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JacknJill, thanks, I am planning on waiting, my thought process was if the lighting was not enough could I afford to go MH at this time. If I have learned only one thing from my research and reading these posts, it is PATIENCE!! and more PATIENCE. I plan on taking it really slow.

thanks Aloha, yeah I have heard mixed things. have read that they are beneficial, and heard from others that they not only kill the bad micro orgs but good as well. I will research more and maybe get some more replies. Thanks again.

Hey Salty, gonna use a mixture of live and aragonite. Any thoughts on the use of the UV sterilizer? Anything else I need to do before setting up? And really, thank you for the input, leave it to a good chedderhead to be personable. i was hopeing for more input from others, I guess not much...

Thanks for info so far. I will check back when I wake up, I work nights need to sleep. Hope there are more replies this afternoon. later

Salty, I have yet to set the tank up I am just getting prepared to do it. The LFS has some nice clams about 3inch at the store. yeah the lighting is 8X65w duals. Any hints about set up and what order to put the DSB in; before LR? After LR? After cycle? Any hints?

hey thanks for the reply Salty Cheese. My guy at the LFS seems to think this will be enough to keep clams being 520watts. What clams could I keep with these lights, should i put them up high on the rock? the LFS has I think a deresa and squamosa in his 125 with the same lighting, I think. oh...

Hello all, I am trying a reef again after 5 years out and things seem to have progressed rapidly from my last attempt, which was plagued with bad advice from the LFS and a lot of money wasted. I have researched and read here for 4 weeks and think I'm ready. Here is the set up please give me...

Thanks for the input journeman I appreciate it. So I will go 4-6 inch then thanks.

What about having the refugium, could this allow me to stick with a 4 inch sand bed? Will the refugium make a difference?

Ok I just read the sand bed question posed by another person so I guess the concensous is 6 inch. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.

Hello all, I have been reading up on stasrting a new tank for about 3 weeks now, I have read Natural reef aquariums, The New Reef Aquarium, and will start on the Conscientoius Marine Aquarist soon. But I feel that I have gotten just as good of information from all of your posts here, thanks...