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thanks for the replies! I've actually been doing some research and I found a bulb from rapid LED. It has 7 bulbs (3 royal blue, 1 blue, 1 warm white, 2 cool white) and uses CREE XR-E LEDS...so I know its the real deal. and it's only $90. it comes in 80 degree optics so it will have a nice...

Hi everyone. I'm in the process of building a small pico cube that I would like to eventually turn into a reef. I figured the best way to go about doing this would be to document my progress. To save money I decided that I'm going to build my own cube and DIY everything possible. As of right...

no, actually I'm a GUY lol. but anyways I smothered them in aip-X and and then stabbed them with a knife lol. then turkey bastered up the remains. as of right now no polyps on them are open. I'm hoping their growth is at least halted haha.

I have the same size tank as you, a 36 gallon bowfront. If you are considering T5's then I would recommend 4 bulbs with good reflectors. I have mushrooms, LPS, zoas, and softies and they are doing great...and I have all the specific corals you mentioned as well. My T5 setup is a retrofit from...

Mine are also everyone's favorite lol, especially the branching variety. Once I get it off the rock I'm going to isolate the colony on the sand away from everything else...then my LFS will be overwhelmed with frags of it. As of right now, however, I consider it the equivalent of herpes and it...

I got a pygmy (cherub) angel this week and it is very active in my tank. It tends to dart in and out of the rockwork most of the time and has no trouble standing up for itself against my tail spot blenny. It does pick at the rockwork and also occasionally nips my gorgonian . I would like to give...

can I use something other than Kalk...my LFS dosen't carry it. Can I use Calcium and turn that into a paste...or some other type of powder additive it have such as alk or PH? and unless I really have to I would prefer not to take the rock out because it is at the bottom of the pile...but that...

Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef It really needs to be THICK, like it would clog a syringe thick. Make it thick enough that you need to smear it on with your fingers. Leave your filtration/powerheads off for a little bit so that excess doesn't get blown around too much, but if it's thick...

Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef Just keep peeling back the new growth. I actually like my GSP, but I also know that it needs to be pruned and treated like a macro algae. As stated above, fresh growth is the easiest to peel back. If you want to kill it all, epoxy or kalkwasser paste over it...

Quote: Originally Posted by nikeSB LOL sorry to hear this. almost every noob become experienced reefer regrets the fact of ever putting GSP into a tank. if it just started creeping recently, you should be able to peel off the mat haha. I remember that a year+ ago when I first got them you...

ok, so I had my GSP on an isolated rock...next thing I know they snuck up behind it where I couldn't see and are starting to spread on a huge rock full of corals... long story short...is there anything short of a nuclear explosion to kill them?! but seriously, I cant take out the rock and risk...

As of right now the only things I test for are: -salinity -calcium -alk -ph and when I get new livestock I test for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate + all of the above. I find that the only fluctuations I get (which hardly ever occur) are in the ph, calcium, and alk. how about everyone else? just...

i was thinking of doing the same thing with them and my frogspawn too...i've also been considering getting an acro crab when i start keeping SPS.

Quote: Originally Posted by meowzer       WangoTango.....have you heard of anyone having issues with reddish algae after switching to figi purple bulbs????   me...well...its a possibility....ever since switching to T5 (3 ATI blue+, 1 fiji purple) I have noticed increased algae growth all over...

you could get a blenny...they are pretty personable and very funny sometimes. It would have to be a small one though...like a Tail Spot. anything over 2" would be cramped.

I have a frag of frogspawn too. Mine is happier than ever with just the correct amount of lighting and the addition of trace elements every two weeks. Sometimes if it has its feeder tentacles extended i will feed it a mysis shrimp or two. I'm sure supplements help, but are surely not necessary...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Instead of a single shrimp I would suggest a pair of Cleaner Shrimp with both of them being the same species. I have a pair of cleaners in my tank and I am so happy I got 2 over just 1. They are always together and IMO feel more comfortable out in the open...

The cleaner shrimp and turbo will be fine but any more than 2 fish in that tank would definitely be pushing it IMO.

I agree with flower. I did a rescape in my tank too and my firefish hid for a while...then eventually came out again. Although I have no idea how he found food, he was back to his old self and out in the open again

I like the changes alot. I'm curious about the rankings though...does anyone know all the different kinds??