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Make sure you enclose heat packs in the insulated box..and ship first or second day.

Air precipitates Calcium...we try to maintain certain calcium levels in our systems...

Glass hydrometers have been around a very, very long time...they can be accurate enough.

The shell will help the triggers keep their teeth healthy...their teeth continuously grow...and that is how they manage it.

Get yourself a couple of glass hydrometers...use them both and average the results...when you get lots of extra cash...get a refractor..

Here is a suggestion before you even start setting up your tank... Read into the hobby...learn what you need to know...read, read, read, and read somemore... Learn all the basics....then think about setting up a tank.

They could be Crcoachm...

Even if it is in a tank...the die off will be such a magnitude in which a 30% change of water wouldn't effect the cycle part... When I cure live rock, I do it in buckets with circulation, heat and air...I change the water about 50% every 3-4 days, and scrub the rocks before the change with a...

Sebae0... That is possible...but then it goes right back to the owner again...what is being added, etc, to create this excessive build up? A filter system can only do so much...we are trying to mimic the entire oceans worth of filtration which ma nature has had billions of years to perfect, all...

The idea of cycling with a fish is the fish produces amonia for the bio filter to start...hermits dont seem to be big contributors to amonia...unless you had a ton of them... Even with fish...you need more then one to get the cycle going effectively.

Imagine living in a house with no windows or doors to open...only filtered recycled air to breath...does that sound appealing to you?

The smell is the die off associated with disturbing the rock and exposing it to air. How are you curing it? Change some of the water in the curing container.

With the lighting the size it is..I would suspect you have a nutrient problem in your tank...the green water is a massive algae bloom. It should subside in time, but there are nutrients somewhere in your system. What kind of water do you use? How often do you change it?

Dont know about the acrylic...you may email a plastics company and ask them. Bleach is bleach...we purify our drinking water systems with bleach. Sodium Hypochlorite. When the smell is gone...the bleach is gone. I dont think I would use it on spongy type items such as filtration sponges or...

Bio-balls are plastic balls designed to provide excellent housing for nitrifying bacteria...nothing more, nothing less...they are not nitrate factories, they dont create nitrate, they dont even add to a nitrate problem...the house bacteria...that is all. Lazy users of bio-balls create nitrate...

When you bleached them...did you use piping hot water? It will open the pores of the plastic and aid in the removal of the juices, etc... Is the smell of hot peppers, mild peppers or what? When you bleached them, did you use a nylon brush and scrub as well?

If the little faucet is the only out put source for your water, then I agree with Kip, no metal. You could always run a "T" fitting with a seperate valve to supply your tank water.

Looks like a good system. The membrane would be a question though, what brand, etc. For 110.00 though, looks like a good deal.

You can only learn by inquiring...and you are doing this. If you have the space, time and energy, a sump set up is probably, in my own little world anyways, the way to go. Allows for expansion, etc. I run sumps with refuges...I dont pay alot of attention to the refuges...what grows in there...

There is no general or otherwise rule of thumb for keeping marine aquaria...the fish temperment are as wide as the species available...each species and sub-species are specific in their care and habitat. They are not like freshwater fish in which have an ability to adapt by virtue of the ongoing...