? Can the tank sit like this and keep everything alive for a solid 24 hours while the glue dries in the sump? Jon

Now that my tank is fully cycled I am beginning to put together a cleaner crew. I currently have 3 turbo snails and two hermit crabs in my display tank. I want to get a couple of emerald crabs soon and was wondering what else I should include. My display tank is a 58 gallons with 40 lbs of live...

my return pump is a mag 9.5

I have an electronic thermometer inside my tank

Thanks for the input. My power head is not hot at all. My household temperature has not spiked at all lately and my tank is now down to 84.5 degrees. I am going to do a water change today and this should also cool the temperature. From there I will monitor everything. If I need to use my heater...