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It would have died 2 years ago if I had the wrong lighting. I've had it in the same conditions for the past 2 years. It has grown more than 6 times it original size! Thanks for the ID, it doesn't seem to need excessive light, For a couple months I was running only about half the lights due to...

I know its a hard coral, or perhaps semi hard coral. The green stuff is very soft, like carpet, but if I do a water change, it all retracts into the exoskeleton which is quite hard. I'm just not sure of the name. For lighting I have the Orbit Current USA. 260 watts on a 50 gallon. Works...

Yes, they are nocturnal I think. I had one that I thought had died because I never saw it, and I got another one. I didn't see it at all either, then I moved to a new apartment and emptied the entire tank. They were both alive and well hidden in the rocks... I bought a new one recently...

I've had this coral about 2 years, it was about the size of a fist, now it is the size of a very large dinner plate, in fact I broke off a piece and moved it to the other side of the tank. I might try to trade some at the LFS but I want to know what kind it is. Is this table coral?

Right now he is in there alone. I think he will be fine. The clown seems to hold its own against the tang whenever it goes in its territory. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to be a huge problem.

I have a blue damsel in a different tank. I am moving and want to throw him in with my reef tank as I don't want 2 aquariums in the new place. Do you think a blue damsel will coexist in a 50 gal tank with a clown, regal tang, and yellow tang? The 3 fish in there seem like they can hold their...

I have a lot of mushroom polyps, some star polyps and a hard coral that was fading away form my old broken lights. I would say about 1/2 my coral faded away in the 2 months I was running at 50% light. My old ballast broke and the LFS kept stringing me along waiting for Helios to come out with...

I will probably do something along those lines but maybe an hour less. I was wondering about the moon light as well. I am thinking of just having it on 5 hours at night. It would be kind of cool to have some kind of lunar timer. Do cheap ones exist? I might just use it as an hour of dawn/dusk...

I got an Orbit 4x64 watt Power Compact light system. What is the best lighting time? I was thinking 10 hours of the blue, then have the white come on an hour after that for 8 hours (both white and blue for 8 hours). Some people have told me 12 hours of light, but the guy at the LFS said thats a...

Yeah, I just decided to order the Orbit. It was the fact that they came with the legs that sold me. The Coralife's don't. I am a bit bitter about having to buy a whole new light set up, but at least this one seems like I can just get replacement parts if there is a problem.

I need some new lights for my reef tank. Helios is horrible and totally unreliable. I want something that is all in one. The Orbit and Coralife systems seem about the same. Which is the best choice? Also, with these built in systems, what happens when a ballast breaks? Are they easy to...

Wow, almost a year since my last post and I have the same problems. NEVER GET HELIOS. Its China's way of getting back at us for winning the cold war.

I have a setup with Helios lights, they are horrible. The ballast worked for a year, then died. I got a new one, and THREE times had to return it because it either died after a month, or worked only 50% of the time. The LFS says they will give me a replacement, but the company is in the process...

I have a 50 gallon reef tank, but the stand I have doesn't look that nice. A friend is selling me his old buffett. I am moving to a new apartment and was wondering if a 40 inch tall piece of furniture would be safe to put this tank on: It looks like it could hold 500 lbs or but I'm not sure...

I am on my 3rd Helios Ballast in the past month month. The Fish store has been swaping them for "new" ones, but it is a major inconvenience. I had one for a year with no problems, but the recent ones are all horrible. Only 1/2 the ligths will turn on, or none. The lights are great, but the...