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I am seriously looking into upgrading to a vho or mh lighting system, but im not sure about ballast differences yet. I just dont get the difference between an "electronic ballast" and a standard ballast. Also, when Im looking I frequently see ice cap ballast offered as an option. For...

Need help on the person to do my paper on. It has to be on a famous person who has been through conflict. The paper is strictly on conflit, thats where Im having trouble. I have to write a whole paper elaborating on what a person went through and what they did about it. (not too hard, just...

Not sure exactly where to post this, but I figured here would be the best. I have a 125g FO tank. It has been setup for years. Lately I have been having bad nitrate/nitrite problems. I have been increasing water changes, and it hasnt helped. Just recently(today) I added LR. Been meaning to...

Has anyone ever heard of these or used them? The reason I ask is because Im looking to upgrade my lights so I can keep a clam or possibly some acro. I found a t5 fixture that was 8x54w, which would be 7.8wpg. Would that be enough?

Ok so I have been curing some LR for exactly two weeks as of today. I have several questions. First of I have 90lbs fiji LR in two seperate rubbermaids each with a powerhead and a heater. I have done about 3 100% water changes. The rock claimed to be pre cured, and the site said it would...

I am looking into a light upgrade so I can keep some SPS and maybe a clam. Just wondering if this would be enough on a 55 gallon. Its 2 x 150w MH and 2 110W VHO. It ends up around 9 wpg. There is also the option to get 250w metal halides on the fixture, but Im afraid it will require a...

Yesturday I picked up a candy cane and a red open brain. Im just wondering what will help them do well. ie, water flow, tank placement and feeding? I have 260w pc and the tank is 55 gallons.

I know this may be a long shot, but anyone here have any experience with drysuit diving? I just go a drysuit with the dui rockboot system and cant find a fin to fit over the boot. Anyone had any experience with the rock boots?

Im just wondering what the best way to raise and maintain Calcium and Alkalinity is. Also, what are the ideal levels of ca and alk? I have been using aragamilk, but it doenst seem to be doing a good job. Is basic liquid calcium better? Any reccomendations would be good. I have a dripper...

I orderd 100lbs of "pre cure" LR, but there was no way I was putting it in the tank right away. I got it on thursday the 6th I believe. I put it in two separate rubbermaid buckets each with a powerhead and a heater. Ive changed 100% of the water once, and the water is brown again. The whole...

Now that my 55 is up and running, I am going to start looking into some corals pretty soon. I have a few zoos and shrooms, but I want to get some hard corals. My light is 260watt PC. Im pretty sure that hammer's and brains will do fine, but is there any acroporo or monopora that would do...

Just got my 100lbs of LR and put it in some buckets to cure. Anyways my ? is that I found a couple of these slug looking things on the LR and was wondering if anyone can ID them. One of them was similar to this one in the pic, except it was blue. Anyways are they good or bad?

I have detritus all over my sand bed, and I think its in my refugium too. What are the best inverts to take care of this?

I completed my tank switch today. I turned my 55g FO into a reef and tore down my 37g reef. I lost a few corals and a clownfish. Mostly all I have in it now is a coral beuty and some zoo's and shrooms. I have 80 lbs of LS, and about 35 lbs LR(I know, Im getting more.) For filtration I...

Well I guess its almost time to start thinking about and visiting college. Just wondering if anyone had any good reccomendations. I would prefer so stay in the midwest, but Im not limiting myself to the midwest. So where do you all go to college and did you like it there?

I bought a piece of tank background for my 55 gallon. Just wondering what the best way to put it on is? Ive taped them on before, but that never works well. Any ideas??

So Ive had many o eels in my day, and the only eel I havent been able to keep that Ive tried is a SFE. They always get out of the tank. Ive only had really little ones though. Im going to give another SFE a shot mainly because its the only eel I can think of that most likely wont be able to...

I am about to turn my 37g reef into a 55 reef. My question is biological filtration. If I have a 4 inch LS bed, 50# LR and a emporer bio wheel will I have enough bio filtration. I will also be running an eco system HOT fuge, a magnum 350 and a protein skimmer, and of course several...

I am thinking about ordering one for my 125g. My question is will a 12-16 inch one eat my 4 inch lunare wrasse? Someone rate their aggressiveness for me if you can. Lastly would you reccomend ordering it from this site. Ive never ordered from swf.com before.

Just looking for some protein skimmer reccomendations. Its not a reef tank, but Ive realized that this forum seems to have the most knowledge on protein skimmers. The tanks is a 125g FOWLR with a sump. Problem is that the standard skimmer that came with the sump sucks. I only have about 20"...