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So whats the best caulerpa eating tang?

How do we get rid of Caulerpa in the reef?

Seahorses for the most part require "expert" level of care...I do not believe one should even consider that possibility until they can demonstrate to themselves an extremely stable tank...ideally they should only be kept with their own kind or similar...like pipefish...by no means is it...

Never attempt to control any nuisance algae with anything other then water chemistry...once you have that part figured...then use the critters to assist you in controlling it...best method is prevention.

Hair algae is a nuisance algae...it is an opportunistic algae... its primary food is excessive nutrients...nitrates, phosphates...sometimes...as mentioned above, they can consume the excessive nutrients prior to the nutrients reflecting a level on any given test kit. Poor lighting is also a...

Salt is salt...some people swear by specific brands..some people dont. Everyone has their own preference...some preference is made based on over inflated "tests", but most just because of their expeirence with it... I have used many brands and have never been able to tell the difference..so it...

Agreed Tony Detroit...I bought one...didnt notice anything different in water quality and set it aside... There is no contradiction in either of my statements...killing things that could be beneficial to your reef is not implying the UV will kill everything beneficial to your reef... UV's have a...

Yes on the wet/dry...some people use sumps to expand their water capacity..I built mine for a couple reasons...most importantly to move my filtration to the basement...my wife was getting tired of tripping over the hoses between the tanks and the kitchen sink...now they are in the basement..I...

Use the rock you can get free as the base in your tank and use the good liverock to cover it up and add the views to the tank...nature will do the rest...

A sump as a location of external filtration for your tank...the water is removed from the tank, flows to the sump, goes through the various stages of filtration with in the sump...most people whom use refuges do so for additional filtration...generally the water flow into and out of the refuge...

Get a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) meter...and check the output water for Nitrates and so on... I do not know where the person above got the information about the 100gpd not being good for aquaria...I do not see where there would be a factor in the GPD of a membrane...there are some membranes...

You may consider researching the specimens you intend to keep...it will only save you money, time, frsutration and may even save the animal...that goes for everything you are thinking about keeping.

UV will destroy most organisms coming in contact with it...duration, radiation intensity and so on will determine the ultimate death factor of each type of organism... UV's are not designed (that I am aware of) to completely remove all pathogens and other unwanted organisms from the water...

Nitrite is a byproduct of consumed Amonia...when the Nitrite is consumed...its waste will be Nitrate...when Nitrate is consumed its byproduct will be Nitrogen. Each cycle is as unique as the tank it is occuring in...your guidlines are the Nitrites and finally Nitrates...when the Nitrites are 0...

Flame hawkfish... If you are intending on purchasing a reef package...and it has corals and other reef things...make sure the fish you purchase dont live on reef type foods...polyps, etc...

Any of the clear silicones would work...make sure it is fully cured prior to introducing water...actually...any color silicone should work. A deep sandbed should be between 4-6 inches...there are many different opinions about this.

You should reconsider using the UV with a reef...the UV will kill beneficial organisms your reef could use...

Actually people do sit and look at their tanks...that is their purpose...maybe I am wrong...but thats what I think anyways.

The inner box should only adjust the level of water within the aquariam...raising and lowering it simply raises and lowers the tanks level. If your setup is resembling what squid has posted...that is all fine... What does the plumbing from the overflow to the sump look like? Often times people...

If you are on a well...I would think you would need a DI canister. You have no idea what elements are introduced into your ground water. Copper being one of them. As for the 100gpd membrane...I have never heard of such a thing concerning that. Volume will not determine the quality of the water...