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All, I ran across a deal today that I could not pass up. I normally keep a reef tank with corals and such and have never had an agressive FO setup. The guy had a 15 gallon tank, pc lights, filters, heater etc, and a 1 1/2" Blueline Trigger for $100. I know the tank is not that big, but with...

I have done moves in the past as well. I would suggest going to buy a couple of 18 or so gallon rubber maid containers. Put live rock and water in one, fish and water with another (aerate and heat), and other items in the other container. Once you get everything moved, you still have the water...

I say this time and time again, but find someone you trust and stick with their advice. I listen to a person at a pretty well known Saltwater fish store and coral center. I follow the exact procedures they have been using for 20+ years. I have a 70 gallon, with a plenum, 3-4" of caribsea...

Southdown now Cemex is a company that cares vary little about the environment. Here we are protecting and boycotting species from certain parts of the world due to the way they capture these creatures, and we constantly talk about Southdown play sand. Please check out my thread on this board...

Check your levels including phosphates, do a water change and get a cleanup crew. =-Andy

Not to mention remove or replace any filters you have in your system that could be contaminating the water being filtered. I would look into getting some things and making the effort to hit an LFS for some goods quickly. Cost of buying stuff might help reduce the amount of things lost. --Andy

I know of a place where you can get southdown sand in Dearborn Heights. At least you could as of a week ago. E-Mail me off-list for the location since they will nix the message if I post it here. andy@glis.net --Andy

I would say that 76-80 is typical for a reef tank. I would suggest the following: 1. Get a fan to help blow some of the heat the lights generate out from under your canopy. 2. Create more water movement at the surface which will help increase evaporation, which in turn keeps the temperature low...

All, on a discussion on another board it was mentioned that Southdown the company a lot of folks use for sand in their aquarium was in many environmental lawsuits and is supposedly part of the reason they are changing names. Please look at these links: http://www.greenlink.org/gec/southdown/...

I would also be careful with the wet/dry with bio-balls. Essentially I would start with some good live rock and maybe some live sand so that you have some bacteria in the system. Something like the natures ocean live sand or something from an LFS. If you are wanting to run a true reef system, I...

Just rinse it in water, some people have also recently been talking about getting nasty red algae blooms with this sand. For all you advocates of SD sand , dont shoot the messenger. I personally have had better success with the CaribSea brand of sands. And if someone counters with the rumor that...

Just nix the sally lightfoot on any packages. I ordered a nice clean-up crew from this site and it arrived fantastic. However , I did have to [hr] a sally last week for eating 4 chromis, 2 skunk clowns and a perc. Since his demise, there have been no fish casualties, and before that all the...

I also saw a white one last night that was much smaller. Thanks for the info sammy! -Andy

Probably wasnt the best way to do it, but your fish will most likely survive. Usually you should let the tank run for a few days just in case. Did you use any of the original sand from your 30 gallon? Really you probably could have gotten the 85 gallon as well. When I initially setup my 70 it...

Airstones are generally not a good idea. From what I understand they can quite often irritate corals, anenomes or other life in the tank because of the microbubbles. Although this is not true in my tank as I have some microbubbles floating around because of something on my power heads, but they...

I think the first thing to remember is that many of the LFS have inexperienced people working there who dont know much about the hobby. I would recommend you read a lot before doing anything with your tank and make your own decisions or find someone experienced you can trust. You will find 5...

I would probably say like 3 hagen 402's or maybe 4. --Andy

Not to mention if you just bought 40lbs of live sand, if it is not completed already, it will probably complete in the next day or so. Since live sand already has the necessary bacteria in it that is usually created during the cycling process you might be good to go. Check your levels. Then do...

I built a simple system for blue party bulbs to give my tank a moonlight type effect and it only cost around $15. I just went and bought 2 light bulb fixtures that had screws on the side for wiring an electrical cord and two holes for mounting to wood or another surface. I also purchased some...

This actually works pretty good. It almost got a sally lightfoot crab out with it this weekend , but it was too quick. I did catch a lot of chromis with it though :) --Andy