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I have a 29 gallon with 50 lbs of LR and 60 lbs of LS. I don't have any type of filter except that (I do have a protein skimmer though). With enough water movement, you should have biological filtration.

I didn't. I've never acclimate any of my corals (neither has anyone I know). Even my LFS said that they never acclimate coral. Who knows though, it may have added to the problem.

I had a similiar problem when I brough my torch home last week. Over night, one head died and a couple days later the second one died. Now I have an expensive skeleton left in the tank. I have a 29 gallong tank w/130 watts PC light. The tank is still young though, only 2 months old. Between...

86 is really high. hopefully that was a one time deal and you don't let it get that high all the time.

mujtba, they are not an accessory. Earings are an accessory. I've heard of people who've had sucessful tanks without doing any water changes. That doesn't make water changes and accessory. I'm not going to waste my time listing the benefits of them. In a couple months as your tank gets more...

Panther, please read the entire thread at the link above. Neither are accessories and by reading the post you should be able to make a decision.

Not sure about this one. I think you would want the LS on top though since that is what will be in contact with the water. The bacteria on the sand need to be in direct contact with the water to help the filtration. I would dump in the play sand... let it sit for a couple hours... and then...

Originally posted by latino277 on the right track. fill the tank up 1/2 -3/4 of the way up with saltwater. Then and you Base sand this live sand. Then live rock. Then add saltwater as needed. NOTE: don't fill the tank all the way up at 1st becuase the sand and rock will displace the...

Sounds like you are on the right track. Since the tank is completely empty, you can get away with mixing the saltwater right in the tank. That's what I did when I started my tank up. If you do mix the water in the tank, let everything run overnight. What I mean is make sure you have the...

Some people don't have room for a larger tank. They put the sump in another room out of sight. Also, did you read my previous post? If you get a bigger tank and keep exactly what you currently have in the tank, then it would be like adding extra water from a sump. However, if you get a...

A sump and/or a fuge is not needed to maintain a SW tank. However, there are many additional benefits of having one. A sump does allow you to hide equipment and that is mainly cosmetic. However, it also adds extra water to the bioload. By adding an additional 7 gals of water to my 29 gallon...

I have a 29 gallon with a 10 gallon sump (only have 7 gals of water in it though - the sump that is). I usually have a little less than half a gallon evap a day. I usually just pour the water into the sump directly. Do you think this method could be stressing the corals/inverts? My temp is...

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Originally posted by mujtba ok ur an exception.. but i said everyone recommends it.. ask ur LFS.. I wouldn't recommend it... And I called my LFS and they wouldn't recommend it either...

I have a simple 10 gallon sump on my 29 gallon. All you would need to get is an overflow and a pump (with the necessary tubing). https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/127098/simple-sump-pic

Well, the other head is not officially dead. I expect to see nothing but two skeletons when I get home from work. I wonder what could have caused this though. Could have it just been stress from the move? I did notice my emerald crab eating the decay out of the skeleton parts, but it didn't...

Here's a pic of it from last night with the blue lights on it... It seemed fine then.

It has two heads on the same rock. One head is fine and doing great. The other one has 60-70% of its tenticals missing (nothing but a skeleton showing). And the tenticals that are on it don't look dead. There is no slime and I haven't taken it out to smell it. Does anyone know why it could...

I just got this torch coral yesterday. It seemed to be doing fine all night, but now that I got home from work I noticed that one of its heads are almost completely missing. What could have happened? Am I safe leaving the coral in the tank (I can't remove one head without the other)? All my...

Thanks for the replies. I've been reading that the plates are hard to keep. Hopefully I won't have any problems. But they are beautiful looking corals...