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I have an eclipse 12 gallon and I want to upgrade to a 20 or maybe 29 gallon. The 12 is well established with live sand and live rock, lots of corals and 2 fish. How do I move everything into the 20?? Does the new tank have to cycle?

hey, quick question. my 12g is pretty has been running for over a year now but its moved a couple of times.. i want to add more sand, about 15 lbs aragonite- is this ok to put over my old sand or mix up with it while evrything is still in the tank. i have 2 fish, corals and inverts.

de halides emit harmful uv that burn corals- my question is does plexiglass block the uv rays? im not worried about heat as the canopy is well cooled, i just dont want to burn the corals :notsure:

another site says if you have a plexi lid and the halides are 6" or more away then its ok. is this true? i dont want to harm anything.

ok, i have the tempered glass coming late this week. can i use the plexiglass to start adjusting my tank to the halides? I have a well-cooled canopy i built myslef so im not worried so much about the heat as the corals being "burned" from the de halides. does plexi block the uv rays?

i have heard that the double ended halides emit harmful uv rays that can burn corals and inverts and that they need a glass shield. i recently purchased a 70w DE halide and the lfs guy said to use plexiglass to block out the harmful uv rays. my questions: do de halides burn and if so will...

viper- I have not jumped into this hobby. The disease might have been ich (cryptocarion) but no other fish was infected which is not characteristic of ich. The clownfish that did die showed symptoms of white spots for only a day and after three days he died. Ich usually has a longer life...

thanks for the reply g13 i am thinking about ordering for friday. does anybody else have any thoughts? i dont want to order another b/w and have bad results but locally i havent even been able to find a false perc.

hi- i am not that new to reef-keeping but i am to black and white perculas. I recently set up a 20g and wanted to put in a pair of percs- one orange and one b/w. i havent been able to find a b/w around here, so i ordered them. the b/w got some kind of disease that coated him in white spots...

he is tank raised and now hes much more active, swimming around looking at me. but he still hasnt accepted any food. should i wait to try tomorrow morning? i dont want to much food in there to ruin the water.. any suggestions?

i need some help guys- i got a b/w ocellaris clown yesterday and was really worried about him. he rests on the bottom a lot, breathing fairly rapidly but not as much as yesterday. i cant get him to accept brine, flake, or pellet- he wont swim up for food. what can i do???

thanks. my lfs has a great metallic green frogspawn and a really nice looking hammer. its whitish and purle, never seen one like it before. they're both small and relatively inexpensive. ill try to post pics if i get them.

just to make sure i credit the pic: this was from Corals by Julian Sprung

I have seen in various books and some other tanks different species and pieces of euphyllia corals. There have been frogspawn right next to hammer coral and I was wondering if they sting eachother or if it would eventually cause death. Anybody know? When the tenticles mix it creates a...

i am seriously considering upgrading the eclipse 6g lights to a 32w pc retrofit from custom sealife. is it easy to install? and would i need a fan or some method to cool the tank/ventilate? thanks

oh yeah, the clowns. they might not move into a torch either being tank raised. even wild caught clowns wont always host in aquaria. its just that euphyllia corals (frogspawn, hammer, torch) are easier and less sensitive, generally, than anemones. just cross your fingers!

vince- for a 10 gallon, if you keep the two clowns you dont want too much rock, they have to have swimming area. it is hard to say in pounds becasue some rock is really dense. a lot of times 1 or 2 pounds of rock per gallon can make a good size stable reef with plenty of holes and such. imo it...

condys tend to move around to find a place they like, and at the top you might be ok.. it also depends on the color of the condy- tan or brownish colored condys should have lower light than a bright white or colored one. but i do agree with everybody else here, youll probably be happier with...

if youre getting a new tank in a month, i think it would be best to wait on the anemone. the bubble tips are relatively hardy but still, anemones like a fairly established tank with steady parameters. the clowns would be fine without an anemone for a while and will maybe host in your torch or...

for percs, i like the black and white or the true percs cuz theyre not that common.. another cool small fish is the yellow clown goby, aka coral goby. it is supposed to have a lot of personality and stay small. good luck! sorry about the wrasse.