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Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills Same here. Ran track and cross country all through high school. 4-6 miles a day was pretty average. I'm about to turn 36 and my knees definitely aren't what they used to be. Keep it low impact. Biking is good. Got my wife one of those recumbant bikes a...

That has been our plan, but I am considering moving our borbonius anthias from the 40 gal reef system into the big tank where he can have some more swimming room, then adding the naso a little bit later. The boat on territory may have already departed - the sailfin gets along with the angel...

I have tried the bottle trick on my mandarin, and found that I had invented the perfect hermit crab trap instead. I have been successful with feeding frozen prawn eggs with a pipette by putting them on the bottom of the tank near the fish (all pumps off). The fish is now taking some of the...

BTL: I got a 3-4 inch Desjardini from Mike two weeks ago, and it is in quarantine now. It was magnificent, so I couldn't resist. The blonde naso remains on my stock list, and we will probably pull the trigger on one as our next addition after the sailfin is finished in isolation and has...

Beautiful!! Mazel Tov!!!

Those warnings about the weight of the tank are right on. Think about putting a volkswagen in your living room - that's pretty much what you are proposing. We just put in a 220 gallon tank, and out of concern for having it become a basement addition I placed 4 steel support beams in the...

Welcome to the Aptasia wars! That's what you have. While they are small you could probably control the problem with a peppermint shrimp or two. Try to stay ahead of them - they have a way of sometimes growing out of control. Peppermints won't usually bother larger Aptasia, so if they do grow...

We just finished a 220 gal FO in our living room, so I can give you an idea of what we used, and what it cost. The tank is the Marineland 220 on their Monterrey cabinet. The lights are 2 x 37 inch Trinity fixtures. The sump is the Eschopps 300 circulated with a Mag 18. We are using a...

Quote: Mandrin require a steady supply of pods to survive. With no sump you would have to replenish them at least once a week. If you are really set on a mandarin I would recommend one of the ORA captive bred that are sold on this site. You may need pods for a while, but my experience with them...

Most of your bacterial processing is probably being done in the wet-dry filter you have. Eventually the new "live" rock will populate with anaerobes and will remove some nitrate. Until then, I would watch for a rise in those levels and hold them in control with water changes (only if you are...

Any rock you have in the tank will become "live", but what we commonly refer to as "live rock" has incredible diversity (bristle worms, copepods, etc.) that, IMHO, adds to the beauty of the system. So if you remove your diverse live rock and add sterilized rock it will become "live" in that it...

Having finished cycling our dream 220 gal FO, my wife and I are in the process of stocking it with our dream fish (defined as fish that over years of marine fishkeeping we have enjoyed most). As of now we have a 7 year old emperor angel (about 5-6 inches), and a pair of flame hawkfish. We love...

When I started my first marine tank in 1975 I used crushed coral - that's all there was. I used it for many years, vacuuming it pretty much every week and watching lots of beautiful wrasses wither and die (probably because they were either unable to burrow in the substrate, or if they did, they...

Ah...you children. I remember when I was in graduate school riding around north Jersey looking for a gas station that still had gas for less than $.30/gallon. Those were the good ole days!

I just broke down my 110 gal FO tank after 17 years of continuous operation. When I removed the bioballs from the sump I found enough fish skeletal parts embedded in them to build a good sized school of fish. These were the remains of many of the fish that had disappeared over the years, so it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Icedtc The dimensions are: 48"x34"x24". I was hoping the 34" width as opposed to a typical 18" for a 90 would allow ample swimming room. Any other recommendations for a replacement to the Hippotang idea? Thank you. You are going to get conflicting opinions about...

My wife has been working a lot of overtime the last few months. Then yesterday (Sunday) she announces that she wants to use some of the money to fix up the 110 gallon tank we have in the living room - maybe a new stand, etc. So we go to the lfs and what do you know, an hour later I am the...

As a biologist I have known for many years about the potential infectiousness of marine tanks, but the problem goes both ways. When you put your hands in the tank whatever is on your hands comes off in the water - soap residue, bacteria, dirt, etc. That's why I always wear high gloves, always!

Call your water company and request a copy of their latest water analysis. You will see a long list of things that are toxic, but present in your tap water at concentrations below the dangerous limit set by the government. However, those things will accumulate in the tank over time, and may...

Had the same problem in my 40 gallon reef tank until I refreshed the CUC with 6 Mexican turbo snails. You could see them smile when they found the walls of the tank and began clearing 1/2 inch wide swaths through the algae. It took 3 days, and now there is no algae to speak of.