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that's alot of light. you expecting to keep a sps dominated tank? i think a 250 will do you fine, sps or not.

hmm. bristleworms don't need to eat food? their bodies grow longer and fatter without the need for nutrients? they multiply without any food source? i think you are missing something.

i'd go with a halide. it's not that much more heat. if you overdrive the t-5's you'll have to replace them alot sooner. people put too much stock in t-5's. i haven't seen a non-photoshopped t-5 lit tank i liked better than halides. 8 x 24 watts of t-5 overdriven equals how many watts? how much...

a wrasse is the answer for the flatworms. reducing your feeding is the answer for your massive bristleworm population.

what are the exact dimensions of this tank? the 24" lamps are only 24 watts. i'm not sure i'd be comfortable keeping clams/anemone/sps under those, individually reflected or not.

you aren't going to have a cycle. do yourself a favor. buy dry sand. it will become live soon enough. you can use some of your sand to seed it if you like. all the bag-live sand has in the bag is some bacteria. you already have that on your live rock. it will spread to all surfaces including...

Originally Posted by keith burn imo i go with 2x what that rec on it and imo no it will work good. yes, go with a skimmer rated for 2 x your water volume. they are grossly over rated.

they say that a tremendous amount of skimming can pull trace elements from the water along with the bad stuff, but i don't think it's a large enough amount to worry.

lol. you would need to have an airline attached to the needle wheel pump.

before you guys go through all this trouble, you know that mangroves are a very poor form of nutrient export, right? you need a alot of plants in order to make a difference.

well, i'd say the rock still has bacteria on it. it needs to be re-cycled. sand doesn't make the tank cloudy. that's false. there are no downsides to using sugar sized sand over crushed coral. yes, you can rinse your sand. put it in a bucket and fill the bucket with water...swish the sand...

what's wrong with sleaze-bay?

i do that every time. as a matter of fact, today i bought 4 scallops, 4 shrimp, some squid tubes, a small handful of fresh clams, and a piece of cod about the size of a credit card from wegmans. they wrap it up with smiles on their faces. they get paid by the hour. what do they care?

she's got a mean right hook!

Originally Posted by quads4_lif a few guys on another forum have told me to replace the mag 3 with a mag 5 or mag 7. I thought the smaller remora came with a MJ1200 it does. maybe if you put a needle wheel pump on it it would work better.

more than 2 weeks. closer to a month. i would not use the crushed coral. purchase dry, sugar sized aragonite based sand. rinse it well, and add that. it's alot nicer looking than crushed coral. crushed coral will trap detrius and uneaten food very easily, due to it's larger size. you can't...

the trouble with drilling the collection cup is that if something goes wrong in the tank, and the skimmer starts overflowing, you'll empty the tank. i would not suggest doing this. i'm not a fan of the remora/urchin skimmer. the one i had did a very poor job. i hope yours works better and is...

i would choose a 1200 gph overflow for a 180, and a pump to match it, after head loss. i don't think a 600 is enough. your first scenario won't work. you'll probably end up with algae and cyano issues at least. an optimal setup would be to have enough flow in the tank so that uneaten food and...

they are good for your tank and will not eat corals and fish. i would not get rid of them. btw- if you see alot of them, it's because you are over feeding. cut back on your feeding, and you'll see less worms.

the ev series are generally good. not the remora/urchin series. the rio pump is not as good however. is that the stock pump that comes with the new ev-120? if so, i'd look for a different model, or brand.