Recent content by paca444

I have an excellent Coralight retro kit that I have made a matte black finish hardwood canopy for. I had to get a retro kit because there isn't an hqi with actinics fixture that fits on a 24"x12" tank that I know of. It has a hqi 150w MH with 64w actinics x2. It also has two bright lunar...

I bought an Aquapod 24 with stock 64w lighting. I read somewhere that you can redrill the mounting holes and install 80w of lighting. The problem is that I can't find the site that explained how to do it. Thanks for you help.

How long until most of the corals die from being out of water?

Aren't you trying to sell the rock you have? And it takes a heck of a lot less time to get substrate level bacterial proliferation than it does to get coralline coverage. I think he was looking for a little more than rocks with coralline spores on them.

It's prolly 18x 20

lol I've seen a 75 tank and stand for $100 (no canopy or overflow) I've seen a 75 ENTIRE reef set up for $350 Granted these are good prices but they pop up fairly frequently.

Thank you. Btw, I thought I made it pretty evident that I realized that some things you cannot be certain about in this hobby. But there are plenty of things that you can have a large possibility of (eg. nearly any fish of any species will be eaten if it is the same size as an angler/ frog...

That's the thing. All I can get is "might"s. But I guess that's all the truth out there to get- It is a possibility. I guess the next step to take would be to be on the watch for any early warning signs that the coral is distressed. I can think of two signs at the moment: Loss of Zooanthellae...

I have heard the opinion that clowns will close coral polyps to death from several others as well. I have also heard that many corals adapt to the constant stimulation. I just don't know why the author Joyce D Wilkerson would suggest that approach instead of the natural one if it normally...

I have read that corals have a much higher survival rate than anemones and they obviously don't roam- damaging other tank inhabitants. My clowns are currently hosting a 7-8" goniopora flowerpot coral. I have heard mixed reviews about this particular coral and it's tolerance for clowns and...

I'm sorry to insult you, because I know it's worth a little more. But I'll give you $160 for everything (including pc lights)

where's clyde? all the LR included right?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I just can't see why people put so much into "established" water. The bacterial concentration in water is 1/1000th of what it is in substrate pound/ pound. Please tell me what the big deal is.

"A 58 gallon tank should never have more than 8-10% water changes or you risk a chance of recycling the tank." I routinely change up to 10 gallons of water in three of my 30gallons... never have had any problems. Often changing a large quantity of water is necessary to lower nitrate levels...

In my experience it all depends if it is photosynthetic or not as to whether it lives a long worry-free life or not.