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The deionization canister will strip the water of any remaining negative and positvely charged ions. This will be accomplished via a mixed bed...or the two seperate resins in seperate containers. The purpose of the DI cartidge is to render the water as free of any ions (most up to about 99.99%)...

Sounds like a bacterial bloom. If it is...it will subside in a couple of days.

DId I miss the make of the overflow?

Stress maybe...

Oh the other one I killed by not properly securing the live rock and a urchin I had pushed on of the rocks over and crushed him between the rock and glass...lessons are learned.

I kept seahorses for awhile...my own stupidity killed them...i moved my filtration stuff to the basement and piped it up through the floor to the tanks...when I did this I increased the flowrate from about 400gph to about 900....the excessive pressure stressed the horse to the point of no...

At the 20 micron range...the water is still substantially higher pressure then what it is at the membrane...you shouldnt notice any change at all.

Oh and your 15watt light is fine for fish only...make sure the proper temp rated bulbs are being used though.

Take your dead fish out...and you can do a water change...with a 35...about a 5 gallon or so will help the other fish you have left without adversely affecting the cycle too bad... The white cloudiness in your tank is a bacterial bloom, normal and it will subside. While cycling...you need to...

Seahorses are social creatures...in addition to the high quality care they require...they need companionship...

Our home depots do not carry the southdown that I have every seen...and that includes the HD in Manchester, Bloomfield and Newington....purearagonite.com is a source for aragonite sand.

Did you rinse the carbon filters prior to installing them back into the main RO stream? If not, the particulates of dust probably clogged the membrane...as far as the bleach solution goes...the main ingrediant in the bleach, Sodium Hypochlorite, is also one of the ingrediants used to sterilize...

You will have a cycle...how big of one can never be predicted...keep an eye on the Nitrogen cycle...

The very first thing you should do, prior to additions of any kind in your new tank is thoroughly research the hobby as it seems you are doing by asking questions here...read and read. A 30 gallon tank of any style is small for the saltwater environment. The animals you chose to keep should be...

saltwater tastes nasty, as you will soon find out...

There are no metal halides on the link you posted...just a bunch of junk.

I myself dont use silica sand...aragonite for me...but with your bag of sand...the important thing is that is sterilized and free of debris and potential contaminates...debris being metal deposits, etc...the labeling on the bag should provide you with this information.

I switch salts all the time and have yet to experience any difficulties resulting from the switch...

Originally posted by JmesMcM Depends where in NY. I am about 20 miles north of the city and go to House of Fins - Greenwich, CT New York Aquaria - Mamaroneck, NY New World Aquaria - Manhattan There are some others around as well but these seem to be the best. How is House of Fins?

You can also have so dwarf hermits as well...keep your triggers fed well and they will generally leave everything else alone....I catch my Rectangulas hiding around a rock every now and then trying to sneak a hermit...the hermits are too quick....entertaining none the less. I have a few snails...