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I was about to post the same thing, but Digiman beat me to it. Your tank, your choices, but do seek his advise if they are suitable for your tank. He knows stuff. Oh... and get an Ice-Probe. If you have other means of cooling the tank, you can still get it just to cool your brother's hot a$$...

What happened to your harlequin shrimp? Your tank is really too small for a leopard wrasse. Why don't you transfer it to your 100 gallon tank? It'll definitely be much happier there.

I'm not surprised if they are members of SRC.

Ahhh... brotherly love. Welcome to SRC! You might wanna consider switching the styrofoam for those thinner types that are commonly used as sign boards. Or mouse pad would work too. It'll be interesting to keep an octopus... looking forward to it.

Bro, Petmart does carry Maxijet pumps from time to time. You can try calling them to find out if they have stock.

If you are able to study your tank's evaporation rate, let's say, 1.5 ltrs a day, just set a bottle's worth of freshwater in drip mode, and it should produce a more stable salinity. Your very own DIY ATO! You can even mix kalk with it, but that is a lot more difficult to fine tune.

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Happy Birthday, bro!

The key here is the type of freshwater you use to top up your tank. I have emptied an entire 1.5 ltr bottle of distilled water in the main area of a bigger tank without issues as well.

What freshwater are you using?

Your tank looks great!

They can sometimes be a little annoying. Covering equipment and restricting flow is the worst...

Remember to remove the star fish if its dead by the time the shrimp is done with it. Pico tanks won't be able to handle the bioload.

This is nuts... absolutely gorgeous.

The japanese dragonets! Oh my...

I have no issues with topping up distilled water even up to amounts of a full 1.5 ltr bottle, but I always pour it in the filter compartment. My tank is an IOS with 6" filter compartment. I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

I would choose the restart option, but that's just me. You might wanna dismantle the skimmer pump to find out about the stuck propeller theory.

Or could your maid have pulled the plug for the fan so that she could use the vacuum cleaner...?

You may want to take a look at the Bubble Magus series of skimmers. IMO, they should perform better as compared to the ones you suggested. For a 2 Ft tank, you can consider NAC 3.5 and above. Check out our sponsor DE Lightings.

Nice BTA! Why do you need to put egg crate? I thought there's a lid for IQ5...? I could be mistaken though...

Nice... do you have any livestock?

My inspiration comes from the following tank posted on Nano-reef.

Haha... I know. Sand bed is approx. 2 - 3 inches deep, but I have made a borrow with PVC pipe. I'm still sourcing for a good net type cover. Got lobang?