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Originally Posted by SAMBASAM thats why i dont like red sea its evaporated its not only H2O that leaves during evaperation so do chemicals needed in a reef tank. This process of making evaporated saltwater only removes water: nothing else.

Scotto, based on what you told us you bought cycled live rock and live sand and should not expect to see any ammonia. You can start slow and buy a fish and begin stocking.

Those are diatoms and although unsightly are harmless. Hermit crabs munch it up and so do some snails. You can siphon up as much as you can and try adding a few hungry hermit crabs to take care of the rest. Brown diatom outbreaks are associated with new tanks (even though you transferred...

I've heard SeaChem is no good for reef tanks because the borate is too high and SPS do not like high levels of borate. Any other salt will do fine though: I personally use the regular Red Sea (not the Coral Pro version) and I have been very happy with it. I like the fact that it is partially...

I am not quite sure what you mean by "sump inlet", but I used 3/4" ID-1" OD flexible tubing and ran two drains from my tank through the floor to my 100 gal. sump/refugium 12' below and the same flexible tubing from the pump going back up to the display. I have my 100 gal. sump/refugium about...

I paid for xenia originally ($20), but I have fragged it so many times I have made close to $200 dollars from selling it back to different local fish stores.

Great looking new zoas/palys!

Here is my old thread of my 24 gal. nano.

I say 36 gal. or less for a nano and 5 gal. or less for a pico.

AquaC Remora Pro or a Coralife Super Skimmer 65.

No prob!

Here is a video of my Wave2K wavemaker. Excuse the tank - it is my new 90 gal. and it has only been setup for three days. It is a Frankenstein of sorts by combining all of the rock, corals, and fish from my three nano tanks.

Originally Posted by Worldwide Zoo I didn't want to say it. I didn't want to either, but some times the truth just needs to be told.

Zero gallons - Fission nano skimmers are junk. Sorry.

Unfortunately the pet store lied to you: a mandarin will not live long term in a 36 gal. aquarium. It will live two or three months because it takes that long to starve to death. It all depends on how long it has been starving at the pet store first. Even if you set up a refugium it needs to...

Here is a video of my Wave2K on my 90 gal. The noise in the video is not the wavemaker; it is my wife banging around in the kitchen.

I'll see what I can do... My wife's new camera takes short video clips. If you Google "Wave2K" the inventor has some videos on his website.

Awesome looking yumas Lauren!

0.2 ppm ammonia is high in the sense that you want it to always be zero, but when it comes to toxicity most creatures will tolerate 0.2 ppm ammonia for quite awhile with no long term issues and in your case it should be back to zero within 24-72 hours. When ammonia hits 1.0 ppm and up most fish...

It would not work for polyps - possibly a toadstool.