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Its only fowlr untill I get the rest of my rock , lights, and make sure parameters are ok, and nothing is dead

im waiting for my 125 tank to cycle; have 1/2 the rock in which came from a cycled tank. Having brown algae growth is this normal? Should the lights not be on? @ t12 actinic 2 t12 10000k both 36". For now. untill i get my MH; then it wont be fowlr. My buddy wants me to put 2 400 MH on the tank...

Im cycling my 125 w/ lr I got from a friends tank and some of his sand on top of mine. 3 days into it i have white spagetthi looking things growing on the rock. I dont remember them being there when I put the rock in the tank. Everything is turning brown. Only lighting I have is 2 36"t-12...

Hey I got a bridge for sale; anybody want it. Id be the guy that says ,"how much?"

I was looking up skimmers and this thing popped up,"eco aqualizer" ever heard of it, anybody out there. It seemed like a Pop up on some site. does it work better than a skimmer; seems that it dosen't take out alot of the good stuff that skimmers do remove. But it also seems like an ad for...

i need another large dog like I need another fish tank, 2.5, 30, 55, and 125. aint much room left in this shoebox we live in and we,re adding a little girl in about 3 wks. As for the rotttie ; you heard of sleepin with the fishes? Well she sleeps with the kitties. lol. I still need a skimmer

I was thinking the same thing myself. Maybe even jebo. something in the 50 $$ range. maybe something that will last 4-6 months. i found a coralife super skimmer on an auction site. i used to have a visajjet ps in '92 on my 29 gallon that made great foam for about 2 months then I think it just...

I finally set up my 125. 40 lbs crushed coral covered by 60 lbs of sand 20lbs of live? sand and my buddy gave me a 5 gallon bucket of his sand from a tank hes breaking down. Pretty good depth. He also gave me about 65lbs of rock out of his tank. I put everything in; no fish. I was going to cycle...

I have tetra whisper air pumps: 600 800 900 and a supra. I cant find the diaphrams fo these anymore because they aren't not being made. my buddy keeps buying the new turtle shaped pumps and they are dieing left and right. I want to find a pump that i can run 3 tanks off of. 1 55 w 2 lift tubes...

What is base rock? Is it that fossilized reef rock sold in LFS?

Originally Posted by Girlina4x4 I agree with paintballer. Also, I was wondering about the title of your thread? Did I miss something? in senoia Ga there is an older couple that have a 6x6 sand lay out in front of thier house with barbie dolls set up like they're playing vollyball; tanning...

i started my reef tank in the spring. I found a 125 w/ beautiful cabinet; 2 cannisters, python(the long one), heaters ....for 150 bucks. I knew it wasnt getting set up the next day(no money) so Id do it alittle at a time. I have the sand, coral decos 2 pieces of live rock from along time...

Man at the lighting store told me T-8 would give off more light than T-5. Would T-8's work on a 125 reef tank?

are these supposed to go in the sump or can they go in the tank. i was looking and was wondering for when i set my tank up. All im down to is Salt, test kit, LR. Then its reefer time

Should I leave the actinic bulbs and white bulbs on at the same time. right now its gonna only be fish and LR

I was wondering if a bought a few mangrove shoots, would they grow in a reef tank, do they need to stick out the top or will they grow under water and do they really clean the tank?

Should I purchase lR from a LFS (he said hed sell it by the box) Or is there a better place . i found some on an [hr] site but S&H might kill me. How much rock should i put in a 125l.? I dont want too much(money matters too) Id like to have some space for the fish to swim. i heard a...

I used to have live rock in a tank over 10 yrs ago. It grew a bunch of feather dusters on it and some thing i wasnt sure what it was. Now i have a 125 in a new state with a new attitude. Im getting ready for my live rock(tank is empty) I thought lR grew things on it. i guess im wrong. Is lR only...

in a 125L; i want to keep live rock, fish, and live corals. im leaning toward MH lights. Would I need actinic flourescent with this?

I used to use instant ocean in my fish only tank. We'd sell reef crystals to people who had reef tanks. i always read keep salinity in fish tank @ 23 in reef tank @ 19(add the zeros and decimal). i havent had a salt tank in years. Im setting up a 125 really really slow. Money is a factor so i...