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Is it safe to order fish in the winter? I dont want to get a block of ice with a fish in it.

Originally posted by Yacobito P.S. what is clinical engineering? I'm the manager for a CLinical Engineering department at a hospital. We repair and maintain patient care equipment. We take care of equipment such as patient monitors, defibrillators, infusion pumps, radiology equipment, etc.

As I was looking real close at my glass I noticed these very small white critters moving around. they are about half the size of a grain of salt. Can anyone tell me what these are? Harmful? Helpful, Neutral?

Originally posted by ophiura But my greater concern is your ammonia level...do you not have any now? You may have over stocked and overwhelmed your biofilter...sounds like the tank wasn't cycled "hard" and it may be doing that now though you have lots of rock. I dont think it will cycle hard...

All the fish I got were small. I think the load is less now then with the damsels I had.

Originally posted by lefty First off...you caught six damsels with 150lbs of live rock in your tank in only an hour and a half?? Wow! Did you acclimate the fish at all? -lefty I had to take all my rock out to catch the little bastages. acclimated for 1 hour.

My 80G tank has over 150LBS of cured live rock along with live sand. I had 6 damsels in it for 3 weeks. I did notice a small spike of ammonia followed by a drop off back to 0. Nitrites and Nitrates are 0 as well now. Salinity is right on the money. Saturday morning I went to the LFS and had them...

Thanks for all the input. :notsure:

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Should I get the 2x250W 10K Bulbs + 2 96W actinics?

Originally posted by arkey.d If you don't want any restrictions then invest in MHs. What wattage and color temp?

I cycled my tank with damsels. they really suck to catch when you are done with them though. I had to take all my LR out to catch them.

I currently have 4 Flourescent tube fixture with 2 actinics and 2 10k tubes. I wanna eventually add corals to my tank. what is the best type bulb/fixture/wattage for most corals. I know that is a pretty broad question, but . . .

When do I need to do my first partial water change and how much? I have an 80G tank, about 150 Lbs of live rock, live sand. Tank has been running for over 2 weeks. After a week of running I added 6 Damsels ( I know too early etc . . ) and they are doing great. I also have some snails and crabs...