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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Ok I've read about all this but it's all coming together now! thanks a whole lot. But, I have regular 5 gallon water containers,ummm they're pretty small for me as I would like to be able to do 20 gallon water changes... Is there anything at my local home depot or target that I can buy to house...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Thanks a lot LakeEd. The temperature in my tank ranges between 76 and 78 degrees... Shall I increase it? I have two heaters =) They ROCK! But about mixing the salt water... Do I need to shake it aggresively and leave it out for a certain amount of hours before the salt completely mixes into...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Ouch! I love my anemones =( Their names are Mr. Bubbles and Penelope. I mix my water using a Sea Salt Mix... There's a big clown fish on the bag... basically it's directions instructed me to add 1/2 cup per gallon of RO water. I'm sadly learning that I've jumped the gun.... Hopefully my...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    I can post pics of my tank by about 7pm PST and yes the bio balls are in my overflow... hmmm I guess when I start to remove them it won't make that much of difference as to where they are =) As for the sponges, filter socks, filter sleeves etc in my system... well I don't know what any of those...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    ummm well the fish aren't the only things in there... I also have an acropora, a bta, a long tentacle anemone, a hammerhead, and a bubble coral (i added all these guys in the past couple of weeks) .... I do have access to RO water... when I run the tests on that all of it is at 0 so I don't...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    I just have a water heater in the sump, there are some bio balls in the oh gosh, in the thing behind my display tank, (where the water runs up and down the back) there is also a bubble maker... in there. I'm such a beginner it's embarrassing! I've had it setup since November 29th, 2006.
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Hello I'm a super beginner, and jumped the gun =( My water is as follows: Nitrates: 10 Nitrite: 0 Phosphate: 0 Ammonia: 0 Calcium: 390 Ph 8.2 My tank is as follows: 110 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump 180lbs of live rock 2 inches of sand ASM g-1x skimmer 2x175w Metal Halides (14k), and 2...
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