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Is it possible to remove the tank plumbing guards { black baffles in tank } and surround with actual live rock to give more space and a direct flow behind my rock wall . I know i will need to sock the intakes to protect fish but can it be done without harming the environment or plumbing it self...

sorry about that i guess i just lump all mt chem tests in one when i say that , i have trouble typig and sometimes with words and thinking, i am diasbled so i try to keep it short and to the point if i say "parameters" it means i have done all the test and they hace come out were they should...

scooty, fine now on forum , i think. all chemical tests are good and within parameters , did water change anyways, it only effected the corals i gave it to my stunner and my cup it apparently stuck to them all night since i was night feeding. the cup is opening and feeding now and seems to be...

parameters are great and so is everyone else in the tank, it only happened where the food sat overnite and no where else , the "goldpods' seemed very gooey even when diluted and only fed those 2 so ? is will they heal themselves !!!!

i have a 40 gallon turned into a 3 section sump, the biggest thing to remember is flow and lighting for the algae and to have enough algae for you tank. my tank is a 125 , my protein skimmer is in 1st compartment the algae then last section is the pump with the filter so my refuguim is actually...

help i was sold the wrong food and did a night feeding on my pagoda and my hollywood stunner, now both are showing signs of bleaching in the spots where i used the food . I wanted frz mysis and brine ground up but i was sold gold pods instead , going back to roids and phytomax but can they be...

Scooty, won't let me in, i don't have enough posts in yet to read message

this is in 2 months since i started

Thanks i figure with water changes and GFO i can deal with that , right now i am still going through the whole new tank thing anyways as tank has just hit 2 month period give or take and i am having decent success as of now [ nothing died yet LOL] but the mix of soft and hard corals is tough and...

I am still new to this and see so many versions of feeding that i get confused, right now i use "roids" and "kent phytomax" twice a week and am going to up it to 3 times , but my chalice and pagoda like neither fresh food or the roids so the ? is do you have a better sugestion for them and PS> i...

i have a 125 gallon with 20 gallon refugium and mainly soft corals and clean up crew , using roids and kent " phytomax " with good results . just added a pagoda and my first chalice .