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Thanks peoples.

Nathan... Your fish may have died due to osmotic shock...if you didn't acclimate them properly, even though they are tough..they are not that tough... I doubt an amonia spike killed them...with damsels...that doesnt happen too often.

For triggers...what is a good type?

No special lighting...corals can be dipped in a coral dip preparation...I use SeaChems myself...

You save a 5 gallon bucket of your tank water during a water change...put the balls in there and just rinse them out good...

Do you clean the bio media in your wet/dry? Could be harboring debris and creating excess nitrate.

They move your rocks too...just like a bulldozer...tough little buggers they are...

Cyanobacteria is present in all walks and forms of life...it is one of the oldest living organism on Earth...it is present everywhere..water and land alike...the moss on trees, the slime in the oceans...everywhere... So it could very well be.

Thanks for the reply...but that isnt the problem.

This by no means either demonstrates my dislike or like of *****... Lochi...it wasn't their responsibility to advise or otherwise inform or educate you...that is your sole responsibility...the salesperson probably couldnt even understand the fish in tank idea prior to working there...that person...

Well if you find an online source for it...please share with everyone...seems to be some interest in it.

Because people post without knowing firsthand...or they read somewhere that ***** is bad...blah blah... Some even bash *****'s fish department and then turn around and buy other things at the place... If you have a *****..and they sell stuff that you like...then buy the stuff that you...

You may aireate the containers with the livestock...may help keeping the ph somewhat intact along with providing some circulation for the critters.

Bob...hehehe Harley... Hair algae is an opportunistic algae...when it is starved of the needed nutrients...it dies...and decays creating more nutrients to grow again... You have to break that cycle in your tank with multiple water changes using RO/DI water, and a cleanup crew (snails) to consume...

I have a Filstar XP-3 canister I paid 109.00 online...here locally it is 199.99...I order my salt, 38.63 shipped to my door...locally...70.00 with taxes... Fiji LR...14.00 a pound...online between 4-6 shipped... I buy nothing locally anymore...especially hardware items...

Be smart..buy a life sized poster of someones reef tank...frame it, and stick it on the wall...much cheaper and entirely less frustrating....and it never needs water changes and algae wont be an issue..ever!

For a beginner setup it is great...easy to use, everything is right there...once you get deeper into the hobby...it gets small quick...it does do what it is meant to do though and very efficiently as well. I have the Tidepool I. I wished I had not spent the money on it and built my own sump...

Strange...my coralline is bleaching on some of the rocks...but yet growing on other parts of the tank..i.e..PVC, powerheads, etc. Any ideas?

Answers as suggested by myself... 1) No. A natural cycle is best. 2) No...they usually dont work...natural is best 3) Yes...it will aid any living creatures on the rock. 4) The coralline will survive...it is tough. Dont add any livestock until after the cycle...dont get caught up in the...

ahsupply sells a pretty good product...I have one of their 96watt PC kits for about a year now and use it 24/7 on one of my refuges.