Recent content by brewski

What kind of lighting do you have? You could start with Xenia, Kenya or Colt corals, some polyp corals and mushrooms. You number of fish is almost max but some chromis as well as the goby suggestion works. Even 1 tang like a scopas or sohol would do in a 55 You should get a Green Serpent...

what do you mean by Salt creep? It sounds like u may be using screw in connectors without plumbers tape. Recommend you get some plumber tape and redo seat your connections.

My 155 acrylic 1" thick is about 250 lbs and takes four to move

No worries!

Looks awesome! Any chance u want to sell one of the anemones? I have two clarkii that need a great home!

Yeah - forgot the humping i did with my 1" thick acrylic.

Awesome!! I am now in for regals again

Im nott in the glass versus acrylic war but i can give my observations. 1. Acrylic does scratch easier than glass - keep your scrubber clean and keep your rock away from the sides. 2. Arcylic is clearer than glass but creates a magnification effect that can be confusing to your eyes 3. Its a...

Point taken and i do not disagree. My experience has been excellent since i installed a UV filter with fish even from petco

I was unaware of any impacts, please enlighten me as im trying to build a reef/fish system Thanks

Actually ich is a parasite with a30-60 day gestation period that when hatched gets into the water column and attaches to the fish. The UV filter causes the parasite to mutate and fail to reproduce which means your tank after some time will no longer be a breeding ground for ich due to the...

Ich - possibly the most annoying detractor to saltwater fish hobby. GET A UV FILTER! It is a must.

I wish i had your problem. Xenia seems unhappy in my tank.

Keep your corals and rocks away from the front. It will scratch easily. That is really the only issue with acrylic tanks.

reef aquarium in Reston is OK - they have good stuff and good people.