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Stir it up type mix? or just put the old sand on top of the new?

Also, all the rock I have is Live.

Im about to transfer from a 29gal to a 90gal and will need more sand. I've read around here and it seems some people say to get all new sand while others say to mix old and new together. Obviously I want the smallest cycle possible, so before I start I figured I would ask before I have a problem...

I did some more looking around and there are a bunch of threads with people with a 250w set up. But I dont even have the light yet so i'll keep my ears open to what others say.

not really, all i have now a softies. So how deep do 250w bulbs penetrate? the tank is 18in high so i'll raise it as high as possible without going out of range.

Ya, ive heard yes and no so im still unsure. If i do, I planned on hanging it petty high off the tank.

Or will I only need to worry about heat and evaporation?

I got a great deal on a 250w MH pendant, will it be too much for my 29g?

How big of one should I go for? SG is @ 1.0245

any ideas? I have 3.5gallons of RODI ready to be mixed, should i mix the salt tonight and get it ready to put in tomorrow night?

*My calcium levels were not affected, they just have always been around 300-350 I guess im just asking if i can start water changes and how much i should do/how often and how i should get my calcium up and phosphate down

Im using RODI water and redsea pro salt. All numbers were good (but my calcium has always been 300-350) Then i added the cuc and LR, and the numbers went a little wack and are all back to good now except the phos and calcium. How should i got about raising calcium and lowering phos? my tank is...

After I added some more LR and cuc my ammonia, went up a little and my ph was down @ 7.8. Its been a week or two and all my numbers are back to normal except for calcium which is at 300 and phosphate @ .35. My take is a 29gal w/ a reef octopus bh-100f which holds around 2gal. Is it ok to start...

about 15lbs of LR and 20lbs of dead coral. I took out the eclipse hood and replaced it with the reef octo bh-100f, it has a sponge filter in the last chamber and i added a bag of carbon. I'd like to put some LR rubble in there also

Sorry, Its a 29gal, thats had 2 clowns for about 2.5weeks. Also, when i got the skimmer i got rid of the eclipse hood

Hey everyone, my numbers have been a little odd ever since I added a CUC(pep. shrimp, 5 snails, 4 hermits, strawberry crab(dead), Tuxedo urchin(dead), Flame scallop, and serpent star) <--Once I read around on here i realized the LFS guy shouldn't have sold me most of those things, even though i...

Well Ive read around and the stock ballasts seem to be possibly dangerous/not powerful enough. I figured since the unit could be had for $200 and the icecap ballast is like $130 that would still be way under the price of a more popular brand. Then later down the road i could replace the bulbs to...

Sorry, i guess i was pretty tired last night and was not ale to read lol. the odyssea is a total of 380watts while the halide bulbs is only 250watts. So i could use the icecap 250 on it.

My second option would be just to get the current sundial which is only t5's. I'd rather not be limited in what i could put into the tank later on...or should i just stick with the sundial?

I was thinking about getting the odyssea 30in which is 380watts, if i bought it i would want to do the icecap mod. My question is that icecap only offers a 250 and a 400watt ballast, would it be ok to run the 400 from icecap?