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If you're going to scrap the first attempt anyway, I would add the dry aragonite sand to that water and remove any excess dust from adding the sand when you drain most of it.

I have one aipstasia(sp?). I squirted it with super hot water twice yesterday, but it seems to be back(irritating my new coral). Does anyone know how many applications are necessary to the little jerk? I'd rather not use joes juice or kalkwasser if I can help it. If hot water won't work, I...

How well did you rinse sand? I bought a cheap hob filter(biowheel type) and stirred up the sand regularly during the cycle. The next morning, I just rinsed out the filters or replaced. Now MUCH less cloudiness even if sand is disturbed.

Well since almost 1/2 of the buttons have opened, I'm guessing they like the lights off for now? I still wonder if I should trun the ligh above it on for an hour or so to acclimate it to the intensity(though it is toward the bottom of a 75g under a 150 watt mh).

I wanna know what kind of camera you are using. What settings, in general, do you use to get such great pics?

Obviously these are my first corals. Zoo's here today, rics here tomorrow! Should I turn the lights off as with fish, or is the light beneficial while stressed? I could also turn one set on for a hour before nighttime if that may help acclimate them to the light.

I'm getting my first corals ever tomorrow!! I ordered 4 green ric polyps. Anyone with good experience with this type have any last minute advice for their care? My 75 gallon tank is 7 weeks old. It has had 4 turbos, 4 cerith and 1 nassarius snails, and 4 yellow tip hermits for about 3...

I also had that problem with the larger prop. When I changed to the medium flow propeller, everything worked great. I'm not sure how much flow is lost but even the mediums seem to move a lot of water.

Bubbles?

IMHO, too much. I would just add the cleaning crew and see how they do for at least 2 weeks. But I'm new and in favor of practicing patience with my ecosystem.

First, I would look into both the damsels and the gobies as first fish choices. Damsels are notoriusly aggressive and fast. Some species are more docile though. Look at chromis type damsels if you want them. Gobies, I've read, have eating requirements that are better suited for a larger...

It's rather ugly at the moment. My cuc annihilated my diatom bloom so I increased my light cycle. Guess what happened. Algae blooms. At least there is more green than brown this time. My tank is a 75g with 120 lbs live rock and a dsb. I have two 150 watt mh pendants. I'm only running a...

Do you want a deep sand bed? If so, 60 lbs of sand wont do it. I used 100 lbs of sand and I have a significant portion of base rock underneath the sand level. I also technically didn't use "live sand". I just bought aragonite sand. You can use live sand(or 1/4 live sand and 3/4 arag sand)...

My 75g has been up for 6 weeks. Water parameters are perfect so far. I added 4 large turbos, 4 yellow tip hermits, a nassarius snail, and 4 cerrith snails about two weeks ago. Nitrates still at 0 and tank is doing great! If I add 10 blue leg hermits, 10 nassarius snails, a small brittle...

I have a 75 gal with 300 watts of metal halide lights. It may be a little low, at 4 watts/gallon, but they are pendants so I can place corals that require strong lighting directly under them. I only have a cuc in the tank right now and they are all doing great!! 100 lbs live rock and a dsb. I...

The title says it all. I'm near Boulder, willing to go to most of metro area. This is my first attempt at corals so the easier to care for the better! Thx.

When I install them, I will use the check valve to suck out the air from the bend that goes over the side of the tank. Removing that air starts the siphon. This is called priming. The check valve prevents air from being sucked into that bend by the rushing water. Search here for diy pvc...

I don't know how loud they are yet. I've heard they are exceptionally quiet. Especially when the drilled caps are used. See the site that yerboy posted for gph estimates. Wish I had that before I built these, but I probably would have gone with the 1" pvc anyways. Sidenote: I was told 1"...

By the way, thanks to Hal000 and Isistius for the info I recounted here and for the great diy project!!!