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What do you have for lighting? It doesn't take MH to grow coralline, but you do need decent light.

It does use up some of the nitrate and phosphate out of the water, so it does to a small extent help with filtration. It can compete with nuisance algae and reduce it's proliferation in the tank. And it looks nice.

Give things about 2 weeks to calm down, then you can start to add stuff. A fish a week is a good period to let the bacteria adjust. Sorry for the loss, but you learned something from it so it is not really a total loss. If you've been tossing around the idea of a larger tank, now you have the...

Zack, I dont know what to tell you, I don't know of any way to remove coralline without damaging acrylic coralline is much tougher than acrylic, hopefully someone else will jump in.

I have read just about every DIY article on this subject including the one you posted, there may be some merit to the idea, but it does sound like a lot of hastle. If you don't get the drip rate right, you could kill everything in your tank. I think a DSB is definitely the way to go if you...

For low light corals, these would work, look at the 6 x 96 watt Bright Kit, that would give you 3.2 Watts per gal. It'd be well lit. at http://www.ahsupply.com/96watt.htm BTW, the only reason I am posting a link to this is that www.saltwaterfish.com does not carry a product in this range.

If you were going to use the Iwaki as a return pump, why not just build a pvc pipe deal to pull water from the bottom of the sump, up over the wall of the sump and into the intake of the Iwaki. I'd hold onto the Iwaki, whatever you decide to do.

Oh Yeah, you're an addict.:D If you could find the right curved acrylic you could have a "shark tunnel" like they have at SeaWorld.

Hard to say about the paddlefin, sounds like maybe a gill infection of some sort, are his respirations faster than normal? Another food that you may want to try is Mysis shrimp, they are highly nutritious and fish usually take them pretty well. Sorry I can't help you with the paddlefin, I...

Just use a piece of airline tubing placed near the coral to spot feed. Stick the tubing in the bottle, cap the other end with your thumb, put the end down by the coral, then uncap the other end. HTH

Hey Josh, I've been in that church, truly awe inspiring. If anybody ever visits St. Louis they should check that out, religious or not!

You should have 10x the capacity of the tank in gph so 2 402's, one on each side of the tank pointing at each other would be good. By directing their flows at each other it can break up or "randomize" the flow. It would also be a good idea to have a small powerhead(201 or 301) providing flow...

Gotta say Bang, that is pretty darn clever! I have seen some smaller carboys, I think 2.5 gallon, I'm pretty sure I saw them at Target or something. Maybe for smaller setups those would work well.

While the tank is still full, check the sides of the stand with your level to make sure it is plumb, the idea being that the stand is somehow leaning. Weird situation, any chance you could post a picture of the stand so we can see what you're dealing with? If you have a good length of clear...

50(actinic)/50(daylight) seems to be the most popular combination and gives a nice balance. HTH, personally I like straight 10,000K, bright white with just the right amount of blue.

Sounds like about the right population density for the San Diego area:D LOL. Lived there for a while, gotta love I-5 at about 5:00 p.m.:D

Instead of using a venturi, you can also use a piece of airline to introduce air into the impeller of the pump, put an air control valve on the airline. This slows the flow of the pump without restricting the output side. It gives you great bubbles for a skimmer. If you are going to build...

Originally posted by daveatstupid Should I let him out? Yeah! take him for a walk, probably just needs some excercise:D LOL

Here's some good info, there really isn't much to it. http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dyn...%2Fjaubert.htm

That's a great price for that tank! Buy me one too:D