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First we would need to know your lighting and tank depth to give you a thumbs up or down on the corals you're mentioning. Without this information, all I can say is make sure you get photosynthetic gorgonians. The non-photosynthetic kind require heavy feeding and LOTS of flow to keep the algae...

Originally Posted by JB Rekit I wouldn't get the fighting conch, but you could get a queen conch if you want...they are much smaller. You have that backwards. Queen conchs get MUCH bigger than fighting conchs.

Stunna, Sounds like a good list. I would switch out the fighting conch and mexican turbos. Turbos get REALLY big and tend to knock things over. Replace them with a few more ceriths. The fighting conch is going to have a tough time getting enough food in a tank that small. I'd say putting a...

It really depends on your price range, and how you plan on running it (ie: external, in sump, hang on)

I run a LOT of flow - and the fish enjoy it. Of course as said, there are lower flow areas in the tank for them to rest. It's really very difficult to make a tank ALL high flow. Unless you take out all the rock.

arrow crabs. :)

Personally, I dose nothing. Drip Kalk, run 10% weekly water changes.

not so I've noticed really. A fighting conch is a good way to keep the diatoms under control on the sand. Make sure you get a really small one though - your size tank at such an early stage couldn't keep up with the food supply for a larger one... In my opinion.

Only thing that will make it go away is patience. As stated, RODI should minimize it but hey - you're gonna get a diatom bloom it's just part of the process. Next comes the green algae - get your cleanup critters ordered when that starts to grow...

The ones I had in huge quantities were harmless - but I've heard speckled anecdotal evidence of them munching on corals... keep an eye. Mine used to hang out a lot in the overflow areas - my guess is they were eating the sponges that were inhabiting the low flow high particale content areas.

Originally posted by ophiura From reading your threads, and now knowing how young you are, Ok - so I missed the history...

looks pretty good. Mine was a fast growing branching alveopora and I would periodically snap off a few branches and trade them to people. As far as a bacterial infection - doubt it. What's difficult to understand is ALL of the corals - my 2 main colonies (It got so big I had to split it) and...

allrightly then. Different story if it's going in the living room. Speaking in generalities: Tie the new tank into a common sump with your display tank (saves you time and money and larger water volumes are easier to keep stable) Get a big skimmer that'll run both setups. Get a nice shallow...

90 main/90 sump/100 gallon fuge/30 gallon xenia fuge. Although the 100 fuge and 30 xenia are cycling seperately for now. I'll tie them into the sump in a couple months. I wouldn't worry about the high flow though your sump/fuge, if your reason for the fuge is nitrate reduction. I think the...

yeah - get a new test kit. Personally I don't see anything wrong with running a lower than 450 calcium. anything higher than 360 and lower than 500 is fine. On the DKH - I'd stick between 7 and 12. The lower the nitrates the better - depending on what corals you have. SPS will prefer it to...

SOOO many variables. What kind of scale are you looking to do this on? IE: BIG - I want to make money, Medium - I just want to do it for fun, small - I just need some extra space to grow out the frags. I'll assume you're doing it for fun (as doing it for proffit is pretty much a HUGE...

Am I missing some history with this guy? Seems like he's very quick to jump to conclusions but he means well. I mean - I thought I could change the world when I was a kid... Just because he's not doing things the scientific way - why should it matter? We all know alveos have a terrible track...

Definitely unique! I'd take the rocks that are resting on the side glass and move them - trust me, when the coralline starts to spread you'll rue the day you leaned them on the glass. In regards to the coral it does look a little like a goniopora - however, I have a quick question: when it's...

got it. That - or periodically shut off the skimmer? (assuming gas exchange is still adequate)

Originally posted by Bang Guy They will eventually compete and one or the other will have to go. Not until your nutrients are down to zero though. Could be a good plan to use both until that happens. The Xenia will eventually lose. good to know. Let's assume I'm at 0 nitrates, and both are...