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Originally Posted by SaltyCrab So make sure you have lots of copepods and get rid of any crabs that might be an issue. so the small crawly's in my tank are the copepods correct? and i belive that my crabs should be ok do to the fact that the dragonette i am looking at my lfs is in a tank with...

well i have been saltwater tank keeping for about 4 years now this is my second tank but i never had the time being in the military to mess with a reef tank so now i do but i really dont want to upgrade my lights since there only 1 year old and have had no problem with them, so i think i could...

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Originally Posted by PerfectDark I think you will be able to keep mushrooms and zoas for sure. Some medium to low light corals placed high on your LR IMO you will be able to keep. Start slow try them out and see what happens. thanks for the advice, now thats what i wanted to do and get advice...

Originally Posted by arod268 heres a link thanks for the link, i appreciate it alot, but a few more questions now, so the clear baby shrimp looking things crawling around in my tank are copepods or isopods? and in my return pump it comes with a built in filter, am i wasting my time with a fuge...

Originally Posted by PerfectDark I dont think you would have an issue that high up. How big of a tank is it? I HAVE A 60 GALLON WHICH IS 48 X 14 X 18, I HAVE ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SAND BED SO THAT RAISES MY LIVE ROCK UP AND ABOUT 65 LBS OF LIVE ROCK, I HAVE THE 1 10K BULB AND THE 1 ACTINIC BULB...

I just set my refugium up, and the reason for it was so that i could house a mandarin dragonette, so the copepods are kind of a big deal, and well i was told to flash a light in my tank at night and id see them, but i dont see much, i see movement but in all honesty i dont know what i am looking...

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see this is exactly why i asked this, lets say i have a low light coral and i place him up high on my rockwork, i have 1-10k and 1 actinic bulb, both rated at 54w, now the sense i had gotten before was that i was banned from buying any coral at all, so what is to keep me from adding coral if i...

how about 30 bucks for all the books shipped?

I posted this on the corals threads as well but maybe some one here can answer my question too, the question is can some one fill in the blanks for me, i dont get what they mean by medium,low and lots when referring to flow and light? low light: low flow: medium light: medium flow: lots of...

I keep seeing that many corals have different needs, some meed lots of light some need low light some need medium light, and other need high flow and other are the same as the light listed above, so i guess the question is can any one fill in the blanks: low light: low flow: medium light: medium...

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now if i was to just buy a retrofit kit would i be able to add them to my existing two bulbs?

Originally Posted by Beatlesfan it would be much better and easier if you upgraded. Also to keep corals you NEED to have your salinity at 1.025-1.027 and your ph at at least 8.2. i guess i have read i do need to have my salinity at 1.025.. and i have said before i will just look into adding...

Originally Posted by grubsnaek even though its two bulbs if the lite system is a tek T5 setup than i would think that your good for softies, and some LPS not all. but honestly an upgrade would make it easier. yeah i guess your right grub it would just be easier to have no doubt that i could...

Originally Posted by Jmick If you add them be sure to keep an eye on them cus if they die you'll want to get them out asap. On my last post, since i am looking to add them to my 'fuge, what do they look like or what are signs of a dead cleaner clam? sorry to steal the thread

if you have a 'fuge then they might work for you, i just added my 'fuge to my sump and i think they will be added to my 'fuge because they help keep your nitrates down

from the looks of your livestock and what you have posted, it seems that your tank is not able to keep up with the bio-load, not to nagg, but the yellow tang needs a min. of 100 gallons to thrive, and im not sure how many gallons your butterfly needs but i know for a fact that a 55 is to small...

wattsupdoc, thanks for your opinion, i think so far you have put things into the light for me, i see what your point is and i very much appreciate it... i can see what your saying and maybe 2 t-5's will work but nobody really knows because they have not tried it themselfs, there going off of...