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hey volitan bet you picked creighton to beat florida.

had a friend that went to a seminar given by a "professional" reef keeper and he was discussing the cycling of a tank. his advice was to pee in the tank. been a year since then and his tank is fine. here is one way to look at the whole thing, you wouldn't go to the ocean and pour bleach or...

i use instant ocean and turbo calcium. when i first started i was told to use reef crystals but over time couldn't justify price with results. never tried the salt your talking about but sure its fine.

i used to name them and then they would die so i quit and have a tank full of john does just so i can enjoy them.

i have a snowflake ell and peppermint shrimp and they get along fine so go back to the store and get your sea snake back so your wife isnt mad. i had over 100 aptasia at one time and I put 20 shrimp in and it took 3 days.

did you ever check your ph? that is what killed all my starfish.

try getting more water ciculation to the problem area unless its the whole tank.

very nice setup.

nice tank. i mounted my 440w vho on the lid of my canopy and it apperars to be about the same design and i think it works great.

i've had 3 different lfs say no to butterflies in a reef but have never discussed the copperband.

perfectly normal

i have a black nobby and i dropped him about a month ago and he still hasn't moved more than 2 inches but he is alive. I would leave him alone

my guess would be the one for a 90 or 100gal tank. i started my 75 w/ 25 snails and 25 crabs so take that and hell double it

i mixed mine and have had no problems. as far as the algae problem i used horseshoe crabs and the worked pretty good. also put more water flow closer to the cc bed.

I moved mine and it didn't cycle at all.

I have tried both ways mentioned in the replies above and the peppermint shrimp worked the best but if you're just sitting the tank i wouldn;t do a thing

load it up with different types of crabs and snails for starters. i would also check out the reef packages on this site to get an idea of the number you will need.

in my experience with ordering the fish online i get better fish than my lfs carries, and the guarantee is nice as well.

i have a snowflake in my 75 with crabs and shrimp, and as long as you keep the eel fed he probably won't eat any livestock. mine doesn't

i heard the same about some types of trout. Don't know bout that either but the mollies can. its quite interesting though