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Hey Guys, Well, it breaks my heart.. but the time came and I had to move. My system had to come down for a while. All the livestock is safe and happy in a friends systems, but my question relates to my tank(s) themselves. I have two 40 gallon breeder tanks, one of them is a sump with...

Im a bit new to stars... but my Tank has been running for a few years now. (40 breeder display, 40 breeder refuge), about 100 lbs of live rock total to help support a mandarin. Im looking at restocking my CUC, and looking at the "30-90 gallon reef package" on here. My concern and question are...

WOW... the K3 in my tank is a hurricane! Sandbed is all over... crazy water movment. Wondering if I sould have gone with a second K2. Currently have a K2 and the new K3. K3 is near the top, pointing fairly parrallel, so it isnt even amied at the sandbed. Im really amazed at its power. Seems...

....along with the filter floss idea

Oh, the micro bubble issue has been beaten to death! lol. Ill toss a pic up tonite after work. Basically... 40 breeder DT, 40 breeder sump/refuge. Skimmer is in the feed chamber of the sump, baffles seperating that chamber from the refuge, baffles seperating the refuge from the return chamber...

New bulbs for my 2 PC fixtures, and a koralia 3 to replace a very crappy maxi jet. I have been running the lights with old bulbs (got both fixtures used), so I hope this will help the corals, and combat my growing algae issues (yes, pun intended). Overall, thank is looking good, despite the...

<--- also in a 3rd floor apt. that that my friend... is my nightmare, coming home to what you had/

Well, hes in the main system, and with shutting off the pumps, he does go after frozen food *after* it has settled down on the rock. :) bonus shot of my new acan as well

Here is the best I could do for a shot

I painted the bottom of mine, worked well!

Originally Posted by CRABBYCHRIS Would a mandarin bother other dragonets such as scooters? ^ I think the big issue you would have here is competition for the same food source. Keeping 2 in the same tank (male and female) the issue there is enough food for both. Breeding... all the articles and...

Well, "Mandarin Orange", as misnamed by my girlfriend (and the name may stick) is doing well. So far, im still amazed at my luck. I turn off the HOB filter, and the nano korillia in the QT, let the water settle down, and after the water movement has stopped, I add some frozen cyclopeeze. He...

Originally Posted by coastie81 they cannot get ICH, that is what I hear. I have one in a 110 with plenty of pods and I just put him right in. Just my .02, maybe some else could pipe up why they don't get ich? I think it is because of the thick oil/mucus they secrete as a covering all over...

If you read his whole post you will see that.... Indeed. Its food taining boot camp!! The other fish in the system are a very shy yellow watchman goby (no issues there), and a small clown, who is all over the place. He isnt aggressive, but he goes after food fast. Training without...

Fuzzy pic of him in QT... fed again tonite, and he seemed to go after the cyclopeez after it settled on the rock and bottom.

Well, after years of researching, planning, and building my system with the hopes of supporting a Mandarin, I picked mine up from my LFS yesterday. The setup: 40 breeder tank w/ 40 breeder sump/refuge. 100 pounds of live rock. The rock has been in the tank for about 6 months w/ no preditors...

ive actually done fairly well at keeping salinity consistant. with the added volume of the sump... man.. it just helps so much. I messed around with an 8 gal biocube, now i have a system with total water vol at around 67 gallons... much better!

Tired that... its just built up on the far end of the tank! Im hoping that its better when i get home from work tonight

didnt you just post this in another fourm? I posted on that one for you...

Doing the same thing myself for the first time, so im not an expert here... If you plan on the posibility of using meds, then dont put live rock or live sand in there. Meds and or salinity changes will probably kill everything in there anyway. I am doing bare bottom, but painted the back, boths...