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as far as your lighting goes i would add another mh if the 150 is 6 ft long as they say halides are only good for a 2 foot span. if you are getting a 150 tall i would consider switching to a dual 400 watt mh system. reason to switch to the 400 is because of the depth difference. good luck and...

i think that they are good for getting rid of aiptasia. i cant get mine to live that long tho. usually the way it works is if i see an aiptasia i will go out and buy 3 peppermints and the aiptasia will be gone in a day or two, however soon after they eat the aiptasia i cant find the peppermints...

i have done some research also on this such species and it is true that they usually last about a year to a year and a half...... now to the research.... i understand that they last longer in nutrient rich water, which is the one thing that we try so hard not to have in our home aquaria..... i...

i disagree about the miracle mud... there have been mixed reviews on the subject. one of the things i dont like is the fact that you have to change out half the mud every 6 months and add fresh in order for it to be effective. this is just my opinion. i would put live rock rubble sand and some...

if your using tap water now that is why you have the algae problem. using ro water now will greatly reduce your algae problelm and make for better things in the future when you do go reef. keep us posted and good luck

here are some pics. i got bored. tell me what you think.

dead coraline is what i thought also...... pic is kinda blurry tho.

looks good!!!!!! i concur with the other two. the crushed coral is just going to become a nitrate factory. what are you planning on putting in your chunk of the ocean?

i know somebody who uses bio balls in his system and he flushes out half his balls every week. thats a little to much work for me... i would just take out the bio balls and replace with some live rock rubble. jmo.... goodluck

skimmers i would go with the coralife 220... best skimmer for the buck imo...... as far as pumps i would go with the magdrives.... very dependable..... again imo...

yes once you find the cause of the hair algae problem i would recommend getting a sea hare to go in and eat all the algea.... once the algae is gone you will have to take the hare out because this is what they mainly eat and they will starve and die.... i to had the algae problem and found out...

i had an emerald eat pieces ou t of my frogspawn..... crab is now gone....... i dont know what happened to him!!!!

yeah i would say that if you only have fish in there i would do a 50% water change. that should bring your trates down to about 10. then maybe in a week do another 50%water change. just remember not to feed the fish to much or your trates will go back up. i would also do a fuge if you are...

if he is going to go with halide i would go for the 250 watt setup.... there not that much more and you would be able to keep the more light dependant corals..... jmo...good luck!

anybody know what this is? it is super orange in color with little polyps on it. some type of acro i think

what does everybody think?

can you post some pics of the wet dry and tell me some more about how you got it plumbed. i to will be upgrading in a month or 2 and i am starting to get all the things i need like the return pumps heaters and skimmers and such. i need to know what pump you run for the return. this info will be...

any ideas?

i have a 75 gallon display and a 29 gallon fuge. my skimmer is not pulling out alot of skimmate i have yet to fill the cup in the 3 months that i have had it. my question is that since i do 50 gallons total a month waater change( 10 gallons every week and 20 gallons on the 1st sunday of every...

i was thinking of making my sump out of a pond liner. 280 gallons to be exact. my display is going to be a 210. do you have any suggestions on what to watch out for? my plans were to make a box out of plywood and put 2x6s for the supports all the way around the sump. then i was going to put the...