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hi again! cycling is essentially getting the bacteria working for you in regards to the amonia broken down into nitrites and then into nitrates. I strongly suggest you purchase some test kits for the following: nitrites nitrates ammonia phosphates ph salinity (hydrometer is needed here) if you...

Hi and welcome to the board! First off.. lighting can be pretty much any fluorescent or better. Since you are going with a fish only then that is not an issue. The better lighting would be something you can get later. I have a prizm skimmer and like it for my 55. it does a nice job but i do...

man i wish i could take shots like that. what kind of camera do you have bang guy? Thanks for the info as well! :)

but could use my money to get other things for my tank right now aside from your inhabitants the two single most important parts of your setup is the tank and the water. For a hundred bucks you can get an ro/di. With all that you are spending on your tank it would be a shame to cut back on that...

Thanks Bang Guy. I was just curious if it had been achieved in a tank before is all. I will see if i can get some of them to survive and if they do great but if not then at least I tried. If i get them big enough I will take some pics. Thanks all Dave

Thanks! "BUMP" means that person just wants the topic brought back up to the top so more people can see it.

I keep mine at about 79-81 and have seen many other posts of people trying to stay below 82. 85 does seem a bit high and your new tankmates probably came from a much colder tank and the stress just overwhelmed i think. I would suggest lowering the temperature very slowly. like over the period of...

Well after having my 2 cleaner shrimps carry a few batches of eggs in the past I actually got to watch them eject them this time. One of them has been carrying these eggs longer than in the past so i have been watching closely. Well just a few minutes ago she started ejected them and I could see...

Hey I have the same thing..i kinda think they are snails and yes Thomas they are little spirals and round.. i am assuming you know what they are? I tried taking pics but my camera is too sucky and it won't focus on anything that small and close.

My tank is 300 gallons, 350lbs of live rock. 5 powerjets. 2 wave makers with excellent circulation. I have 4 400 watt MH lamps w/ 20k Radium bulbs. 1/3 chiller to keep temp at 78 Degrees no advice but i had to chime in to say..NICE SETUP! I am envious :)

Rich, yeah I could do that. ups ground of course. email me ok? Dave

from what i understand, if you were to top off with saltwater you would get salinity factors continually rising since the water evaporates and not the salt and chemicals.

Ok selling my extra lighting. 1) Metal Halide 175W USHIO 10000K bulb w/ ARO Ballast (hellolights Inc), mogul and reflector. - The bulb and ballast used only 2 weeks! the reflector I am selling with this is brand new. 2) Metal Halide 250W Iwasaki Bulb, PFO ballast and reflector. Used only 6...

LOL yer all nuts!

YGM = You Got Mail you can get a full list of acronyms in the new hobbyist section at the top of the list (sticky) :)

really reefnut? why is that?

thanks kip. Dave

ditto. it will probably survive ok for a month but it is definately not good for it. No point in making it even harder to survive since it is a frag.

ok is there much of a difference in these bulbs and which would you pick?? 400W MH 20,000K Blue Ushio rated 6000hrs - 400W MH 10,000K Ushio rated 8000hrs - about 10 dollars more thanks! Dave

my mh are on 9 pc's are 10 hrs actinics are 11