Recent content by davind

I have the coralife fixture. It works great and is high quality. But, I think I would have preferred the look of the Sunpod fixture.

I have a 150W on my 12 gallon. I also have a 4 inch fan pulling air away from the surface connected to a temperature controller. When I tired to keep the temp at 78-79, I had a lot of evap (1/4 - 1/2 gallon a day). I live in AZ and keep my AC at 81 in the house. I've since adjusted my fan to...

For me, I just didn't want to go through cycling a new tank all over again. So I went with the upgrade. There was also a male pride issue in that I didn't want to admit to myself that I just bought the wrong tank. It them became a challenge to "make it work".

Any ideas why your snails died? I have 2 large Mexican Turbos in my 12 gallon and they keep the glass pretty much spotless. The only compaint I have is that they sometimes bulldoze some small coral frags I have.

With mine, I ended up getting rid of the hood all together and going with a Coralife Clip on MH fixture and an Aqua Clear HOB filter (AQ70). I then cut a piece of acrylic to act as a top to keep my fish from jumping out. I should be able to post some pics this weekend.

Aaron, See my reply to theHat's thread.

I had the same problem with my 12 gallon Eclipse with 150W MH light. I bought a 4 inch fan and it made a huge difference. It was actually able to cool better than my heater and light could heat it up. One little fan was able to bring the temp from 86 to 76. I ended up buying a temp...

Originally Posted by Yimmy 300wats on a 12gallon...like 25-30wats per gallon :scared: . Thats a lot of light, I thought 7-8 was a lot...I don't think it will cost you 1000$ but I would say 500-600$. My 95gal FOWLR cost me 2200 then now I'm upgrading to a reef so like 3k I have no idea why I...

Originally Posted by Sagowitz Take davind's total and cut it in half and you can get yourself a decent set up. I don't know whether I should be offended by that or not. You can probably tell that a lot of the expense is related to lighting. I chose to never be limited by lighting on what...

So far including mistakes, I'm into it $900 not including livestock. That is for a 12 gallon. Here's the break down. Aquarium (Including heater and light and filter that I did not use) - $160 Live Rock - $65.00 Live Sand - $20.00 New Light for corals - $300.00 New Filter - $40.00 Thermometer -...

They are not eating the corals, but one of them actually knocked a yellow polyp off its rock.

I have 2 turbo snails that make a habit out of crawling over my corals. They are especially fond of my yellow polyps. Will this hurt the corals?

Originally Posted by Jerth6932 Just checked it .... it says it is a "true blue" by TransWorld......... I dont know.... sorry about that....lol No worries, I've got the MH all hooked up and want to supliment with Actinic. I seem to be able to find plenty of fixtures that have dual lights, but...

Originally Posted by Jerth6932 NEW Actinics are Great..... they give the tank the good WAKE up I was looking for before I shocked the corals and fish with some birght lighting!!!!! What light did you get for the Actinics?

I have 5 blue-legs in my 12 gallon and I put about 10 shells in there. They all switched shells within 24 hours of me putting the new ones in. I got them in a bag at my local craft store and boiled them. PS, you would be surprised at what size of shells they go for. I don't know how some of...