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Quote: Originally Posted by kennedyfx4 I currently have 1 sailfin tang 1 blonde naso 1 kole tang 1 yellow tang 1 scopes tang and 1 blue hippo 2 clownfish 1 goby and 1 blue spot puffer. They are all very small with the sailfin being the biggest at maybe 5 inches. I am thinking I will need to...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Ok I was looking at the marine land reef leds. There in the $300 range. Ill have to look into there out put. Thank u sir I'd skip those. There should be better options for $300.00 I have not been doing a ton of research lately on LED's but when I did a...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Hey sv. Are any of the led lights out now really suitable for corals? There are a lot of LED's out right now. Some are pretty cheap and don't really support much (check out the low watt LED's, .25 watts per diode). But there are a lot of quality units too...

For corals, it will depend on your lighting. The better the light the more types of coral you can keep. Once you tank is stable and you have decent lighting you can start with some Mushrooms, and Zoa's. The sky is the limit from there. Good luck!!! SV

Quote: Originally Posted by GeriDoc Thanks, you got me rethinking the whole return pump issue. I'm now leaning towards using a Reeflow Hammerhead pump. It looks more than sufficient, and they seem to have a good reputation. Yup. I would for sure go external pump.

Sucks you gotta move, but cool on the possible upgrade. I love the DD tanks. I am interested to see what you come up with. Good luck!!! SV

Just to add... This is an all or nothing kinda job. You have to remove all of the silicone in the entire tank and reseal the entire tank (again not the inside of the panes, the silicone that is sandwiched needs to stay). SO even if the leak is in the top of one seam on one side of the tank...

There are established ways to reseal a tank. I have resealed a few, and I searched on Youtube for some ways to do it. The basics are, you need to completely remove all of the silicone from the inside of the tank using razor blades. You want to make sure that you get it all, because new...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Hi guys. Iam not new to sw water,however I am to the yellow tang. Honestly the ich factor scared me w these fish. But as common as they are I love there colors. I got one a few days ago. So far so good. Eats any thing and loves my cleaner shrimp. I can't wait...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 You're talking about Reef Dynamics... and yes, I have seen all of their videos on the subject. :D If I was going to get a BP reactor (and I still might!!) it would be the reef dynamics one. I like the recirc design and the ease of flow control. I...

I did a lot of research on BP's a couple of months ago. I think most folks running them are trying to maintain nice SPS systems. They are looking to get nutrients out of the system fast/well. They use BP's to get close to an ULNS. I have seen some folks use BP's on mixed reefs, but mostly...

Worst. Luck. Ever. Seth. Tough break buddy. I know you will be back up and running a tank eventually. When Saltwater is in your veins...

Great advice Flower!! Prefect explanation of how to set up the QT. I like to try to do a WC on my QT every two weeks. I use the water from my weekly WC in the DT. 10g tank and I Change out 5g. I try to keep my QT at the same salinity as my DT (unless treating with hypo of course). I also keep...

Not 24/7 for plants. 12/12 works. Same in the real world. Maybe 14 on would be ok but not 24/7. I appreciate your opinion. I do what works for me. I came to this schedule by experimenting and found that full on 24/7 gave me predicable results. I don't think I would go a 12/12 on a fuge. I...

Lots of folks like to keep their fuge lights on an opposite schedule from their DT. And most will run the fuge lights for 18 hours. Me personally I run mine 24/7, but to each their own. What kind of bulbs do you have?? CFL?

Quote: Originally Posted by aquariumgirl16 Cleaning the glass did help, but after a few days it came back. Yeah... That's what it does. I think that the problem is solved. Film algae on the glass... Solution... Clean the glass every other day... End result... Clean glass for two days...

I clean my glass with a special sponge scraper thing for the tank. whenever it gets dirty. Okay... Did cleaning the glass correct the problem???

It looks like you added the skimmer... Which one did you go for?? That MP10 must be insane in that 16g tank. LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Use full strength saltwater for topoff and your salinity will probably rise to where you want it within a week. It will be very gradual that way. I have read this from you before... I think that is exactly what I will do. When you say full strength...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eric B 125 I've gotten the SG up to 1.018. I'm a little higher than I would like to be for the day so I'm going to leave it be. I will try to get it up to 1.021 tomorrow and keep the fish in QT while I am gone; I wouldn't want to put them in the DT and then leave...