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1. yes protein skimmers are the most effective way to filter your tank. plus you have a BIG tank so you will have a lot of livestock. 2. no add a skimmer onto that. 3. most people think that crushed coral is a detritis trap and it's harder for sandbed dwellers to stir up your sand. use 50%...

yes but i believe aquacultured queens tend to stay small

ah i see cool. very good design!!! :cheer:

that will be a lot of flow through the refugium don't u think. aren't you worried about sand being washed out? not trying to discourage you or anything just wondering.

cool

Mississippi

here's mine w/ feeders out

lol omg

omg lmao dude that is definantely way too small. i can't believe you thought they would be okay. you can't even house 1 much less 3.

jcrim is no moron. in fact he is 100% correct so let's reassess the situation here. many people do in fact do barebottom tanks. many swear by it. some claim that a sand bed is a detritus/nitrate bomb waiting to explode. just so you know that if you do do a BB tank you will have the vacuum...

i got a bucket of instant ocean at petsmart for 45.99.

i got 1 word conchs

BTW also if you don't have a sump or a fuge i would definantely look into it.

i definantely think you need to upgrade your cleanup crew. i like the queen conchs. they eat all kinds of algae including hair and slime. i got 6 and they keep my sandbed and the bottoms of my LR spotless. i am currently battling hair algae as well but i'm finally starting to win...!!! HAHA...

yes many corals and fish can't tolerate being shipped in the winter. you will notice that in the spring the stock list will be much higher.

the spider web looking stuff is possibly a tube worm. they let out a spider web like substance to catch food. the little shrimp looking thing is probably a pod. that is a very good thing. this is the whole reason you buy liverock.

live rock doesn't require light. if you are trying to take advantage of macro algae a decent light may be needed. i have a 18w jebo odysea in my sump/fuge

that's a funny one

forgot to mention that i didn't get a piece smaller than 5 lbs. pieces varied from 5lbs. to 13-15lbs.

the rock is very nice from SWF.com. i ordered 45-50lbs but i think i got 50. very nice pieces with a good amount of coralline. lots of pink, purple, and even a little orange, alot covered in white coralline too.