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I would go crank it at least once a month for about 15 minutes, just to make sure things are going alright. You wouldn't want to find out about problems while you are rushing to get it setup. I purchased a large generator (13KW) for the house right after Hurricane Rita came through and left us...

UPDATE: I made a trip to Houston earlier this week. Had to go by a couple LFS while there. Came home with a couple new corals: Full Shot Open Brain Colt Coral (not sure of which type) and one I left out earlier:

Originally Posted by FishFatty what is the importance of the salinity?? How do you raise or lower it? I am by far not an expert, but this is how I handle the salinity. First of, get the refractometer...much more accurate and easier readings than the hydrometer. Your salinity should be around...

Here is my 4.5 month old 75 gal. reef. It has about 100 lbs of LR in it.

Originally Posted by FishFatty how many pounds of live rock is in both of your tanks? I believe it was 100 lbs I went with. Originally Posted by fedukeford ya but they multiply like CRAZY, i got 5 a month ago, now i have 25+ Are these going to be a problem, or will they be beneficial? the_buzz_man

Originally Posted by wax32 Looking good. That brittle star won't grow, that's how big they get. Is this true, they only get to about half an inch? the_buzz_man

Originally Posted by damselsrck I really like your corals and anemones! If your chromis ever seems lonely I would suggest getting him at least one more chromis to hang with. There are actually 3 (three) chromis in the tank right now. The other two stay up toward the top. Those two were just...

Any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated. I would like to start getting more color to the tank. Thank You!! the_buzz_man

Pic 6--Yellow Leather w/ Clown/Anenome Pair #2 Pic 7--Pulsing Xenia #1 Pic 8--Not sure of proper name of this one, with Chromis Pic 9--Sump setup Pic 10--"JB" Jeweled Blenny, Yellow Tang, Blu/Green Chromis Pic 11-- "JB" My first fish! Pic 12-- Yellow Tang and Chromis. They pretty much stay...

Here are some pics of my 4.5 month old Reef. This is my first tank, but with the help of the local aquarium store, things are going great. Pic 1--1 month of operation Pic 2--Pic taken this morning! Pic 3--Clown/Anenome Pair #1 (left side of tank) Pic 4--My new Zoo colonies (notice the out of...

Thanks for the info, it appears it would be the q-tip sponge. Hopefully they won't harm the GSP Now, does anyone now what that tall thing sticking up is?(Look at center of pic 2, right side of GSP) Thank You!! Mike

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I still would like to get some info on what this thing is growing in my GSP. Since I first posted, the GSP has been doing very good. Until this am, it has been fully opening everyday. I have now noticed some white fuzzy things growing inside the GSP, almost looks like a spider's egg. I still...

I have a tank I just started about 2 months ago. I placed a GSP in it about two weeks ago and everything seemed to be going fine. You can see by the pics below that the GSP is in two main sections. The top section closed up a few days ago and hasn't opened up since. I then noticed some little...