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Just make sure any waste can flow out of the pipe

Very nice, just discovered these vids.

Basics are great to learn. And if anyone wants the next steps, here are some vids: Marine Biology Basics... the videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfMaBeLwiO4 - Ocean Productivity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d96F0ak4uY - Photosynthesis part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBlq3gUv5Y - Food Chains vs. Food Webs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZDIU6sM_4& - Nutrients and Primary Production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnlCx7mVcZ4 - Chlorophyll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtZ75KW2t-U - Zooplankton and Primary Production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quH4x640Jgs - Bacteria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIjMQATQks - Food Webs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc_fGWjmNeI - Microbial Food Web http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQaE0e0iD3s - Trophic Pyramids

If putting pipe, don't angle the ends up like I did, because it will collect waste. The ends should be straight or down... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVOnLdz2n8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJDT6xSxX_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ8wqhE4vL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYoyHwoh20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OkkULM8fUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-czlAYmvzM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLi5-GBRMNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1s9DagZzW8

What do all algae (and cyano too) need to survive? Nutrients. What are nutrients? Ammonia/ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and urea are the major ones. Which ones cause most of the algae in your tank? These same ones. Why can't you just remove these nutrients and eliminate all the algae in your tank? Because these nutrients are the result of the animals you keep. So how do your animals "make" these nutrients? Well a large part the nutrients comes from pee (urea). Pee is very high in urea and ammonia, and these are a favorite food of algae and some bacteria. This is why your glass will always need cleaning; because the pee hits the glass before anything else, and algae on the glass consume the ammonia and urea immediately (using photosynthesis) and grow more. In the ocean and lakes, phytoplankton consume the ammonia and urea in open water, and seaweed consume it in shallow areas, but in a tank you don't have enough space or water volume for this, and, your other filters or animals often remove or kill the phytoplankton or seaweed anyway. So, the nutrients stay in your tank. Then, the ammonia/ammonium hits your rocks, and the periphyton on the rocks consumes more ammonia and urea. Periphyton is both algae and animals, and is the reason your rocks change color after a few weeks from when they were new. Then the ammonia goes inside the rock, or hits your sand, and bacteria there convert it into nitrite and nitrate. However, the nutrients are still in your tank. Also let's not forget phosphate, which comes from solid organic food particles. When these particles are eaten by microbes and clean up crews, the organic phosphorus in them is converted into phosphate. However, the nutrients are still in your tank. So whenever you have algae or cyano "problems", you simply have not exported enough nutrients out of your tank compared to how much you have been feeding (note: live rock can absorb phosphate for up to a year, making it seem like there was never a problem. Then after a year, there is a problem). So just increase your nutrient exports. You could also reduce feeding, and this has the same effect, but it's certainly not fun when you want to feed your animals

Iwarna was carrying several models; not sure if they still have them

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7-point screen is good; the holes are about 3mm diameter. But must be roughed up well.

Or just create an aipasia farm.

First be careful of the poison... use a facemask and gloves. Then just glue part of the rock and let those zoa's be buried.

They do eat lots and lots of food particles in the water. Maybe some additional feeding will change the color.

Yes this is one of the best thought that I've seen in a while, Triton or not.

Those are such generic names, that you might have a better result by getting the scientific names and comparing those.

This is just food particle feeding. Small particles like the reef has. The more, the better. However there is a reason to think that using reef particles like pods, blended shrimp, etc, might be more accepted by the corals. Main point is to keep the particles in the water 24/7. And especially at night.

Oils, from feeding. Same as the ocean. Means the corals are getting lots of food.