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Cedarreef, I had the modded maxie in my 46 at one point and it caused such a mess. This tank is too small for them. The water moves so hard that I could not get a nice random flow. I would say use the stock Maxie 1200 facing eachother up above. I use a wavemaker to create the random currents as...

So I'm getting new corals today and I want to know how to properly dip them. I have the lugols solution. How much water and how much solution.?

I used Reef Crystals for a year and my tank was concistently unstable. I lost a few corals. Perhaps I needed to supplement more. I switched to Tropic Marine Pro Reef and I am into my second 5 gallong bucket. I really like this salt. It dissolves well, and does not produce so much algae on my...

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Learn from my mistakes. I have the same tank dimensions. I bought into the Maxie Jet upgrade and I hated it. The water was too turbulent and I had everything a mess. So I went and bought me and extra Maxie jet, and two Koralia #1. So, in my set up, I have two #1 and two Maxie Jets 900 in the...

I haven't had experience with red sea but if I was you, out of the two I would go with Reef Crystals. I used it before for two years without problems. I hada small reef colony and 5 fish. All did well. With reefs, you will have to test for all applicable elements to make sure you keep it to good...

Only use fresh raw fish from the market, blend it well so that when you feed, you do not get such big chunks to fall all around. Experiment and see where it takes you. I sometimes have to smash my frozen food or recut it frozen before I feed it. Squid usually gives me problems. But like I said...

I used to use Reef Crystal and switched to tropic marine pro, but I might have gotten a bad batch because I can never raise the Ph high enough. I am going to switch back to Reef Crystals once my bucket is over. I really can't see spending mucho $$ for TPM and then end up with a bad batch again.

I have the same tank as you and I have only one 150K Halide and my corals are doing great, you have more than enough light for anything you want. Fill it up and post pictures.

Well my firs trip I came back to algae growth, and one dead coral. Second trip I came back to two fish dead. One had gone surfing off the back of the tank, and the second one just dissapeared. Also one of my clams died. This was probably due to the dead fish. Last trip nothing happened as I...

This happened to me a few times with my staghorns. I just glued them to a plug. Well eventually something caught my main colony and killed it, but luckily my frags were alive so I still have the same coral in frag sizes. Not a bad thing really.

I tell you, my corals did well for a while, then I started to notice hardly any growth. So I started testing for calcium and dkh then realized there were some low levels. SO, I dosed accordingly. Nothing new happened and when ever I did water change I noticed flakes in the water. I read here...

I had th esame panic attack last night when I came home. Apparently one of my snails had knocked down my frogspawn, which than ladned on top of my brain coral. Both were trying to kill eachother. Low and behold they are btoh loking pretty beat up today.

Stay away from blue legged crabs, I use the red scarlet crabs. Blue legged tend to be vicious and attack your snails. I know for a fact since my original clean up crew became just hermits after two months.

Another fellow 46g tank. Good luck. Like the aquascape. Give us some more details around equipment being used, etc. the live stock choices seem fine.

there are many algae eaters out there depending on the type of algae. I believe crabs are a bad choice since they do minimal damage if you come up with an algae break out. I'll say turbo snails work great, but do not buy a whole bunch or they will die of starvation. Some crabs are ok, it adds...

Clowns do not like rockwork. ht eprefer to be in the open water in visible site. Mine have never even taken refuge between rocks. They rather swim to th etop when scared or head to a corner. Wierd huh? My royal gramma lovs getting into all kinds of holes. I sometimes worry it's going to get lost...

I think I am guilty of a few previously mentioned items. Waking up early to work on the tank. (Feed, water top off, stare) I've been late to work sometimes because of this. Can't wait to get home to stare at the tank before doing anything else. Sign on to saltwaterfish.com at work before...

I always liked aquariums, but once I saw my brothers fresh water tank I wanted to challange myself and create a more a better tank with the salt aquarium. After two years into the hobby I have found it to be the most interesting and rewarding activity that I've ever done. I also like the fact...

This is hair algae. Depending on the size of that tank, I will suggest one or maybe two Mexican turbo snails to eat it up. It looks like your nutrients are climbing to feed it. If this is your first time experiencing algae, then you may be overfeeding or the light cycle is too long, causing...