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summer's coming up and i know my tank will get really hot. i don't want to get a chiller for logistic reasons. what i really want is the anti heater. do you know of anything that will activate my fans if the temperature gets too hot? please send me a link!!! thanks!

An informational Post for my fellow newbies.... I read that nori is good for my blue hippo tang so i bought some at the japanese market. roasted sea weed - green sheets of sushi paper, uncut, slightly imperfect - 3 oz's for $1 then i read that sushi paper has no nutritional value because of the...

thanks for all the help folks. the temp fluctuates from 81 to 84 with the lights.... have a cheap heater from when i thought i was gonna do freshwater.... is there any one where you can dial in the numerical temp? the lights are the ones for sale on ---- by the aquariumlights guy... not that...

have had an algae bloom by the way, the snails helped to eat it up and the rest, i brushed off with the mag floater.... but today noticed this stuff. this is the good stuff, right? i saw the blue hippo eat the large piece that is shown on this picture.

i have 4 t5 actinics but can change two to 10k's. but then what's the point of having mh's? i guess it will have to be the fan method to increase evaporation. i use sterile water which come in 1.5liter containers, to replace the evap.... purest water available - sterile and distilled... guess i...

the blue hippo had the ick already and got over it! he actually came down with it before the mh arrived. gave it to the two fire fish i think cause they had these little white dots on them as well.... watched it a few days cause i had no idea what they were, saw the spots wax and wane.... and...

thanks for the compliment! you know, that is an excellent idea!!! a blue or black background will be the next addition. i got that background when i first got the tank. thought i was going freshwater so i needed a little background... little did i know at that time that it would lead to this...

with just the actinics

closer shot

got the new lights and have been running them about 10 hrs a day. 250w x2 10K mh and t5 54W actinics x4. amazingly bright. however, the tank gets too hot with all these lights on and the evaporation is three times what i used to get. the highest temp when i got them was 86F. now i add water...

got lights from the same seller! i paid 600 for the 2x 250 mh and 4x54 t5's. the fixture and casing is cool to touch. te bulbs get hot. the mh is very very hot. came with fans, and when i talked to the guys, they said all of their hoods come with fans.... got the legs and put them on too... they...

thanks! haven't been really aggressive in treating because one day, there is no ick and some days, they are all over the fins.... diet and proper exercise!

so i went to the japanese market and got bags of the crushed laver and a bag of unseasoned seaweed - the kind for sushi. my blue hippo has got ich so i thought i'd feed him some greens in addition to the flakes and the frozen brine. also got a cleaner shrimp to help. don't have a qt. question is...

i got the combo hood with the mh 250 10K x 2 and the t5 actnics - 55w x4 the mh are ridiculously bright and hot. the t5's don't have a ballast and just look like black light almost... bluish, and not all that bright. am i supposed to keep the actinics on about 12 hours and the mh on about 8 to...

so if it's bryopsis or maiden hair, it's okay?

and what kinda hermits are these? safe for a reef?

I think the snails in my tank have been breeding. check this little guy out! anything special that i need to do?

this green growth came on my latest live rock addition. what is it and can i keep in in the main tank?

alright i plunked down some change for the following. light housing, all inclusive package. 2x 250 mh at 10K, mogul base 4 x t5 55W actinics. 4 extra bulbs thrown in for fun. moonlights. shipped to me for $700 don't know if a fan is included but just in case, i got 4 2x2 4w fans, and a 11w 4x4...

being a rookie myself, i can't say fro certain, but i figure the following. dead sand and live sand together shouldn't make too much of a difference when you add them to a lifeless tank. any sand will be seeded and turn live eventually, populated by increasing numbers of organisms from the live...