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Need some advice here. I have a 55 gallon tank. new to swf (4 to 5months) I started with 135 watts of pc (50/50) light. When just starting, after reading some, and wanting to in grow sps corals, and keep an anenome and crocea clam, I took the advice MORE IS BETTER as far as light is...

I have a baby purple tang in my tank. I feed it a small square of "Sally's Seaweed Salad" (processed alage?) once a day, or once every other day. Thing is... everything in my tank eats the algae also. - Royal grama will pick at the square and eat it -clarki clown will pick/tear at the...

Hello, I am certain my question has been raised many times, but I have read much conflicting advice. I would appreciate any input. I am new to SWF, 55gal is going on 3 to 4months now. I have a few vsmall star and yellow pollyps, and a mushroom, and a small leather coral. I do very much want...

Hello, I am new to swf, and currently have a cheap skilter/skimmer combo. I am looking into purchasing a skimmer and researching how to build some type of a sump/filter/fuge. Should I use bio balls as part of the filtration? Can anyone enlighten me about this? I have read a lot, but heard...

Me as well msd2. Great post on sump/fuge set up. Could you send me an email with links to some sites for setting up/ building/ buying fuge/sump type systems? dlehto@usa.net I am relatively new to swf *2-3 months* and have a hang on skilter/skimmer combo. I am looking into purchasing a...

Okay, the Mandarin is out. And he looks so fat and happy :P Still cant seem to lower the nitrates... just tested.. still around 20 maybe even higher!!!?!?!. :mad: :mad: if I didnt do wc's then they would rise. Ammonia and Nitrite are always zero though. too much waste, too much fish...

:P thats 3 for removing the mandarin. I'll have to seriously consider that, I dont want him to die... How much LR would I need for him? I have 50to60lbs atm. and I maybe can fit another 10 or 15lbs or so in there. Think that would be enough? strange though he looks fat and healthy. but as...

YIKES!! I'd better get my plumbing liscense first! and maybe a masters degree to set up something like that! Wow! wonder if I should show that to my wife?... heh she'd faint. and then gaurd her laundry room (back wall to my fish tank). Hopefully some day long time down the road, I could...

wow! very nice pics! I wish my tank looked like that :) I'll wait a few months before I post any pics if my tank kind of still plain old rock and fish and calurpa... but hey its a work in process. I have 3 powerheads and a wavemaker outlet. No, I dont have a refugium. But I dont have the...

Thanks for the input, much appreciated. The clam. Its not a pretty color clam, its a regular clam. It buried itself deep in the sand, and I dont even know where it is now. about 1 inch diameter. plain old boring clam. The mandarin: such I have heard about the copods, but I got him about 4...

Raise salinity, and temp you think? The test kit I have is cheap It is a Dr. wellfish, SALTWATER MASTER Liquid Test Kit from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Can you recommend a good nitrate test kit? Or just the most expensive one? Also I have been using purified and distilled water from...

:help: Okay I know this has been covered many times now and I have read much of it here already so I apologize for the redundancy, but I have a few point questions regarding REDUCING Nitrates in my tank. and maybe you can see what I am doing wrong. First my tank: (running for only about...

Alternative option, is VHO? However the inside dimension of my hood is 48 inches, so I cannot accomidate a 48 inch VHO. 36 inch VHO (two 95w bulbs) would fit and also would be significantly cheaper than MH? Would this be okay? (in add to PC) If so what bulbs should I get? Lots of questions...

Thanks for the replys. I understand from farther research that Halogen is not the way to go. I am now considering purchasing a single 250W MH and mounting it inside my hood in addition to my 130Wof PC lighting. Is that enough light? If so, should I get a 10,000k or 20,000k MH bulb? The PC...

Thanks Thomas, Was wondering if any other information regarding them is avail or if its a absolute no? In addition to Halogen, there were Sulfer, and mercury and MH and other types of cheap flood lights as well, 300 to 600w and approx 4,000+ lumens :nervous: ahhh maybe I just should pay up the...

I am new to swf, and new to the hobby (4months/55gal tank) I have 60lbs of fiji LR, and 9 one inch fish, some calerpa, and star and yellow pollyps. I have 2 false tank bred Ocellaris clowns. (small). I would like to get a anemone, but am worried that I may not have enough light. I have a...