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$300 for EVERYTHING Pickup in Hemet, CA Hi! I was heavily into reefing for a good bit of time! Unfortunately, I had to love, and lost some equipment that I couldn’t afford to replace. Everything in my tank ended up dying over the course of a few months to the point that I gave the rest away. I...

Hi reefers! I finally pulled the trigger and start this hobby after dreaming about it for over 10 years. So now I'm doing a ton of research about it before going to build up my first tank. There are quite some things I run into and I just can't figure it out myself. Hopefully one of you more...

So my tank took a nose dive last week and EVERYTHING DIED. I know what it was so that’s behind me now. Anyway… Im starting anew and have a question… if I have live rock, do I still add Bio-Spira?

It's been a month or two refurbishing the tank and the stand and we're finally at a place where we're finally getting started...what, in your opinions, are the best way to get the tank up and cycled? The water in there is RODI with the correct amount of salt and it's still settling, but we're...

Getting back into the hobby after being out for 6 years after moving. A lot has changed in the hobby in such a short time. I a, now trying RODI and my output is testing at 2ppm. However two nights ago I set up the aquarium added base rock and live sand. I added my RODI water and salt. Now the is...

Hey Roger, I bought a MAR-3181 in December and it initially ran fine, but I find that anytime it gets turned off it doesn't start up again correctly - the pump is on and making a slight noise but it's not pumping water into the reactor. the head height on the tube is just a few inches as the...

I am trying to get rid of a 29 gallon, stand, and hood with all components needed to setup for saltwater. Includes: Overflow, Custom Built Sump{1approx:11-17 gallon (glasscages.com)}, t5 built into the hood. This setup would be a great startup aquarium tank for someone interested to get into...

I have been thinking about setting up a marine tank for a while, ive decided to take the dive. I have a Rena 350l setup as a tropical. Closing down at this point. I'm looking for starting help do's and don'ts With this tank I'm looking at using a overflow box rather than drilling the tank. The...

I moved into a new house and plan to start my first tank. The house is infested with spiders and I had to spray pretty much everything with raid spider and Scorpion killer. All of my equipment is still unopened and not exposed. When do you think I would be safe to get the tank up and running...