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I'm not a big fan of shrimps. I originally planned to get Peppermint shrimps for the whole aiptasia control reason, but then I read that there is no guarantee that they'll actually eat any aiptasia and that Copperband Butterflies (already on my wishlist) are more likely to eat nuisance anemones...

For those of you who have asked about equipment, I plan on going with a 40 gallon sump/fuge (I wish it could be bigger but my stand won't allow for it) and I will be using the Tunze 9010 DOC Skimmer.

Okay...I increased the cleanup crew (but I thought tripling it would be too much personally) I also removed one starfish. How's this? -20 Turbo Snails -10 Cerith Snails -20 Nassarius Snails -3 Emerald Crabs -Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse -Redhead Goby -Sharknose Goby -Copperband Butterfly -Midas...

I would go with a Marine Betta and a dwarf Angel of some kind.

There isn't anything in the tank yet. I will have a sump and fuge and I will obviously be using a skimmer. I won't be adding everything all at once, this is just the eventual livestock list. I'm not sure what the actual number of pounds will be LR but it will be 200+. I also have a 33 gallon QT...

The following is my wishlist in the order that I was thinking I'd add them to my 150 gallon reef tank. Let me know if you think the order looks good and if you think I should make any changes. -10 Turbo Snails -10 Cerith Snails -10 Nassarius Snails -3 Emerald Crabs -Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse...

Nevermind!

I've read that canister filters can seriously contribute to nitrate problems. Do you change your filter out atleast once a week?

fanker...that is the look I'm going for. I want the colours to pop, but I find that most of the MH tanks that I see look very blue/neon to me (I don't like that look). Anything less than T5's and the crals look drab green/brown. The tank on that site you mentioned has what I want in the way of...

Corals that I want to keep; Hammer Frogspawn Fox Coral Elephant Ear Clove Polyp Blastomussa Cabbage Leather Devil Hand Leather Yellow Fiji Leather Bird's Nest Cat's Paw Plate Coral Montipora Various Mushrooms Various Zoos & Paly's Would T5's be okay or should I go with the MH?

zman...I'm going to have to ask another stupid question I'm afraid. My tank is glass 3/4" thick. I have no canopy as of yet (work in progress). There are no supports accross the top of my tank at all. Here comes the stupid question...do I need one?

If I went with T5 what would I need?

Is it possible to get away with 2 x 250W with actinics or would I have to have 3 x 250W?

zman...As soon as I read your response I realised how stupid a question it was. Boy do I feel silly

With 3 X 250W MH do I need a heater? I live in Canada where temperatures swing from high 90's F in the summer to -20's F in the winter. Obviously the inside of my house would still be room temperature in the winter and I have an airconditioner set up in the summer in the room with the tank.

My dimensions are 60"L x 24"W x 25"D and I would like to go with MH. What should I get (wattage etc.)?

Actually the Doctorfish gets a little bigger than I am comfortable with so I thought I might go with a small school of anthias instead. Would this work with my tank?

It's a tang referred to as Doctor Fish according to this site. It's latin name is Acanthurus Chirurgus.

I thought I'd try this again. Here is my wishlist for eventual livestock in my 155 gallon reef in the order that I thought I'd introduce them. Various corals to be introduced intermittently. 3 Emerald Crabs 7 Peppermint Shrimp 2 Percula Clownfish Various Snails Springeri Dottyback 3 Banggai...

I would like to have one of the dwarf angels in my 155 gallon. I really love the Lemonpeel, this site says they are reef safe but no one seems to have had good experiences with them in a reef tank. I'm thinking of going with either the Eibli or the Midnight Angel? Again this site says they are...