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If _all_ the fish and shrimp (would have to be large shrimp) were the size of the lion's max size. Could it be done without losing anything? I'm basically trying to see if there is any way to get some type of lion in a reef. I will be setting this up and doing the research on stuff for the...

Ok, my nano currently has a 65 watt power compact running about 12-15 hours a day. I bought 1 175w MH because I'm putting together my 75g tank. I want to put the MH in the nano for now and put the PC over my curing (it's actually cured now) LR bin to start growth of other stuff. My question...

Ok, I've got one 175w IceCap Electronic ballast coming in tomorrow with an AB 10K bulb. I have the oppurtunity to get a 250w PFO ballast from a friend for relatively cheap. Would it look bad if I had these two combo's running in a singe 75 gallon? If I used the same brand of bulbs, AB 10K...

The title pretty much says it all. What is the real differences? Thanks for your time.

My tank looks great. But by the end of the day there are a plethora (I always wanted to use that word) of oxygen bubbles on the water surface, on the glass, on the rock, and my Xenia seems to attract some (it's scaring up). I dont have an algea problem, that I'm aware of. I scrap my front glass...

Not the best picture. The colors didn't turn out, but it is Brown, Grey, Blue, and White. You can see from the pattern how it would look in person. I believe it is a Maxima. Looking for it's value and if it's a good specimen.

I'm ordering Metal Halides for my 75 (I can use one for my nano until I make the switch to the 75) on Tuesday, but I need a light source until they come in. My ballast that ran my two PCs blew up and is out of comission so I'm desparate to find something that will work for a couple weeks...

Well my tank has been up for 3 months now and doing great. Starting to buy the equipment for my 75 gallon. By the end of the day there are alot of nitrogen bubbles in my tank and on surface of the water. It really hasn't bothered me much. However, earlier this week the Xenia had two bubbles that...

Ok, my scarlet hermit crab had pretty much buried himself in the sand for 2 days. He wasn't moving any of his apendages. So I grabbed him and put him on a piece of rock. Within a couple hours he was back in the same place buried in the same way. So last night I unburied him and put him on the...

I've been asked to rescue a 2" squamosa clam. However, I only have 2x35 watt PC lights. The guy wants to either give it to me or sell it to one of the LFS in the area. He'd rather give it to me, but I'm not sure I could give it what it needs. I will be getting my 75 gallon up and running by or...

Ok, my Green Star Polyps are adding a row every 5 days or so. I can see this quickly becoming a problem. I placed the original mat on my nice 18 lb piece of LR. I'd like to 'prune' it back and place a couple pieces on some ugly pieces of rock that I got to put frags on (each has about 15 square...

Ok, I've got 3 more things to get for my 75 gallon tank to be up and running 1) Stand/Canopy 2) Lights 3) Return Pump. Reading up on the Mag-Drive 12 I see that at a 5 foot height (4 foot + 1 for a 90 degree elbow) that I should get 1100 gallon per hour. That's 1 gallon every 3 seconds and a...

This thing orignates inside the hole of the LR. It completely recedes at night. No colony or anything. Will it grow into a colony or is it just a single 'thing'. Thanks for your time.

This thing has been out for the last couple days. I haven't added any rock since I started the tank back in the first week of August. What is this? Thanks for your time.

My 75 gallon will be going up between now and Christmas. I'm starting my list of fish I'll have in it. It will be a reef tank with various coral and eventually clams. Mostly inverts in the tank. Must have fish: Manderin (I'll have a 30 gallon refuge going to help supply pods, if my pod...

In the tank at the LFS he looks black with blue flecks. He's got the exact same body shape as a porcelein and has the little 'nets' to catch things in the water. The LFS he wasn't a porcelein though and called him an anenome crab. I don't think that's right. Is it? Thanks for your time.

Ok, it's a used skimmer, normal setup with a Venturi 'valve' thing. I've got a Maxijet 1200 powerhead as a pump for it. How do I set up the Venturi valve so it starts making bubbles? How quickly should it be making bubbles? I'm turning the little screw and I can't get it to start bubbling...

Well my LFS had a customer appreciation day on Saturday and was selling Walt Smith Figi LR for $3.99/lb. They sold out so they took some rain checks and bought another load of it. I, being a frequent visitor, got there today when all 9 boxes came in. I went through most of them, 5, (some...

I went to a LFS that I've never been to before (they are using undergravel filters with the colored rocks as a substrate) and they had about 8 Harliquen Tusks. At least one was of the Australian species because it had blue teeth (right?). Beautiful fish, I had thought they were not reef safe...

Whole tank. Colors are much better in real life, I suck at picture taking and I'm using a digital camcorder to take them.