Search results

yeah, I thought it was actually a good sign, that things are moving along.....thanks

that is alot of fish for that size tank. I believe the way to calculate is 1 inch of fish for every 2 to 3 gallons of water...

My new 200 has been up and running for 10 days now. When set up we used new water, some new sand and alot of established sand, some new LR and I've been adding LR from my current tank (125). What has happened today is, looks like a little diatom bloom.....I'm assuming this is to be expected...

Use only R/O water, get a phosphate sponge in put it in your sump. PUll out any rocks that have the red stuff on them, scrub them off and put back in tank. Catch it before it gets out of hand. Check your nitrates, that is often a culprit.

The ocean doesn't stop moving at night, neither should the water in your tank.

I'm in the process of moving from a 125 to a 200 right now. I used all new water, but put in sand out of an established system, 100 lbs of new LR, but keep adding a piece or two of my old LR over and I keep putting in more and more of the sand from my old tank. Tomorrow I'm going to add water...

The waiting is going to kill me, better that than kill the fish. I think next week I'll start adding some rock from my existing tank into the new one.

Updated pictures. This is 100 lbs of new rock. Lots of new sand, but also lots of sand out of my existing tank that I added to this. I have 150 lbs of beautiful coraline covered rock that has been in my 125 for 5 years and I'll slowly be adding that to this tank over the next few weeks.

How soon do you want this tank? I'll have a 125 with stand and sump available in a couple of months.

I'm a brave girl :cheer: I'm already having fun moving the rock around that's in there, can't wait to start getting some of my other rock in place.

The setup once complete: 200 rr Oceanic, 90 gallon sump with refugium, E.T.S.S. skimmer, chiller, 72" MH with 3 250w HQI's, and 4 96W PC's. Probably breakdown and get the calcium reactor also.

It holds water!! Whew, I had a bad dream last night that I came out this morning and all the water had leaked out! I've included some pics of the 200 gallon which is underway. Thank you very much to Dave and Dan from Oceans Floor for coming out last night with the water/sand/rock and all the...

I don't think it's anemones they like to eat....I think it's coral polyps...someone gave you some weird advice...or am I wrong on this. Someone else can maybe answer better.

It'll be reef. Right now I have alot of corals, but not many in the SPS family as I only have PC's on the 125. But the lights for the 200 gallon is a 72" MH with 3 250 HQ bulbs. I'm also going to keep the PC's going on it also. I bought this tank almost a year ago, and have been picking up...

I have been working on my list of inhabitants for this tank, and it's funny, but I'd rather have smaller and more rather than larger and fewer. The occupants from my 125 that will be moving over to their new digs included: flame angel, 2 anthias (1 male, 1 female), 2 yellow tailed damsels...

Forgot to mention it took 6 people to lift this bugger! 1/2" thick glass, IT WAS HEAVY!

The tank is ready for the next step.....plumbing! Ugh. I hired an experienced person to help with that and tuesday is the big day. He picked up the 70 gallon sump and protein skimmer already to start getting those ready and tuesday we hook stuff up and see if the darn thing holds water!! :cheer:

I tried the pulsing type a couple of times and never had any luck, just seemed to melt away, and another time I think my flame angel was doing it in.

I've had a brown gorgorian for almost 5 years, and frankly, I never feed it. It started out with 3 stalks and now has about a dozen at least, so I guess what I'm saying is that it doesn't seem difficult to have at all.

The one I have a beleive is some sort of brittle star. Large central disk, about the size of a half dollar, long skinny legs, and it's black and white. If I could find it I'd take a picture, but every once in a while if I move something for cleaning it goes scrambling away.