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Originally Posted by lil.guppy Ohhhh I LOVE your tank! Did you get nervous when they were drilling the holes in the back? Thank you lil.guppy. No not nervous at all, I also drilled my 55g reef which I plan on adding onto the 150s filtration and use it as a frag tank.

nice tank....keep the pics coming,

That's a sweet looking tank I would snag that real quick, it looks well taken care of, The lighting would suffice for soft and some LPS corals but I would up-grade the lighting, Just my opinion Brian_Wis

Originally Posted by jpa0741 Sounds like your are going to have a great SPS setup. Keep up the good work. Thanks again jpa0741, Which pump would you buy for 150g SPS reef tank? Hydor Koralia #3 Powerhead Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days Our Price: $37.00 In Stock! The Hydor Koralia #3...

Originally Posted by jpa0741 Looking good. Couple things. As far as you only using a return pump for flow. 3500gph (22x turnover) won't be no where near enough flow for SPS. That won't be enough for really any coral (I would say 30x turnover min.). You are going to need atleast 6000 (40x) gph...

Originally Posted by jelly-shrimp epic tank man,and holy toaster that is an amazing deal, i so wish I could get my custom built dream tank for that much! 72L x 22W x 36H a 250gal beast of a woman! but, if my parents let me, I'll transfer my freshwater tank into a saltwater tank! yay, 10gals of...

Thanks for the comments all, I will rewrite my post/questions lol sorry I confused you, As for questions, I was wondering what size return return pump I need for SPS corals?? My overflow box does 3500gph, The 2nd question was, What size returns should I use 1inch or smaller? I hope this helps...

if I counted right you have 28 fish, what size tank is this? I hope at least 180g. and with that many fish I hope your skimmer is in the 300g range?

Take things slow DIRECTVGUY let it cycle,If ammonia gets over 50 I myself would do a small water change of 4gallons, then just do small water changes like 3-4 gollons every 5-6 days after its done cycleing, small tanks can turn ugly quick. Good luck and welcome to the hobby. Brian

Take things slow Joe let it cycle,If ammonia gets over 50 I myself would do a small water change of 4gallons, then just do small water changes like 3-4 gollons every 5-6 days after its done cycleing, small tanks can turn ugly quick. Good luck and welcome to the hobby. Brian

what size water changes are you doing and is it weekly or biweekly, monthly, I would change out 10-15g weekly if I were you,algae is the problem here, how old are your lights, bulbs should be replaced every 10-11 months? How bout a skimmer, I have a skimmer rated for tanks up to 400g on my 150...

Originally Posted by Kube might want to remove them links from your post, they dont allow you to link to other sites yikes thanks Kube

Originally Posted by mikrapp1972 What is best way to put a feather dust in the tank ? do you need to put him on a rock near a rock or in the sand? Just place on sand by a rock in low flow and it will go/stay put, stress feather dusters and they will pop there head/feathers off lol they will...

Originally Posted by rbmdaltx I'm setting up 29 gal long aquarium with a 15 gal sump/refugium. My tank is not pre-drilled so I need an overflow box. What's the best type of overflow box to use, Tube Overflow Box or Continuous Siphon Overflow Box? I've done some searches but haven't been able to...

i would cut or break the cooler, my wife has held/touched our star fish

Originally Posted by Stanlalee yes its very possible (and likely if you have 10ppm nitrates, zero ammonia and nitrites). a) you need a test kit that you can distinquish if you have nitrates or not b) if you truly started with "partially cured" rock that means its still producing ammonia and...

ok you guys scared me for a sec lol

ok so what in the world is a ATS?????????

looks to me this thread is nothing but a joke?????????