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If you vacumm your substrate when you do your water change( 5gal every 2 weeks would work great ) then your UGF will be a very good biological filter. Granted it is not the prefered and eventually you will have to tear it down and clean it, but it could easily be over a year. Vacumming that...

With 75-100 lbs of live rock, a skimmer and moderate stocking level you could skip the DSB and go with a nice looking 1-2 inch sand bed. I don't really like the DSB look because it takes up so much space in the tank and unless your tank is heavily fed or stocked I don't think that a DSB really...

The Magnum 350 with bio wheels is an awesome filter. If you plan to go reef one day then I would highly suggest an emperor 400 Hang on filter. The emporer will cost alot less and is easier to maintain than the Magnum. An all natural approach to filtration is great for the seasoned tank but...

Many people have used Garlic to help fish beat off a case of Ick. Any small pieces of Garlic will be eatin by something so as long as it is not a ton you should not see any negative effects by leaving it in the tank. I mix all of my food with minced Garlic and have never seen an increase in...

The people that don't get cycles usually are just moving an existing reef from one tank to another or at least use rock from an established reef as part of their reef from the beggining. Granted if you take rock from an existing reef and let it sit out or sit in water with low temp and no...

Originally posted by zanemoseley check the bearings and rinse the wheel with pure water I am curious where you got that Idea? When you do your water change just clean the biowheels with some of the water removed from the aquarium. It is a much safer bett then using fresh water and probably...

Corraline has very little to do with lighting and everything to do with calcium and high PH. I had tons of corraline in my 60 gallon a couple years back and only ran a 10K 40 watt bulb and an actinic 40 watt bulb. keep the calcium around 4-450 and PH around 8.2 and get some starter pieces. It...

I have a very shallow sand bed and I really like the look much better than the DSB look. I have undetectable nitrates and have actually lost two lawnmower blennies because there was not enough algae in the aquarium to suppoet them. My bioload is pretty small for my size of aquarium and I do...

Originally posted by fishman88 haha she is an idiot i am glad i can find people that see my point and i also think that she should not be in the U.S. she should still be fighting i think people like you should be back in the U.S.. mike So are you going to carry her around Iraq since she is...

I am on dept out of Japan. I am certified and hopefully will get out to GAB GAB and do some diving. I am at Anderson right now and staying down on the strip so It is easy to just walk out the hotel and jump into the water.

Wife is taking care of my tank. She sent me some recent picts and the tank is doing great. This place is humid and to much rain. I have no complaints about three weeks of sand and sun though. I do want a bigger tank but the current tank will have to do for now. I do plan on replacing the 5...

I have been into marine aquariums about four years now and this is just awesome. I was wired for the whole day after my first adventure out into the lagoon. I don't go to work until the afternoon so I plan on checking out the reef everyday. I have been in the water 3 of 5 days so far. Today...

The tomato clowns where hosting in a carpet anename that was about 3 feet long and two feet wide. The anename was on top of a huge rock the size of a large car and sunk into the rock with the contours. There was hard coral all around the anename. I would get my hand close and the tomatoes...

Well I am currently spending a few weeks on the Island of Guam and I am loving it. I get to snorkel everyday and the hard coral and the fish are amazing. I took a hot dog out yesterday and the fish were so thick that I could barely see my hand. I saw tomato clowns and three striped damsels...

Depending on the size of tank cycling with a fish or two is not very cruel. You will have a very slow cycle if you use a small fish or two in a 55 and at least your tank would have some movement during the cycle.

Originally posted by gailkaitschuck AFTER the helpful clerk tells him he only has to wait 2 weeks after he sets his tank up to start adding fish, he goes off to help some other hapless customer. I manage to grab this poor would-be saltwater tank owner and encourage him to come to this forum...

We need to see your tank setup first.:)

I also used a wet dry for quite a few years and decided a couple months ago to remove the wet/dry and just use my protein skimmer. I have seen no ill effects and actually seen an improvement in the growth of corals. My reef is a couple years old and very lightly stocked and hardly fed, so I...

I would think that that skimmer would work extremely good. Are you starting from scratch or will the reef be from an established system.