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Thanks for the response NM Reef! I have had the temp as high as 89! We dive alot in the Caribbean in waters 85+ and corals and sponges thrive nicely. I know that is high for most hobbiest too, but there is life in the 80's! I just don't like getting in the high 80's. I'll try your suggestion. I...

Hope someone out there can give me some suggestions for lowering the temp of my tank. I have a 46 gal bowfront with a canopy holding 4 96 watt tubes. The canopy has a cooling fan also. The tank has a glass top and the canopy also has a peice of plexy-glass on the bottom covering the tubes. I...

Thanks again everyone for the responses. I think I'll take your advice TimO and hand feed once a day. We travel alot, but not that much that I need to auto feed everyday. It was mainly because I was told to feed twice a day, once in morning, once at night. Mornings are real rushed around this...

Thanks for the info TimO! You are right with overfeeding being the main issue. I have an auto feeder that goes off twice a day. I guess I need to still tweek the amount of food it is dropping. Once that has been adjusted correctly, maybe that and the water changes will help get the trates back...

TIMO, yes I do have a elivated nitrate level. I have been trying to do water changes as often as possible, but can't seem to get it down below 80! Everything else is in good shape, just the trates are high. Any suggestions on lowering the trates other than the water changes? I read where plants...

I guress the picture would help!!!

I have recently noticed that when I target feed my sun polyop, that these little creatures are poping up everywhere from within my cc subtract. Can someone identify them, and do I need to worry?:notsure: Thanks for any help you can offer!!

Thanks again everyone. Hope to do so clean-up within the next few days!

Thanks everyone for the response. I'm hoping that I can find how to "kalk" and what it is!

Is there someone out there that could tell me what these little guys are? I have searched the BB, and from some of the photos I have seen, could be "zoo polyps"? They have really taken over the rock that they are on, as well as spread through-out the tank. I don't want to harm them if they are...

Thanks for the replies!!

Tank now is a little over 1 1/2 years old. Just added a new yellow Gorgonia, thought I'd share a photo!

Can anyone tell me if the attatched photo is aptasia? I have looked at several pictures from this BB of aptasia, and most of what I see doesn't look the same as what I have. I started out with only one of these little guys, and in the past year and a half, have gone to eight of them. They seem...

Thanks for the replies! I read they needed alot of light, but wasn't sure if with the size of my tank, that 192 would be okay. I guess next to getting Halides, I'll pass on the clam. Are there any soft (colorful) corals that would be "happy" under this wattage?

Just wondering... am upgrading my lighting to 192w, 10k daylight(96w),7100k actinic(96w). I have a 46 gal bow-front (36X18X20). Would this be enough lighting to support clam life? Also, any suggestions as to colorfull corals that would live happily within this lighting. Any help would be much...

No hood, but probably could do the DIY with some type of hood design. Like the idea of the 2 36" and the 24" in front. Have to draw something up. Thanks!!

Thanks for the response! Also thanks for the "heads-up" on JBJ. I was only considering them because of the new "flip top" design. would have made it easier for tank access.

I am planning on upgrading my current HO lighting system for my 46 gal bow front with a 192w DX-JG3 flip top JBJ lighting system. This consists of a 96w 10k daylight and a 96w 7100k actinic. I would like to upgrade inorder to establish some more of the soft corals. I currently have some blue...

I'm looking to upgrade my current lighting of two 55w 50/50's to the JBJ DX-JG3 192w "flip-top" lighting system. This consists of 1 96w 10,000k daylight and 1 96w 7100k blue. Has anyone had any experience with JBJ lighting? I'm looking at their system mainly because of the new "flip-top"...

Are there any concerns when aging water, to use powerheads rather than airstones for circulation. I have plan to be aging water in 3, 5gal containers with heaters and airstones. I thought that I had read somewhere on this forum that it is not recomended to use airstones, but can't seem to locate...