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Yeah, you would want to have a back up plan like a generator for an extreme event like a hurricane, but if you have multiple tanks, I could imagine it paying for itself in a few years. I'm all about conserving energy, and would serisouly consider solar energy when I move into a house.

It was mentioned in a "how much is your electric bill" thread, but I was curious if anyone has successfully run a tank from solar power?

+1 Selection I also think appearance is equally important because it tells a lot about what the store really cares about. I agree walking into a LFS that has empty tanks and a skimpy selection can be annoying. Knowledge is good to have, but chances are I am going to research it further on the...

It is between 52 and 55 gallons.

I don't pay my electric bill, the Univeristy does!

+1 you can find a better deal than that. Dude has fake corals! two lights, two protein skimmers, two canister filters... All of that equipment would need to be upgraded to have a successful tank. Yeah he payed $3000 because he bought 2 of everything. What kind of tank are you thinking about...

I have a coral beauty in my reef. He picks at the pumping xenia and my nassarius snails if he doesn't get enough food. He has not done any real damage, so I would say they are 90% reef safe. Awesome fish though, a lot of character and great colors.

what do you use to keep it attached to the frag rock? Gel super glue? or do you net it down like you would Xenia and wait for it to attach?

I would test in a couple weeks. Why waste your time when you know its going to take multiple weeks to cycle. What kind of lighting do you have? Great start!

haha welcome to the boards! Sounds like something my gf's dad would do, he is from Wilkes county btw. You only lost one jar out of the entire package? Amazing.

Agreed. And you are probably going to be spending a boat load on the LR anyways. Hold out on the crew for a couple weeks, and save up some $$

Add them at the same time. Be sure that your LR is on the bottom glass and not on top of the LS. You can add the crew immediately. Only fish will produce detrius, and if you have a good crew you won't have to worry about that. I am guessing you are going for a reef? IMO go with 30+ astrea...

I passed on purchasing a $110 used Aqua C skimmer and went to Home Depot and bought a $.50 cent piece from the kitchen department and fixed the leak my seaclone skimmer was experiencing. It has been running for 48 hours and is skimming like a champ. I have decided to try freshwater with my new...

keyword "Aiptasia" Short answer: bad. Short resolution: Joes Juice and a Pepermint Shrimp.

It helps with gas exchange to not have any kind of covering on a saltwater tank.

How new is the rock? When I transfered mine it had sponge growing on the rock and died off and turned white when it was placed in the new cycling tank.

haha no secret! Most all of the rock in my tank came from the old system my buddy had setup. When I purchased the tank, he had no filtration and a maxi jet 400 and 600 running in the tank. He topped off with tap water, and the tank had a salinity of 1.031. As you can see from the first couple...

Its been up for 2 1/2 months. Seaclone just crapped out on me. Working on getting a Aqua C Remora with the pre-skimmer.

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