Sarah: Thats horrible. Lucky you were home! Thats one reason why I don't want tons of lights. I bet I would burn my house down. Who made the lights? I'll make sure I don't buy those. heh
No>> I recommend the lights from all the research we did it was just a (freak) thing!! It can just happen. Again JBJ were wonderful and it can happen i.e. mix water & electricity and just pray!!
here are a few of mine...dont give up! its been up about 6 weeks i started with cured live rock and live sand everything been going great so far.....knock on wood
heres another, as i was saying its been up for 6 weeks. i have one 6500k 175 watt MH supplemented with one actinic light. for filtration i have a 10 gal. DIY wet dry/sump with a DIY protein skimmer bulth working great i started with live sand and about 15 lbs. of live rock fish seem to be very happy and the levels are perfect. i have done a 10% H2O change every week just to keep them that way.
Hi sara, I live in Manassas, very close to Fairfax Co. My lights haven't caugt on fire but my anenomes look excellent I have a pink tipped in my 75 and a condi in my 20 with a large maroon clown, my rose is in my 10, they seem to be doing well. Are you interested in buying my lights and Jeeze the tanks. I'm ready to sell
By the way my PH is 8.4 in all 3 tanks temp is 79, salinity is .023 in all, my water parameters are excellent with the exception of high phosphates in my 75, doing a water change 2/1 then we'll see. My pink tipped is doing well. My LFS said my lighting is good as the pink tipped is a low light anenome. Anyone ?
i wouldnt say in that i am not experienced. but for now i have my tank at a friends house that has had an established tank for the past few years so if i run into any trouble he is always here to give me a helping hand
I've had my tank up for about 6wks. too and I have an anemone just like that, it loves salami! My fish and anemones are thriving in my 55gal. tank, the weirdest thing is that I've had f/w tanks all my life(13 years) but this is my first salt tank: )