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from my understanding, with powercompacts, NO. I have 440 watts of VHO on a standard 55 gal. and they tell me I can't do it. I ordered a single 175w MH kit and its coming in Friday, can't wait!!

I am with NM on that one. If you feed you tank frozen foods, most of the supplements that you are buying $$ and adding are in the foods. And yes, just as NM says, doing regular, religious water changes will add those used supplements back too... Keep in mind, just because your LFS sells shelf...

YO! jasonw, what is the wattage? i'm here in Baton Rouge. is it a retrofit?

someone please explain this Watts Per Gallon to me. i have a regular 55 gal tank with 4 110 watt VHO, that would make me having 8 watts per gallon, BUT i don't have 55 gallons of water in my tank. honestly, i've never dumped all the water out and refilled to measure is there a formula usable...

yep, rubbermaid buckets/trashcans. i would have fresh salt water made up at your home. i'm sure some will be lost during the move....

I noticed this morning that i have small air pockets in the top inch of my sand bed. is this some types of nitrogen exchange? i'm about to do test on nitrate and such. my sedbed is 4" deep. i had about a 2" sandbed for 8 months. when i moved 10 weeks ago, i added an additional 2" on top of...

oh yeah, she also eats the frozen mysis shrimp that i feed my other inhabitants.

i've been having my mandarin for about 3 months now. she constanly hunts for pods and such. i was getting worried that she would eat them all, but after talking to a few guys they said it won't happen. my tank was established for about 10 months before i purchased her, and noticed pods...

from what i understand about these guys (nudi's in general), if they come as hitchhickers they are feeding off of something on that particular rock. which isn't a bad thing. NOW if they tend to venture off that rock, that would mean their source of food is gone from that rock and they are...

what type water are you using on changes? if it's tap water you may be getting blooms. i would recommend RO water... HTH

i have one and it keeps to himself. very hidden when lights are on but very much a hunter at night. i've watched him when the lights are off and he never seems attracted to my corals. he mostly hunts down sucken frozen food not eaten by fish or other mates. i did have 3 of them. the other...

That is COOL !! Did you buy it or it just appeared? That is a huge one huh? I have one but he is a lot smaller.:D :D Heather

now power outages may be different. you see, depending on how high you sump pump has to deliver the water to your main tank is the question. if your pump should loss power, a reverse flow will happen because the rotor in the pump will actually begin to turn the opposite way because of the...

i've heard of dipping individual pieces of rock in fresh water, although i've actually never done it. they say it will draw any critter out of the rock. then i guess you pick the critters you want to keep and discard the ones you don't. i wonder if you could let the rock dry out? i'm...

yep, my devil's hand does that. i wouldn't sweat it! i've even tried once to take my turkey baster and blow water on the leather to try and remove it, didn't work all that well. it does it's own thing and returns back to normal. I did this because it was at that stage for like 10 days and I...

Salt T Nutz (good name by the way) hit it on the head. The syphon will not break because the water is "even" on both sides of the syphon box. Once you start filling the sump with new water, then turn your sump pump on, the water will rise in the main tank filling the side of the syphon. More...

I agree !!

very very nice pics! please, keep them coming! :D

WOW!! I have those in my sump. Glad to know they are a good thing. Heather:D

I think it would be a nudibrach. Do some research on them they all are simular but different colors. I have one and yes it is a fast little creatures.