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I recently adopted a tang from my brother who got it from a friend but neither of us can figure out what it is. I took it and put it in my tank, 75gal because his is only a 30gal and I will be looking to upgrade later when it gets bigger. It is a light greyish purple with pink/orange on its...

Well I am at the point where I am ready to add sand and LR but I cant decided if I want to or not yet. I went and bought 3 bags of the Kolorscape playsand but I dont know if I like the yellow color or not. Does anyone have any pics of darker colored sand in there tanks? It looks like the sand on...

Well I tested it and it did not fiz from the looks of it. I am still heasitant to use it. Nobody ever heard of them or know of anyone who has? Someone has to have a say about something.

I have heard rumors of different types of playsand that is safe for your tanks. I have not been able to find any white Kolorscape sand or any old castle. I found some white sand called by Pavestone that is very white. I was curious if anyone has ever used it or heard of it being used? What is...

I like the Foxface and the Yellow tangs but I know not to get fish with similar colors and shapes. So any inputs on a good show fish that will stand out from the crowd? I am also planning on doing some colars but not a whole bunch.

Well yeah those are just some of the small must have's. I really dont know what I can and cant keep. I dont want to overcrowd or put to big of a fish in my tank but I would like alot of motion going on in it so I was thinking a bunch of small fish and maybe one or two larger attention getters.

Well I am still working out the bugs of my new tank but would like to dream about what fish I would like to put in but could use some help. There are few fish that I have to have in my take as per my wife and myself for starters: 1 Percula Clown 1 Black and White Clown 1 4wd Goby (Gotta have one...

I was thinking of T5's but I dont know what kind of wattage I need to be looking for. What is a good wattage for T5's or a PC or even MH's? I am clueless as to what is a good lighting and what isnt. Thanks for the help.

I am looking at getting some lights for my 75g and was searching around but am having a hard time determing what is good and what isnt. I cant afford Metal Halides right now so I was looking at the PowerCompacts. How much watts would I need to keep some corals. I am not sure exactly which ones...

I did change the bulkhead to a 1" as well as the pipe to the sump. So I need a utube that is a total of 8" including the bends is what I take from that, well I should have it but I will look for a clear plastic U tomorrow. We will see how it works out.

Well according to the calc my flow is at 453gph. Then using the other it says i need 7" of linear inches with a min of .88 diameter. So with that in mind, what is meant by linear inches of an overflow box? I converted to 1" pipe to my sump and still cant open both return lines all the way, I am...

Ok so I am having a bit of a problem right now. I have a 75gal tank that I am looking to get around 20X the turnover. I have a 10Gal homemade wet/dry sump. I bought a mag9.5 for my return pump and made my own overflow box. Right now i have one over flow box with 3/4in PVC pipe as my Utube and...

Well I am new to this forum/hobby and am looking at setting up a 75Gal tank but am kinda still clueless on the the required outputs and whatnot. I am looking at making my own sump and overflow box but am unsure on the size they need to be. I was going to us the plans off of Melevsreef.com, would...

opps sorry for the double post please delete!

Well I am new to this forum/hobby and am looking at setting up a 75Gal tank but am kinda still clueless on the the required outputs and whatnot. I am looking at making my own sump and overflow box but am unsure on the size they need to be. I was going to us the plans off of Melevsreef.com, would...