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I just bought a Tek light fixture with two blue and two white bulbs. It has two power cords and two switches, and I am thinking about putting them on timers. My question is what sequence and time frame should I use. For example, blue on white off for 2 hours, then both on for 8 hours, then blue...

I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with CA's Solar model of T5 lights. Here is the description of the one I am looking at from their website: 48" Solar T5 Hood. Comes with four 54 watt bulbs, two 10000K and two Blue Actinic. Has two independent light switches. Fans can be...

I have 5 in my 55 and they are fine together. SWF.com list them as peaceful.

Originally Posted by PerfectDark To my knowledge I dont know of any HO t-5 brand lights that have one reflector over them. I would question this, and if its a knock off brand I would also be skeptical as these tend to not be as good. Individual reflectors are going to benifit you and IMO are a...

Originally Posted by coralreefer your lighting should be enough. the only other problem would be your nitrites, nitrates, and ammonia. anemones cant tolerate ANY nitrite or ammonia and your nitrates should be below 5 pp/m Who exactly are you addressing this to?

I agree with no long acclimation time on mollies. I have a ton of black, marble, creamcicle and dalmation mollies in my freshwater tanks and I slowly acclimated 2 of them by putting them in a container and adding a little saltwater at a time over about a 2 hour period. They did fine. Since I put...

Yea, thanks alot, that helps a ton on understanding the lighting better. I didn't mention it in the original post, but the $125 unit does have HO bulbs. So after reading your opinion, you don't think I could/should use this fixture since it appears to just have one reflector over all the bulbs...

I know that you guys are probably sick of answering these lighting questions, but I can't find any answers to my specific question. I am new to saltwater (I've had freshwater for years) and I would like in the near furture to add an anemone and clownfish to my tank, but I never realized that you...

Originally Posted by browniebuck I know that everyone says that you need to get hermits, but all of my hermits are snail murderers!!! I would decide which one you want (snails or hermits) and bump your numbers up (20-30). I HATE HERMITS!!! Wow, I have not had that problem. I have turbo and...

I recently ordered a CUC from SWF.com and have no complaints about them. They were sent with heat packs that were still warm about 36 hours after I opened the package. As far as leaving it on your door all day, you don't have to do that, you can (as I did) have FedEx hold your package at their...

I just got my CUC last week, and the clams and nassarius snails come without water and just need to be floated for about 30 minutes. The rest of them came in seperate bags but you can acclimate them all together. I think the only reason they came in seperate bags is so they made sure they sent...

Sorry I can't help you with your question about if you should scrape them or not. But I read your message last Friday because I noticed a couple of dozen white spots on my glass in different spots last week, and we figured out what they were yesterday. They are snail eggs. I have turbo snails...

SWF.com sells clean up crews, perhaps you should look at their packages to see what they have together. I have had one in my tank for a week now and everything seems to be getting along fine. Along with turbo snails they included Scarlet Hermit Crabs, Blueleg Hermit Crabs, Nasssarius Snails...

Originally Posted by m0nk You should ghost feed for a couple days after the cycle is complete, just to make sure that you won't get an ammonia spike. Doing this will also spark a small algae bloom. Then add your cleanup crew after a couple days with no ammonia spikes. When you add your...

Well my tank has been up for 5 weeks tomorrow, and it looks like my nitrites are finally coming down. Two days ago they were at .5 ppm, and this afternoon they were down to .25 ppm. So hopefully I will be done cycling soon. The first thing I want to add to my tank is a clean up crew. Honestly I...