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I assume your talking about cocktail shrimp to start the cycle. You're fine to take them out, they're only there to provide enought ammonia to start the cycle. You actually don't even need to throw in a shrimp if you're using uncured LR it will start the cycle when the stuff that didn't make it...

Food can be a source of changing color, the better the food the better the color. I'd reccomend a high quality frozen food like formula 1. Cyclopeeze is also good, I have the freeze dried kind of this which I alternate with the frozen. Also if your water parameters are bad it will cause them...

You have to have some to start like from a piece of LR. With the right levels of calcium and alkalinity you should grow it fine. It doesn't need high intensity lighting just normal output, actually I've noticed coraline dosen't grow well under my 250w MH bulbs. Try dosing Bionic 2 part additive...

I'd run 3X250w MH's. Actually with a tank that deep I'd almost be tempted to run 400w MH's if you want to have high light acropora's.

What are the dimensions of the 100? What corals are you gonna want to have. Also you can run some fans to help with heat.

I believe natural SW is 1300-1500, magnesium helps with keeping and maintaining calcium and alkalinity

Well if you don't wanna change out the sockets, that rules out the DE's. I'm not sure if you will be able to hook up your existing socket/wiring from the PFO's to the Icecap. Does the wiring you have now use the quick disconnects?

I've heard that mantis's make several small pops in a row while the pistol's normally do one large pop.

If money was no option, I'd get the icecap and run some 250 DE's. They're almost as good as 400 SE.

There are no hybrids, they're either electronic or magnetic however there are several types of magnetic ballasts for firing multiple types of MH bulbs. IceCap electronics are great but they're pricy. You will spend less on your electric bill but its also going to produce slightly less PAR/light...

Are they all electronic? Magnetic's run bulbs a bit better but produce more heat from the ballast and use more electricity. A lot of people will only use magnetic ballasts. A magnetic HQI ballast would be nice so you could run 250 DE bulbs, they're suppose to put out almost as much light as a...

I'd say 5k bulbs sound kind of low and would grow algae so that may be part of your problem, also bulbs are only good for about a year and then they start growing algae bad, I'd say with a 10gal only do a fish only tank. Once you get good at SW get a larger tank for a reef tank, small reef tanks...

why not just use microsoft excel, assuming you have excell or some other type program

^^^^^ great tips Only thing I can say is vacuuming substrate is a bad idea if you have sand as its going to vacuum up the sand, the only substrate you should need to vacuum is CC which is not reccomended to use in the first place. I also don't know if I'd reccomend pointing a power head at the...

Asbury, WPG is only a rough guideline, what you really need to look at is intensity, VHO will never be as intense as MH no matter how much you have of it unless you're measuring PAR at 2" below the surface. MH simply carries intensity better than VHO. I think 10WPG of VHO on your tank is very...

Color spectrum can sometimes affect coral color especially when using MH's, 20k typically provide better color while 6.5k and 10k provide better growth and less coloring. The poor coloring can sometimes be helped with actinics. The type corals depends on how much lighting you get and how good...

I don't have one but I belive the whole box is filled and probably part of the tube. You adjust the desired height of the water level by adjusting the gate valve. Do your already have one or are you looking at getting one. If you don't already have one I'd suggest getting an Euroreef as they...

I got a red open brain which arrived in great condition and is looking great now.

I've got yuma's and montipora digitata's from bang and they did fine with priority mail, I got it in 2 days, I think 3 days may have been pushing it. The montiporas look a little rough for the first couple days but do fine.

There's no longer a disclaimer stating no coral sales in the classified section, does that mean its legit now. Should coral sale threads go in the classified forum or coral and trade forum?