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Surfin Sam, for the phosphate issue, check on the container you're using. Make sure it's food grade (EPA certified) As to reduce Nitrate... just do all the above (Water Change with RO/DI water, DSB with calcium based substrate (ie. SOuthdown or Aragamax), Refugium full of Cualerpa and so...

As Bill stated, life span is very short. 6 months to a year max. Not to mention, there are other headache ... not a good idea ... sorry <img src="graemlins//uhuh.gif" border="0" alt="[U-Huh]" />

This guy in Atlanta ordered lots, and I just bought 500 Lbs from him for really cheap (more than HD though). But I don't mind as I heard SD to be the best choice among all the substrate which also increases your calcium significantly.

Mantis Shrimp :D Actually, I've seen many people trying to take those Devil out of their Reef Tank after "cycling period is long gone...Reef Tank is going strong" Although your case is different, I guess you are running into the same problem many do. That's why I am planning not to add any...

Hmm, I think LFS guy was talking about it. I will go to Home Depot to investigate that. Thanks

DO NOT BUY FROM AQUACON.COM (THEY STAND FOR THEIR NAME) :mad: :mad: :mad: On the other hand, I do not have any personal experience with them but asked question in "in a different forum" ;) and probably 10 responses warned me about it who did buy from them and was unhappy. :p

Hi, I am waiting on my 200G Reef Tank (Oceanic), which will be located in my living room. Now, this is a 15 years old house and under the living room is my garage. With- -200 G Oceanic Tank + Water -Stand and Canopy 6" taller than standard -6" Southdown -300 lbs Liverock -Animals This guy will...

Check your waterflow. If you can or have a Refugium, try to do it there before moving it to the display tank (if flow is heavy)...super glue often fails for me, so I use this white puddy like glue from LFS (not sure if that's epoxy)

Answer is yes and no We know that Ick only infect Fish, not Invert. As a matter of fact, in a Reef Tank with Ick infestation, you can leave all the invert with ick and eventually, ick will die after 21+ days without their host (FISH) :D But none of your invert will die from it. Now, when you...

If you have CC, do not put the Jawfish. It will not be comfortable situation for them. If you are creating Reef environment, then consider DSB of 4-5" and make sure, no CC ... Your sand should be as fine as possible and despite it will make ideal situation for Jawfish, not a good idea as your...

DAluminum, It's a brand of play sand that sold in some Home Depot. Now, I never saw it personally, but feel like I knew about it all my life. People pick this over many other reef sand, for number of reason 1) Cheap (3-4 dollar a 40 lbs bag) 2) Really fine (also white) 3) Natural so, Reef Safe...

12" deep is pretty standard. However, you can keep 6" DSB or whatever you want to make it as deep as you want. Deep become a concern mainly when you considering light and DSB should help you with that (not to mention, Liverock ) ;) In that situation, glass may not be a good option. I go for...

my scooter blennies vomit or throw up sand after eating the nutrient off of it. Or live stuff. So, you can call it vomiting or eating habit :D

My seaweed select floats around and my clown or Scopas never touches it. Just gotta figure out a good way to take it down :D

It would be wise if you could put the livesand on the top. If you do not have any livestock such as Fish or coral, I suggest, take as much livesand off as possible and then put the livesand on top of it (spread it out). On the other hand, if you have liverock and fish and so on, then just go...

Make sure that after putting water, you have approximately 6" DSB. If not livesand, it will be good time to make sure that those sand are really clean. Clean it with regular water. Then, after putting saltwater, consider adding some livesand or Miracle Mud. You can add these item to your...

I think they are very easy to keep. If they are tiny ( I think they are) you are ok. Bigger ones often attack snails for their shell and also eat corals. But don't want to scare you. They are one of the best cleanup crew I added in my tank. Eat just about anything :D 5 is a good start...

Don't just feed shrimp all the time. Think about feeding Squid, mysis shrimp and so on. EBeckels has the right idea also. Pre-mix frozen food often works well, but if you can mix yourself (like, shrimp, squid, mysis) than it would be even better. By the way, a spell checker for this forum...

Nice nano :) I think it would be a good idea for me to have mine right in my office. At least they will be watched over continously Monday-Friday 8 hours :D

Usually, they just move around until they find their nice home :D