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LeBoeuf, I've had a purple Gorgonian frag for about three months. I have it in the bottom right corner of my tank......flow from any of my 3 ph's keeps current in the medium range, IMO. My lighting is a 175w 10k MH and 2 96w VHO, one Daylight, one 50/50. The polyps are fully extended while...

freeride7, My 45 gallon is 36" long. I bought a nice combo hood a year ago that has a 175w MH and 2 96w VHO. The ballast has seperate off/on switches for the MH and VHO's so I have them on different timers. The hood comes with two fans. For more mon ey you can upgrade the MH to a 250 or 400w...

Deb, I've had mine for over two years. I always thought it was an octo-bubble. Jim

My lmb went carpet-surfing....twice. I found him right after his first escape and threw him back in the tank. A few days later he wasn't so lucky. Did you check behind/under your tank? Jim

The die-off from your live rock may have started a cycle.....but maybe it didn't. If you didn't do any testing over the last month, since you added the lr, you won't know if you cycled or not. To be safe, I'd throw a cocktail shrimp in there for a few days, then get your water tested. I...

Sheree, I'm not an expert either but have my MH and VHO's about 6 inches above the water. Most of the lighting threads I've read indicate a range of 6 to 12 inches above the water for best results. Don't forget to acclimate your tank....... slowly....... to the new lights. I used an...

Rock, When the phosphate sponge absorbs as much phosphate as it can handle, if left in the system, over time, it will leach some of the absorbed phosphate back into the water. I use Phosguard and leave it in my system up to two weeks, then remove it. Jim

Excite74, The chromis will be fine. The dwarf angels (sp.centrophyge) require a more mature tank with lots of algea growth. They graze constantly. If your tank hasn't been set up for at least 6 months, I'd delay purchasing a dwarf angel. The two you've selected are both beautiful, but the...

Jillian, It's not exclusively the number of gallons, but the "footprint" of the tank that you'll want to consider as well. One of the LFS' near me has a 150 gallon tank that is 4' x 2 1/2' x 2 1/2'. I wouldn't recommend putting two large tangs in that tank. I'd agree with those who have...

Mike, Congratulations! You certainly have two good looking boys there!! Robert's sleeping in of his pictures. Guess he sleeps all the time, right? ;) Enjoy every minute you have with them while they're this young. Our "baby" is 19.....time flies! Jim

I had an opportunity to return to the National Aquarium in Baltimore thios past weekend. They now have a special seahorse exhibit. It's Very nice!! More than a dozen tanks with many different species. They have one tank where they're housing some tiny babies. Also two tanks with different...

Hey entice, I have a Fluval 304 too. I run the foam pads that are a prefilter for the coarser dirt and then the Fluval bio-media. Occasionally I'll use some carbon, as needed. I lay the mesh bags of bio-media and carbon across the side-by-side compartments, filling two of them with each. Jim

sandman12, No. Normally Q tanks won't have anything in them except some pieces of PVC pipe or a rock or two for hiding. No substrate, little or no live rock and usually no lighting. Therefore no pods. Jim

clownbuddies, Welcome to the Board! If you have "lots" of live rock and live sand, you could be okay but more likely than not, right after your tank cycles, adding three fish all at once may overload the new biological filtration system. To be safe, I might start with one fish then add the...

Mine is probably a familiar story. I set up my 45 reef and slowly began to over-stock it with inappropriate fish. I had a Percula clown, hippo tang, lawnmower blenny and sailfin tang , and then decided to add a flame angel to my less-than-year-old tank with no Q tank. Huge ich outbreak...

stumpdog, I buy my slat in by the 5 gallon buckets so I have bunch of empyt ones of those around. I put the RO/DI water in the 5 gallon bucket and mix my salt in there. I put the powerhead in and let that run for a day them use the slatwater for water changes. I would think , if you keep it...

perchpsk, "Tree coral" can refer to a number of varieties of soft coral. There's the Tree Coral (Paralemnalia.sp) which is considered moderately difficult to keep and can give off toxins, the tree Coral, yellow (Nephthea.sp) which requires moderate care levels and the Carnation Tree Coral...

hkgar, They're non-photosynthetic. They actually like to be hung upside down in a "cave-like" area with moderate flow. They must be feed by hand multiple times a day. Most often they don't survive in home aquaria because they starve to death. Most people who have tried, me included, have...

mnreefman, I was not flaming. Sorry if it sounded that way. I just wanted to provide that additional information in case Drakken wasn't aware of the potential problems with over-dosing iodine. Jim