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The best equipment for ANY reef tank is knowledge and experience. These two requirements for success are far and away more important than the cost or complexity of the equipment. That said, Andy gave good advice. Except for the lighting part! LOL :D I am a VHO advocate as an alternative to MH...

Have you considered VHO? I am having great results with my new VHO system. Animals are laying down new coral, and anemones are splitting. Life on the reef is amazing healthy. All this AFTER I switched to VHO, from PC. Just another thought, and my humble .02. Hermit

I agree with the temp, but I keep my salinity at 1.026 in my reef. My BT has already split once, and I have another ready to split. My humble .02 Hermit

I have had my flame angel 5+ years. Always been healthy and hardy. I suspect the current methods of capture is the reason for so many deaths. Poison. That's my theory. My flame hawkfish is by far my favorite. He gets cleaned daily by my scarlet cleaner shrimp, so go figure. He is in the same...

Yes, I agree with Sammy. I think you have what is commonly called "Cactus Stalk" Halimeda. I started some in my 40 gal reef and I love it. It has a high calcium demand, so I have researched, and will grow well in a high water quality system. So use it as a benchmark on how well your system is...

NO sand contains cultures of live bacterias, but does not contain critters (worms, etc.). To get these critters you need "detrivore kits", added to your sand bed, once the bed is in place. You can purchase different "grades" of sand particles. I agree with BurnNSpy above. Only I used ESV sand...

Beth, I was advised about 3-4 months ago, that the mfgr. of the Solar Series, Niche Engineering, was "updating" this series. There are still some sources of the Solar Series, but I am awaiting the word that the "new" models are released, and that I purchase one of THESE. So, I am waiting and...

I wholeheartly agree ADRON. I keep my reef set at 81. It may on a "hot" day here go as high as 83. But mostly it stays right on 82/83 day and 81 night. I have VHO ABS hood, fan cooled. Perfect surface agitation. I have animals laying down new coral, and anemones splitting. The reef is quite...

I, too, took the elcheapo route. And it works terrific. Wal-Mart---$5 bucks. A flat indiglow nite lite, that the actual light is round, disk measures about 3" diameter. Perfect moon. Beautiful color. Sends a "glow" across the entire reef. I mounted it on the back upper left of the tank, on the...

My 40/gal breeder is lighted by 380 watts VHO on a IceCap 660 e-ballast. Since I changed lighting (from PC) my cup coral has also opened fully and laid down new coral, in addition to my RBT splitting. Coincidence? Ummmmmmm............. HTH Hermit

How many drops your dripper needs to drip [hr] that is the question!! :D I got my AquaDoser and have been dripping for two days now. My rocket scientist husband figured it out for me. I have a 40 gal, with 30 gal of actual water, that evaporates 1/2 gal a day. I need 1 drop every three...

Well it came late yesterday so I have had a chance now to tweak it all day. I love this thing!! Yes, I am very happy with the purchase and it does make the tank much more natural. I have it set on 1 minute 45 second alternating currents from 5 powerheads. Two in one direction, three in the...

Congradulations! ;) I can so relate to your excitement. My BT split two weeks ago and the drama almost caused me a stroke! Just curious, though. Your post said "twins". Did your BT split twice? Or do you have the original BT and one new clone? Mine split and from this I got one perfect new...

Anybody???

Well, I have come up with 26 drops per minute to equal 1/2 gal/per day. Does this sound right to anyone with experience with dripping?????? TIA Hermit

I have two yellow cukes in my 40 gal/reef. They do a great job in keeping the sand sifted. And I can always tell where they have been by the sand (poop I call them :eek: ) pellets they leave behind. The sand "swallowers" or "moppers" like I have actually injest sand, take what they want...

I, too have begun to drip. :D I need to figure out how many drops to drip! I have a 40 gal and evaporation rate is approx. 1/2 gal per day. How do you figure this out? :rolleyes: Mantis: I just got the Kent Aqua Doser. I'll let you know after I figure all this out! Hermit

Thanks SiF! My wavemaker arrives on Tuesday and my experimentation will begin! Your advice sounds solid to me. Thanks again. Hermit

Anyone have opinions on what is the best pattern (s) for a wavemaker? Assume 4 powerheads. Two on left (one upper back, one upper front), one in the center, and one on the right. How would you run it? I was thinking on/off 45 second intervals. Should they all come on? One at a time...

I so agree with the recommendation of a Flame Hawfish! He has more personality than anyone else, he is The Red Baron! :D Special consideration for my second fav, the lawnmower blennie. (Jack). Very cool. Always front and center and right up to the glass. And who can resist those Marilyn...