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Adam- You need to take it slow. I had my tank FOWLR running for a year before I started adding Corals. This was after I upgraded the lighting system . You need to determine the following: 1 What type of Corals would you like to keep 2. Are all your fish and critters reef safe? 3 How much sand...

I feel it's very important. I have an in sump Excalibur for my 55 reef. I amazed each week when I clean it how much crud is removed.

55 Gallon Reef in Living Room 12 Gallon Nano in the office.

IMO they eat snails. Those teeth are not for show but for cracking open shells.

DT, I think it may be your lights. 110w sounds a little low. 110 /55 = 2 watts per gallon of light. I have 55 gallon reef with several species of mushrooms growing. I have reds, blue, and blue stripped. All are thriving. I have PC 265w 10k , 6000k Coralife light. BZ

Fark is great!. To quote Akbar : "Its' a Trap". now off to kill some kittens. Only farkers will get these tags.

I had the same situation with a Lawn Mower Blenny. He would only eat of the live rock. He sadly wilted away. I now have an orange spotted blenny who eats like a pig. He the first one off the rocks when new food is added. I would observe a potential Blenny purchase eating before purchasing. Ask...

I wait at least 48 hours. I start 3 - 4 days before a planned water change. I mix only ROI water in a large 20 gallon container. I add salt, ph balance, a heater and power head. After two days I test the temp and sality to same specs as my tank. Then I do the water change.

I had a Prism for about 6 months. It cracked around the screw clamps. I have switched to an in sump Excalibur. It's a great skimmer for about 130.00.

This thread made my day. Thanks for the laughs. Saved his goat>>> LOL

I use only ROI water purchased from a machine at the Grocery Store. It cost around .25 a gallon. I then mix about 20 gallons in a clean ( fish tank Only) trash can with salt, a heater and powerhead. I do this 3 days before I plan on a water change.

I love Netflix. I disagee with some who say it's hard to get new movies. Some movies I do have to wait and others I get right away. Example: I just checked and the Matrix Revolution should arrive Wednesday , a day after it's release.

So what is available on the west coast or Rocky Mountain area?

I used about 65lbs of sand in my 55. 25 LS and 40 carib reef. I also have 90lbs of LR I did this same project 3 months ago. I removed my UG and CC. I left no old substrate in the tank. I have had no problems to date.

I have three Emerald crabs in my 55. They don't seem to bother the other inverts. They are great algae cleaners. I agree with the Blue and Red Reefs Hermits. I had about 40 (20+20) in my tank at one time. Then the Crips and Bloods started gang banging. I have about 15 Blue and 10 Reds left...

My name is from the episode of the Simpsons where Homer buys a snow plow. He becomes Mr Plow. Barney starts another snow plow company and he becomes the Plow King.

I was assuming that the live rock started out as Lava base because that is how the islands where formed.

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking the exact same time. I start the lights at 1pm and turn off at 9 pm so I can enjoy the tank in the evening.

I had a LMB for about 1 month. He would only eat algae of the live rock. I could never get him to accepts algae sheets or frozen algae food. Hence he went the great fish bowl in the sky because the Live rock wasn't enough.

Are you sure it's Hawaii Rock? I didn't think they would send it off the island. I lived in Hawaii some time back. It was bad luck to remove lava rock from the island. They say Pele puts a bad luck curse on anyone who takes rocks from the island. :sneaky: