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After hanging my Halides and having them running for three days or so, I have noticed my skimmer working overtime- skimming more junk than it ever has before. I have also had an algae explosion. My nitrates I figure to be high- does this have to do with MH's or is it just coincidental? Needless...

I recently hung my MH and have had them running for three days. I have noticed my skimmer cup producing more gunk then usual and I have also noticed that my glass is accumulating more algae(redish). I know that my nitrates have been high in the past and I seemed to have corrected the problem -...

I have a beautiful LTA. One was in a few days ago but only briefly. Maybe he will go back - I hope anyway. I also have some substantial hairy mushrooms, but he wants no real part of that. His swimming is really relegated to the top- Now with MH I have taken my glass coverings off and am fearful...

Two of my clowns have leapt to their demise in the past couple of months. The tend to hang at the top, around equipment and the only open space- I have seen my six line wrasse take shots from below- could he be propelling them out?

I am currently in a 55 Gallon tank (no I am not David Blaine) and recently purcheased a sweet Halide set-up that makes the tank look, well, a bit small. Thinking about a move to a 75 or 90. A few Questions: 1. Is this a difficult move? 2. Since my tank will be on the second floor(possibly the...

Thanks For The Response. I Actually Did A Search And Found Some Info. Keep Me Updated On Your Progress.

If I were to put a 30 gallon sump under my 55- what equipment would I need? Keeping in mind that if I do this I want to do it right.

After revealing to a friend my purchase of a quality Halide set up, he began telling me that I need a sump set up. I have a 55 gallon on an open stand and this poses a problem. There is really no hiding a sump in the current stand. He told me that it really wouldn't be a problem and would make...

Thanks Murph, I read or heard that you should not have any kind of cover over the water's surface when running MH- True or False?

My tank is 18 inches deep and I have 2x150 MH and 2x130 actinics. It is a 55 gallon.

Seeing as my real question was a bit buried in my original posting: I am suspending my new metal halides from the ceiling- How far off the tank can they be and still be effective- what is the optimal height?

Originally Posted by SCSInet If you have 1-2lbs of LR per gallon in the main tank, I'd remove everything from the filter and just have a straight sump, then use your skimmer to remove wastes before they break down. You aren't being lied to, but you are being misinformed. Bio-balls aren't...

The light fits length-wise, but it is the width that gets me by about four inches, that i would have discovered had I done just a bit more research and a bit less impulse buying.

I think I am going to hang it- but how high off of the tank to you think I should have it?

The light is 48 inches long, 15 inches wide 4 and some high. On a different note- saw pics and history of your tank. Pretty nice set-up.

Excited at the prospects of Metal Halides I purchased an Orbit system. My week was spent checking the status of my order and like a kid at Christmas, ran to the door to greet my UPS man with my new lights. Wow, that's a big box, probably lots of protective stuff. Upon opening my heart sank-...

I have a Seaclone and it skims well, but the o-rings are constantly having to be replaced. I have this figured out now, but I have lost quite a bit of water- soaked up conviently by my carpet- before I figured this out. I e-mail the company complain and they send me replacement o-rings quickly...

My kids decided to help with aquarium matinence and scratched the glass using the magnets that I have. Gravel was between glass and scrubber magnet- anyway to buff these out?

What is the best way to keep water cool under halides? My tank is in an airconditoned room that receives limited sun exposure, so it is a naturally cool room- will this be enough? I hesitate to purchase a chiller because the room itself kind of makes it impossible. Of course if this is the only...

I have the green light (no pun) to purchse metal halides for my aquarium. I cannot utilize hanging pendants but am interested in the Outer Orbit. I have a 55 gallon with live rock and some corals(hairy mushrooms, colony polyps, but have a friend who is always trying to give me hard corals and...