Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2006

I recently replace some lighting on my 46g bowfront tank,  leaving me no
space for my Red Sea Prizm skimmer.
My two options are a sump/overflow setup which I discard to avoid kids
temptations( sump on floor level with easy access=swimming toys) ,the second

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Just ordered stock from Vivid Aquariums. They had decent prices and the shipping
cost is reasonable at ~$30. They use DHL for shipping, and they're fast and
prompt. I ordered a fighting conch, two skunk cleaners, two firefish, two
porcelain crabs, an electric blue hermit, and ...

I everyone, I'm new here and I do plan on adding all my tank info in
the next topic but for now I just want to know why an airstone is
recommended in a reef tank to raise the PH but I've so far never seen a
pic of a tank with bubbles in the background. I have problems with my

Anybody here using reef sumps made by ESHOPPS ?
Here is the link: http://www.eshopps.com/reefsump.php
I saw them yesterday in a local pet store, they
are quite expensive: RS-200 is about $200...

I am setting up my first tank. I found a used Aqua Medic Turboflotor
1000 with a Rio 2100 on ebay (one needle on the impeller is broken).
When I set it up, it creates pea sized bubbles in the chamber, though
not so many as to make it difficult to see though the chamber. At the

anyone have a uv sterilizer they are looking to sell?  Please let me know!!
Thanks
Tom

Has anyone heard of a  filter media product named 'Chemi-Pure'? It comes in
a white plastic little jar, and it has a couple muslin bags of this granular
substance which strongly resembles filter carbon , although the store
manager says it is NOT carbon.  Chemi-pure is manufactured ...

Can someone explain what causes these circular features?
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Everyone knows buying a sump kit gets very expensive.  However,  the
benefits are great,  from increasing the water volume to hiding all the
equipment.
I was thinking on using a canister filter to pull the water from a 10G tank