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Usually it is a good idea not to put softies uo stream from stonies but all in all you really won't notice it. Carbon is a good idea if any large quantity of soft corals are going to be kept. As for choosing the area and sticking to those corals... personal preferance. There is very little...

The real question Deuce, is what species of anemones do you have??? Abd what are their conditions?? It is likely you are keeping easy to keep anemones with proper condtions (both are very good things) Luke

Kris - That seems like a logical reason to like Salifert more (I realize that Salifert is the prefered brand by most, although I personally have never used it... f not available in the area). I have to agree the RedSea CA lab (not the PRO version) is a little on the chunky side when it comes to...

I have to agree. Anemones require certain things that 99% of people's tanks don't meet, nor do they want to meet. Although, as sad as it is to see dieing anemones, some poelpe will have them die even when their requirements are met. That is the price. BUT for those people who put them in...

I HATE THE INTERNET SOMETIMES!!!! I wrote you a long almost report on salinity Specific gravity, hydrometers, and refractometers... pressed submit... and my connection died before it sent. But after it cleared my screen <img src="graemlins//yell.gif" border="0" alt="[yell]" /> <img...

Kris Walker - Can you define "...not very good compared..." I don't mean to sound at all rude :) Just wondering, in your opinion, what makes a good test kit good and a bad (or better) test kit different?? Luke

sebae_the_clown - Just got finished with the last post then read your next and your sig :) Kalkwasser maintains Calcium (CA). It is Calcium Hydroxide (not that this matters). Coraline needs CA to grow, so yes it will grow Coraline. When CA is right and Alk is maintianed (Kalk does both)...

sebae_the_clown - it really is not as much work as the labels say: Take fresh water (the water you use for toping ff now) RO or DI is best, but if you are not using it now it won't hurt anymore with the kalk. Add some product. Although they say there is a max... this is not true. The water...

You really don't need a wet/dry in a reef tank. It serves the same function as the LR but does it less effeciently (by adding trates). Just start slowly removing bio material out of the wet dry. Maybe 1/4 a week until it is gone. Monitor your water to make sure the tank does not have any...

Assuming they are both coraline algaes (it sounds like they are), then they are just different species of coraline. There are lots of varieties. Different ones grow in different envirnments. Luke

I agree, blue looks better... to a point. 10000K is the way to go. You will pay about 20-25 bucks more per bulb, but it is worth it, if that is the color you want. Remener you have to look at the tank everyday :) Assuming it does not aafect the inhabitants, in this case it does not, then...

Unless the MHs are nearly on top of each other the tank will look divided. It would be better to go with two 6.5k K or 10k K lamps. But if you have a good deal on these particular bulbs there is nothing wrong, in terms of coral care, with two different colors. Luke

ijji - go for it!! You won't regret it. Especially with the sump to add extra mass to lower any heat problems that could arise. I run a 4" fan over my tank and have never once had a spike. Fish Head - you are right that the corals are closer to the surface in a nano, but most dpn't come...

Kelly - I did not ever claim that this is gospel!! NOTHING in this hooby is. That includes your own statements. The claim that my statements are wrong are no more factual than my own. All statements made in this BB should be taken with a grain of salt. Obviously because I hold the minority...

Y2SAYS - I have to agree that there are corals that can survive and even thrive in low light, but, most people want more. Some Mushrooms and polyps will do ok, some soft corals will live, and even some hard corals won't die in low light. But people have to be aware of this (not that anyone...

K.Lee - All corals CAN be harmful to people. Vibrio is one of, if not the, most common bacteria strains in the ocean. All these bacteria can cause infections in people. Corals can sting too. If you have not had nemocysts fired into an open wound before, you should really try it :) It is...

bradsmack - you have to be careful with bioloads on such a small tank. Any fish, let alone two damsels, is a lot in a two gallon. Luke

Frogger - It is personal Opinion, and what you plan to keep. The deeper the water the species come from the bluer the light they will require (generally). Yes you can run different bulbs on different sides of the tank, but It will look funny. I ran a 10000k next to a 5500k for a while, but it...

As I said earlier I run 175 watts of Metal Halide light over my 10 gallon tank (MH) and am not happy that I have enough light (yet). This, in my opinion, is not exessive at all. Personally I don't recomend people run nanos in the first place, because you run into problems like this. People...

Y2SAYS - have you ever run a reef on MHs?? I am glad to hear you are getting growth, but the real question is how much growth?? Under MHs shrooms can spread like wildfire, xenias grow more than an 1" a week, and macro algae acts like micro algae. Corals can survive under low light conditions...