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Where do you get ozone resistant or ozone safe tubing? It's a very flexible tube on there now but breaking down with the ozone after some time. Kay

I got a new pump for my skimmer. The manufacturer said I would have to raise the skimmer up in the sump to where it runs at 8 inches of water, not the current 10 inches. My question is what is the purpose for raising the skimmer? I put the new pump on and it's in 10 inches of water but going...

I'm not happy with my skimmer. Does anyone have a suggestion for a skimmer that's not that tall for a 300 gallon tank? The reason I'm not happy with the skimmer is I can't keep the Sicce 2500 pumps running. They keep breaking down and I order parts and they don't work and have to buy new...

When power goes out, the sump overflowed 5 gallons worth. What should I do to adust this? Kay

The last time my power went out my sump overflowed about 5 gallons. I have not resolved it and noticed one of the overflows was sitting higher than it used to. I haven't ever had a problem with this before. I am afraid the power might go off in the night and flood the floor. Even 5 gallons...

At the Next Wave a vendor was telling me about his experience with these. The single end ones are fairly new. He said his folks that were using the 12K Reeflux really liked these better. I am not using any supplemental actinic and need to replace 3 bulbs right away. I kind of feel like...

I would like to have one of these or a pair. What's their long term survival on these in our tanks? They cost about $100 on line. Also I can't figure out how to qt or treat for potential disease since they require all the sand. I do have a dsb in my tank, so once I put it in the display they...

I got a new Tunze 6105 a couple weeks ago and was very impressed with the flow. But it has quit working for no apparent reason. I put it in a sink of water and there seems to be no power getting to it. The motor is not running. I guess I will send it back to the manufacturer, but has anyone...

Hi everybody. Slow leak is happening that I thought was just spills. Tonight I got home from work and noticed that the Dart return pump is squealing intermittently. It's leaked out about a gallon since yesterday. Is it going out? Should I turn it off immediately? I hate to leave my tank...

I saw a related thread, but I didn't want to hijack it, but I'm wondering the same thing. I have a growth on my sand bed that is little balls of green algae. It has gotten worse since my skimmer has been broken and not running a month. Now it's running again but not skimming very well as it...

They have been around a while and I see them every day and especially at night crawling up the glass. They are also in my sand. Is that good or bad? Kay

These are for Marc's thread but I can't find. He asked for pics for tanks in the whole room. Sorry about my poor photography. I need to work on it. IMG_0214 (2).jpgIMG_0202 (2).jpg Kay

I got my skimmer running again after 3 weeks not working after the pumps broke. The skimmer has two Sicce 2500's. I cleaned them out and restarted the skimmer and it's just going nuts, overflowing out even on the lowest possible setting. I haven't added anything to the tank to cause this...

I'm thinking about doing both because I've always done two-part only and thought it might help with the added needs of my sps. Question, would I need another doser for the kalk, and what do you recommend? Kay

I am dripping my alk/calcium two-part into the first section of the sump where the water returns. Also in there are my heaters. Then the skimmer section. The next is the fuge section and the next section is the return pump section, which contains only live rock. My question is where should I...

Thanks for the help, but I ended up breaking the ceramic shaft when I pulled them apart. Question, should I save these for parts? I feel like an idiot because I bought this skimmer only 4 months ago. The pumps froze up on me and I broke them trying to get apart. My old skimmer was easier to...

Need to take apart this pump for cleaning. It's running but not putting out any water. Any ideas? There are no visible screws to take out. I'm afraid to force it. I put it in sink full of vinegar and water but still no water. Kay

Is there a guy named Ted that raises tank bred clowns in our area? What is his board name? Kay

Thanks for all the helpful advice. The tank is better but the red slime is still here. I've increased flow, reduced light cycle, got better skimmer in, and got fish out and put in qt tank. Question: Should I redose the tank again for red slime killer? It didn't work before. Or should I...

Help. I have red slime for about two weeks now. I tried increasing the flow and lowering lights. Then used chemi clean about 6 days ago. After 2 days, no change. Then I changed 1/3 water and dosed the blue line product for red slime. After 48 hours it is improved but still all over...