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I have a 40 gallon flat back HEX. It is 20 inches tall and 36inches across the back. At the front it 24 inches wide. I curently have 2 penguins producing 320 total, a skimmer giving me another 100, and a empty Eheim canister filter with at least 175. This gives me a little over 10x turnover. I...

I did purchase a pump for this purpose but it was too fast and too loud. Nice little pump and I may need it for something else someday. But mod was going to be uggly to get what I wanted. Then I ran across a reefer who was using the pressurized jug setup. I constructed and pressurized setup...

Thanks for reply. I know that many people just set a container above the tank and let gravity do the work. However my wife does not want a big jug setting on top of the canopy . I have an unlimited supply of industrial grade Calcium Oxide, so this will be much cheaper than using 2 part...

As the title says I have no sump and wish to add limewater back to my display. I have bought a peristaltic pump for this purpose, but it is loud and I would have to either slow pump speed down or divert some of the flow to get a slow drip rate. What I would like to do is pressurize a container...

lilacs,,,realy? New but not stupid.

:help: Question? These are the first zoo's I have. Should the water smelled super bad like rotten Brocolii when I received the coral? I also have lot's of bristtle worm activity on some of the frags. Makes me think I may have had some die off. I am too new to know it they were ok when I got...

Found my black long spine urchin munching on coral a few days ago! In 24 hrs it had eaten 2 colonies of mushrooms and was working on a third. The urchin had been in my tank for about 5 months, and with the coral for 3 with no problems. There was plenty of algea for it to eat it just developed...

They are very small, could they be hydroids? You guys are the experts. :notsure:

Aptasia or not?

I will try again to get a pic of the little suckers. So far I have had zero luck with my macro on my camera.

Newby question. Will Aptasia retract like a feather duster when you touch it? Did not find this info by searching. Hope the answer is no and I have duster clusters, and not Aptasia. Thanks!

Thanks for reply! I have about 4 1/2 inches from top of canopy to plexyglass over water. I would have to mod my canopy to get some distance for MH. Also I am very new and just want to start out with some easy coral. Ease into it with some mushroom, softies and then maybe some zoos. Anyone else?

:help: :help: One more question guys and gals. Would I be better off going with a t-5 now rather than later. All my reading has just left me more confused. There seem to be more bulb color choices for t-5 as well as longer lamp life. I have narrowed it down to 3 choices. 1. Vho setup run by...

Lost first fish today My Diamond Goby must have jumped out of the tank while I was adding water last night. Moved all the rock around, only to find him under stand. Lesson learned, always make sure all fish, ect. are accounted for after I put tank cover back on. Tough lesson at $20

Thanks, Did not buy MH and PC lights. Looking at DIY 24" VHO setup. Would 150w of VHO allow me to keep some zenia coral and some mushrooms. Could add second ballast for total of 300w a little later. I have been searching on board and finding answers. It is just nice to have some direct feedback.

Looking to buy something tonight. Any replys out there?

Thanks for reply! One more question. I have about 4 1/2 inches from top of canopy to plexyglass over water. Will this be too close. I don't know how tall the mogle base is. How much clearance is needed for the bulb? Thanks

background I have a 40 gallon flat back Hex. that is 20" tall 36inches across the back and the front it 24 inches wide. Currently it has regular fluorescent lighting that is quite old. Right now I am just running a FOWLR setup but when my tank matures some I would like to add some easy corals...

Thanks everyone, Anyone else want to comment? The chromis would be in the top layer of the tank, that would allow me to keep more fish if they occupied different layers in the tank right? Just trying to get a game plan W A Y ahead,,thanks!

Tank has been cycled, and good levels for 2-3 weeks. Good advice on Chromis, dont want to feed fish 3 times a day! I dont plan on having any coral. So flame angel would not be a problem for me. What would be another easy fish to put with the Angel. Clowns and Diamond Goby. Upper layer of...