We are removing an IceCap gyre and installing an AI Nero5. The gyre worked well, but was hard to clean and to obtrusive in the display tank.Our design approach is a minimalist glass box.

Our base food is still Spectrum pellets.

The return flow from the sump was just a trickle. Tried different pump speeds but no change. Did the return tube plug? It looked OK. The braided nylon tubing is about an inch wide, clear, and some algae at a…

Here is summary of how we do it end-to-end.

Here is a summary of the equipment, materials, tools, and hardware that we use. In a later post we will go over the procedure we follow. Salt mix:Instant Ocean Reef Crystals, 50-gallon size, $12; so our budget is $36/year for…

We are near the Pacific coast and a large public aquarium affiliated with a large university. So, we first tried to pick-up saltwater pumped from the ocean and sand filtered by the public aquarium and made available to local hobbyists…

Now that you have decided to do salt water changes, the next step is to plan. What equipment will you need? How big of a change do you want to make?Where will new saltwater come from? Make it, buy it?…