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Visit www.spyreef.homestead.com/home.html to view my website and Plenum reef. It has been running for almost 2yrs, has no nitrates and has recently been moved 50 miles without water parameter changes. My maintenance consist of changing 2 gallons of water every sunday, adding Aragamilk daily and...

Hammers will be fine together. BurnNSpy

Check out my Reef Basics page for info you may want to check out. www.spyreef.homestead.com/home.html BurnNSpy

Check out my website about Kalkwasser: www.spyreef.homestead.com/home.html BurnNSpy

Morbid survival rate, sorry. BurnNSpy

Mine are open for most of the day. BurnNSpy

Good luck both animals are on the morbid survival list but you can use gel superglue to mount them. BurnNSpy

Sorry guys, I only use Instant Ocean and I have a purple tank. The problem is your water condition. BurnNSpy

Actually CC and aragonite are similar but molecularily different. Both are calcium bicarbonate but aragonite is unstable therefor breaks down under acidic conditions into calcium and increasing buffer capacity. That is why aragonite is better. BurnNSpy

Great for freshwater aquariums maybe. BurnNSpy

Probably a peanut worm, actually most worms are harmless or beneficial. BurnNSpy

I recommmed keeping all livestock until it is proven hazardous to the reef or its inhabitants. Bio-diversity is interesting and beautiful. BurnNSpy

Coraline turns white when it is dead. I have yet to see it anyother way. When I was my pumps and skimmer, most of the coraline cannot survive the freshwater and cleaners and turns white. BurnNSpy

When I setup my 29gal reef I used Nature's Ocean LS and CaribSea Seaflor reef sand. Added LR and now I have all kinds of stuff in my gravel making tunnels. I also have numerous types of feather duster and tube worms, sponges, scallops, micro-brittle stars and other creatures I have been...

Tangster, your plan is sound. Just remember that vacuuming the sand weekly will go a long way towards keeping the tank healthy. BurnNSpy

Check out my Reef Basics webpage dedicated to that very question: www.spyreef.homestead.com/home.html BurnNSpy

These are some questions you should consider: 1. How much maintenance am I willing to do and how often? 2. What livestock do I plan to keep that and be safe together? 3. What lighting will I need to start with so I won't have to upgrade later? 4. How can I avoid introducing unwanted hitchhickers...

I recommend buying 20lbs of Nature's Ocean LS if you can find it at a LFS, it may save your livestock and stop the cycle. The white crust is dead coraline algae. Check out my Reef Basics webpage for some condensed info that you need right now. www.spyreef.homestead.com/home.html Good luck, BurnNSpy

Any good LR is a detrivore kit. BurnNSpy

I use Aragamilk, Kalkwasser and water changes for all of my reef keeping needs. BurnNSpy