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It is a lil much. You could get away with a 50 watt. 75 watts at the most.

Originally Posted by newfishguy In the manual it says to point the flow deflector up (not straight up) to agitate the surface water. So, I did that now it is agitating the surface water. Why do I want to do this? Shouldn't I just point it straight ahead across the tank to circulate the water...

Im fairly new to the hobby myself but i know one thing. Get rid of those damsels. Bring em to your LFS for a trade or something. They will do nothing but stress any other fish you put in there. The clown will come around. Don't push him or anything. He will come out when he is comfortable and...

Originally Posted by fishmamma There may be a picture of a clown with hyperpigmentation in the disease forum....maybe check it out for comparisons sake. Its actually not spots. Its almost like its a natural thing. Its the whole top half of him. Its just shaded black. Thanks for the heads up tho.

Originally Posted by Rgmason How long have you had your clown? ive had 2 for about 2 months.

Thanks i was a lil worried.

For the past week or so ive noticed that one of my clowns has a shade of black on his upper half. Is this normal or is something wrong? He seems fine. Hes very active. Eats without a problem.

Originally Posted by Ramsey I have a ? When a tank is cycling do live sand turn its color to a tan color and start to grow algea. And also when should I add live rock plus that also brings up a another ? If the lr is cured do I add it after or befor the cycle. Your probably starting to get a...

Originally Posted by dafishlvr Thanks for the encouragement. If I cure it in a rubbermaid container do I need lights? I have an extra power head I can use. no lights needed. just powerhead and heater.

All LR will have die off and needs to be cured in a seperate container before adding to your main tank. Without properly curing it, it could set off a mini cycle. You do not want that to happen with livestock in there.

Originally Posted by mandfishes I was just looking at the lr and would 12 punds be enough? Its a start. At least you'll have some in there. General rule is 1-1.5lbs of lr per gallon.

IMO live rock is a neccesity. It acts as a natural filtration. You could add it before you add livestock. After that you need to cure it in a seperate container before adding it. I would strongly recommend using live rock to cycle your tank. Its best to get everything and set everything up right...

I would say at least 25lbs of live rock.

If its a new wet/dry then you dont need to clean the bioballs yet. Ive had mine up and running for 5 months and havent touched the bioballs.

There is a ton of info to know and learn. I would suggest picking up a good book and read. Also go through the threads on this site its loaded with tons of info as well. There are too many ways to go with this hobby. Welcome and good luck!

If you plan on keeping all types of corals then metal halide lights are the way to go. They are costly though. If you wanna keep some soft corals like zoos, etc. then a decent pc light will do. Something like a dual satellite with 10,000k and actinic bulbs.

Why would u put a fish in a qt? If your using the qt for sick fish from ur main tank, then youll just get that fish in the qt sick.

Originally Posted by EvilBob22 It took me a little while to find, but take a look at this post... it has a lot more information than I do https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=73002 NICE! Thanks alot man.

Originally Posted by EvilBob22 Unless I'm wrong it is also known as red slime algea, or Cyanobacteria (yea, it's actually bacteria, but it acts a lot like algae). As long as you are not using tap water for your top offs and water changes, it will go away on its own. It grows off of the...

I guess thats a bad thing? What do i need to do before it gets worse?