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just to let you know, my 55 has cost 2000 so far and i consider everything I've gotten very cheap (great deal on tank) and me being a student like you I know that itll be hard to come up with the cash ~*Thanks so much, love ya*~ (comeing from a guy :rolleyes: it wasnt annoying)

is it called nori? It should and yea its safe but clowns and damsels wount particularly like its basically tangs, rabbitfish, blennnies, and angels that like it. (its really algea)

T-5s are a kind of florecent that with their paroablic reflectors can be almost as good as halides. Check out this tank, its only got a mere 2.8 wpg BUT look at the SPS and clams as well as all the other corals. HEres a pic

it could be some kind of sponge? Do a search for qtip sponge see if thats what it looks like

trust me i used to work at a lfs and know plenty about them, watts per gallon isnt usually the best measuring device, i'd go with dual 250 halides with t-5 parabolic reflectors, with electronic and icecap ballasts for anenomes and corals that would give you like 6 or 7 wpg and greatly intese...

that was the problem with the anenome, i know that they will survive for a little while with those lights even though they are very low for them (used to work for LFS people would buy anenomes grrr brings back bad memories :mad: ) dont go with anenomes agian, it looks like your params...

thats y i went with t-5 how does 2 year bulb life sound to you?

also the anenomes may have been suffering from improper lighting, what kind do you have?

from what i can see it looks like you forgot to include bubble traps which trap the bubbles, i cant tell much from the pic but do you have anything down there? Skimmer? Heater? Bioballs?

can you post a picture? It could be dead diatoms? who knows at this point also could just be detrious (poooop )

y ou g ot m ail check the acronym list at the top it tells you alot.

ok heres a go, you can drill your tank or get whats called an overflow box which is a box with a tube that sipons water contenuously down to the sump. The sump is where you put your heater (which keeps your tank warm) and your skimmer (which takes the nasties out of your tank) and then possibly...

id be interested in your flame hawk if you split up

you can strech the 1 inch per 5 gallons currently i have 2 clowns a coral beat and 2 damsels in my 55 and that totals to what 16 inches and that would be the "appropriate" level for an 80. Generally i go with around i inch per 3 gallons but you have to think about it a one foot grouper is gonna...

you got it plus a damsel would pe a pretty heavy bioload on that 30 gallon

Hey guys, my cleaning crew just came today and i got 2 dozen hermits (half blue half red) a queen chonk as well as some mexican turbos and an astrea snail (had to kick it over 60 and it was 59.90 lol) and was wondering if i ordered like 50 nassa snails of of the worlds larges auction site do you...

I'd say a pair of clowns & pigmy angel would do nicely, I'd remove the damsel and add the pair of clowns then after 2 months add the angel.

cycleing with fish :rolleyes: :happyfish --->

150 gallon (i dont think this needs explaining :D ) acrylic (a plastic that aquariums are made of vs glass) blue back (the back is out of blue acrlic) 2 overflows (this is where the water comes out of the tank in a box usually in the corner) flex hoses (where the overflow drains and where you...

try adding some amequel, does the qt have any biological filtration (IE sand, hand on filter, sponge filter (the best IMHO) if not GET SOME NOW! :D but a cowfish being very sensitive to water quility I'd greatly try to do something before he poisons himslef. :scared: :cheer: [hr] > in a...